Qwen

Qwen3.5-Flash

The Qwen3.5 fast, low-cost tier for high-volume workloads.

ActiveReleased February 24, 2026
Tool callingCan invoke external tools and APIs (function calling) mid-response.Structured outputCan return JSON or schema-constrained responses instead of free text.ReasoningUses extended thinking / chain-of-thought for harder multi-step problems.Effort controlLets you dial thinking depth (low / medium / high) to trade cost for quality.Fine-tuningSupports training a custom variant on your own data (vendor fine-tune API or self-hosted open weights).

Source: Qwen (Alibaba Model Studio) pricing, Qwen models, Metadata verification, Metadata verification

Price per 1M tokens via Alibaba (OpenRouter)
$0.065 in / $0.26 out
Context window131,072
Max output32,768
Min cache prefix1,024 tokens
Cache lifetime5 min
ModalitiesText → Text

Pricing

Every billing leg from the live catalog, in USD per 1M tokens.

Billing legRate
Input$0.065 / M
Output$0.26 / M

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Billing-grade math over the rate card above, including the thinking tokens most estimates miss.

Hidden reasoning tokens bill as output. 1.0x = thinking off. Medium-effort reasoning typically lands near 3x; heavy reasoning runs 6x to 8x. Set it to match your workload.

Estimated monthly cost
$28.60
at current list prices
Fresh input$13.00
Output incl. thinking$15.60
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Provider

Where this model runs, and what it charges.

PlatformInput / MOutput / MBatchAccess
Alibaba
$0.065$0.26—via OpenRouter

Price history

Has this model gotten cheaper or more expensive?

EffectiveInput / OutputStatus
July 10, 2026 – July 17, 2026$0.065 / $0.26past
July 17, 2026 – July 19, 2026$0.065 / $0.26past
July 19, 2026 – July 25, 2026$0.065 / $0.26past
July 25, 2026$0.065 / $0.26current

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