Efficient Qwen model for fast chat, extraction, and high-volume workloads
Qwen Flash by alibaba is offered by 8 providers on this page. Its official list price is $0.05 per 1M input tokens and $0.40 per 1M output tokens. The lowest paid channel is Merge Gateway at $0.022 / $0.216 per 1M, about 2.3× below the list price. That channel is a third-party gateway, so confirm its availability and rate limits before depending on it.
The context window is 1,000,000 tokens, with an output limit of 32,768 tokens. It supports reasoning, tool use, and structured output. Providers report the capability flags inconsistently, so verify a specific feature against the host you plan to use. Its training knowledge cuts off at 2024-04.
| Provider | Tier | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write | Context | Output limit | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merge Gateway | Gateway | $0.022 | $0.22 | $0.0044 | — | 1,000,000 | 250,000 | |
| Alibaba (China)Official | First-party | $0.022 | $0.22 | — | — | 1,000,000 | 32,768 | |
| Ofox | Gateway | $0.022 | $0.22 | $0.0043 | $0.027 | 1,000,000 | 32,768 | |
| Ofox | Gateway | $0.022 | $0.22 | $0.0043 | $0.027 | 1,000,000 | 32,000 | |
| LLMTR | Gateway | $0.05 | $0.40 | — | — | 1,000,000 | 32,768 | |
| AlibabaOfficial | First-party | $0.05 | $0.40 | — | — | 1,000,000 | 32,768 | |
| DevPass (LLM Gateway) | Gateway | $0.05 | $0.40 | $0.01 | $0.063 | 1,000,000 | 32,768 | |
| LLM Gateway | Gateway | $0.05 | $0.40 | $0.01 | $0.063 | 1,000,000 | 32,000 |
Sorted by blended price (input×0.75 + output×0.25) asc. The official channel always shows regardless of rank. Whether a gateway's low price is actually usable can't be verified.
1 / 8 providers expose no reasoning control (reasoning_options: []).