Alibaba (China) is a first-party provider, serving models it develops itself. Its published rate is the reference other channels are measured against, and first-party hosting usually comes with the most predictable availability.
It lists 91 models on this page. 89 of them have a public price. 2 are offered at $0. Coverage spans text and chat (89), speech and audio (1), and classification and safety (1). The lowest-priced model hosted here is Qwen3-ASR Flash.
Alibaba (China) is the lowest paid channel for 19 models that have at least two competing paid hosts, which is where its pricing genuinely leads rather than being the only option.
| Cheapest here? | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8Bdeepseek-r1-distill-llama-8b | Free | — | 32,768 | Only channel | |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5Bdeepseek-r1-distill-qwen-1-5b | Free | — | 32,768 | Only channel | |
| Qwen3-ASR FlashSpeech / Audioqwen3-asr-flash | $0.032 | $0.032 | — | 53,248 | Lowest anywhere |
| Qwen-VL OCRqwen-vl-ocr | $0.043 | $0.072 | — | 34,096 | Lowest anywhere |
| Qwen3.7 Flashqwen3.7-flash | $0.03 | $0.12 | $0.003 | 1,000,000 | 1.1× pricier |
| Qwen Turboqwen-turbo | $0.044 | $0.087 | — | 1,000,000 | 1.0× pricier |
| Qwen Flashqwen-flash | $0.022 | $0.22 | — | 1,000,000 | 1.0× pricier |
| Tongyi Intent Detect V3Classify / Safetytongyi-intent-detect-v3 | $0.058 | $0.14 | — | 8,192 | Only channel |
| Qwen2.5 7B Instructqwen2-5-7b-instruct | $0.072 | $0.14 | — | 131,072 | 1.3× pricier |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7Bdeepseek-r1-distill-qwen-7b | $0.072 | $0.14 | — | 32,768 | Only channel |
| Qwen3.5 Flashqwen3.5-flash | $0.029 | $0.29 | — | 1,000,000 | 1.0× pricier |
| Qwen-Omni Turboqwen-omni-turbo | $0.058 | $0.23 | — | 32,768 | Lowest anywhere |
| Qwen3-Omni Flashqwen3-omni-flash | $0.058 | $0.23 | — | 65,536 | Lowest anywhere |
| Qwen Doc Turboqwen-doc-turbo | $0.087 | $0.14 | — | 131,072 | Only channel |
| Qwen3 8Bqwen3-8b | $0.072 | $0.29 | — | 131,072 | 2.1× pricier |
| Qwen Longqwen-long | $0.072 | $0.29 | — | 10,000,000 | Lowest anywhere |
| Qwen-MT Turboqwen-mt-turbo | $0.10 | $0.28 | — | 16,384 | Lowest anywhere |
| Qwen2.5-Omni 7Bqwen2-5-omni-7b | $0.087 | $0.35 | — | 32,768 | Lowest anywhere |
| Qwen Plusqwen-plus | $0.12 | $0.29 | $0.012 | 1,000,000 | 1.0× pricier |
| Qwen-VL Plusqwen-vl-plus | $0.12 | $0.29 | — | 131,072 | Lowest anywhere |
| Qwen Plus Characterqwen-plus-character | $0.12 | $0.29 | — | 32,768 | Only channel |
| DeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek-v4-flash | $0.14 | $0.28 | $0.0028 | 1,000,000 | 4.0× pricier |
| Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instructqwen2-5-coder-7b-instruct | $0.14 | $0.29 | — | 131,072 | Only channel |
| Qwen2.5-Math 7B Instructqwen2-5-math-7b-instruct | $0.14 | $0.29 | — | 4,096 | Only channel |
| Qwen3.8 Omni Flashqwen3.8-omni-flash | $0.11 | $0.38 | $0.014 | 1,000,000 | 1.0× pricier |
| Qwen3-VL 30B-A3Bqwen3-vl-30b-a3b | $0.11 | $0.43 | — | 131,072 | Lowest anywhere |
| Qwen3.8 Flashqwen3.8-flash | $0.12 | $0.40 | $0.012 | 1,000,000 | 1.1× pricier |
| Qwen2.5 14B Instructqwen2-5-14b-instruct | $0.14 | $0.43 | — | 131,072 | Lowest anywhere |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14Bdeepseek-r1-distill-qwen-14b | $0.14 | $0.43 | — | 32,768 | 1.4× pricier |
| Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instructqwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct | $0.14 | $0.57 | — | 131,072 | 1.0× pricier |
| Qwen3 Coder Flashqwen3-coder-flash | $0.14 | $0.57 | — | 1,000,000 | 1.0× pricier |
| Qwen3 14Bqwen3-14b | $0.14 | $0.57 | — | 131,072 | 2.1× pricier |
| Qwen3.5 Plusqwen3.5-plus | $0.12 | $0.69 | — | 1,000,000 | 1.0× pricier |
| DeepSeek V3.2siliconflow/deepseek-v3.2 | $0.27 | $0.42 | — | 163,840 | 1.4× pricier |
| Qwen-VL Maxqwen-vl-max | $0.23 | $0.57 | — | 131,072 | Lowest anywhere |
| QwQ Plusqwq-plus | $0.23 | $0.57 | — | 131,072 | Lowest anywhere |
| DeepSeek V3.2 Expdeepseek-v3-2-exp | $0.29 | $0.43 | — | 131,072 | 1.3× pricier |
| Qwen3-Coder 30B-A3B Instructqwen3-coder-30b-a3b-instruct | $0.22 | $0.86 | — | 262,144 | 3.4× pricier |
| Qwen3.5 397B-A17Bqwen3.5-397b-a17b | $0.17 | $1.03 | — | 262,144 | 1.0× pricier |
| Qwen-MT Plusqwen-mt-plus | $0.26 | $0.78 | — | 16,384 | 1.0× pricier |
| Qwen2.5-VL 7B Instructqwen2-5-vl-7b-instruct | $0.29 | $0.72 | — | 131,072 | Lowest anywhere |
| Qwen3-Omni Flash Realtimeqwen3-omni-flash-realtime | $0.23 | $0.92 | — | 65,536 | Lowest anywhere |
| Qwen-Omni Turbo Realtimeqwen-omni-turbo-realtime | $0.23 | $0.92 | — | 32,768 | Lowest anywhere |
| Qwen3.6 Flashqwen3.6-flash | $0.19 | $1.13 | — | 1,000,000 | 1.1× pricier |
| Qwen2.5-Coder-32B-Instructqwen2-5-coder-32b-instruct | $0.29 | $0.86 | — | 131,072 | 4.5× pricier |
| DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32Bdeepseek-r1-distill-qwen-32b | $0.29 | $0.86 | — | 32,768 | 1.4× pricier |
| QwQ 32Bqwq-32b | $0.29 | $0.86 | — | 131,072 | 1.1× pricier |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70Bdeepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b | $0.29 | $0.86 | — | 32,768 | 7.8× pricier |
| Qwen2.5 32B Instructqwen2-5-32b-instruct | $0.29 | $0.86 | — | 131,072 | Lowest anywhere |
| Qwen Math Turboqwen-math-turbo | $0.29 | $0.86 | — | 4,096 | Only channel |
| DeepSeek V3 0324siliconflow/deepseek-v3-0324 | $0.25 | $1.00 | — | 163,840 | 1.3× pricier |
| DeepSeek V3.1 Terminussiliconflow/deepseek-v3.1-terminus | $0.27 | $1.00 | — | 163,840 | 1.2× pricier |
| Qwen3-VL Plusqwen3-vl-plus | $0.14 | $1.43 | — | 262,144 | 1.0× pricier |
| Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking)qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking | $0.14 | $1.43 | — | 131,072 | 1.7× pricier |
| Qwen3-VL 235B-A22Bqwen3-vl-235b-a22b | $0.29 | $1.15 | — | 131,072 | Lowest anywhere |
| Qwen3 32Bqwen3-32b | $0.29 | $1.15 | — | 131,072 | 3.9× pricier |
| Qwen3 235B-A22Bqwen3-235b-a22b | $0.29 | $1.15 | — | 131,072 | 1.4× pricier |
| DeepSeek-V3deepseek-v3 | $0.29 | $1.15 | — | 65,536 | 1.1× pricier |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flashdeepseek-v4.1-flash | $0.30 | $1.19 | $0.015 | 1,000,000 | 10.4× pricier |
| MiniMax-M2.7MiniMax/MiniMax-M2.7 | $0.30 | $1.20 | $0.06 | 204,800 | 3.7× pricier |
| MiniMax-M2.5MiniMax-M2.5 | $0.30 | $1.20 | — | 204,800 | 1.4× pricier |
| DeepSeek V4 Prodeepseek-v4-pro | $0.44 | $0.87 | $0.0036 | 1,000,000 | 2.1× pricier |
| Qwen Maxqwen-max | $0.35 | $1.38 | — | 131,072 | Lowest anywhere |
| Qwen3 Maxqwen3-max | $0.36 | $1.43 | — | 262,144 | 1.0× pricier |
| DeepSeek-V3.1deepseek-v3-1 | $0.57 | $1.72 | — | 131,072 | 2.7× pricier |
| Qwen2.5 72B Instructqwen2-5-72b-instruct | $0.57 | $1.72 | — | 131,072 | 4.8× pricier |
| Qwen2.5-Math 72B Instructqwen2-5-math-72b-instruct | $0.57 | $1.72 | — | 4,096 | Only channel |
| Qwen Math Plusqwen-math-plus | $0.57 | $1.72 | — | 4,096 | Only channel |
| DeepSeek R1 0528siliconflow/deepseek-r1-0528 | $0.50 | $2.18 | — | 163,840 | 1.0× pricier |
| Kimi K2 Thinkingkimi-k2-thinking | $0.57 | $2.29 | — | 262,144 | 1.2× pricier |
| DeepSeek-R1deepseek-r1 | $0.57 | $2.29 | — | 131,072 | 1.4× pricier |
| DeepSeek R1 0528deepseek-r1-0528 | $0.57 | $2.29 | — | 131,072 | 1.1× pricier |
| Moonshot Kimi K2 Instructmoonshot-kimi-k2-instruct | $0.57 | $2.29 | — | 131,072 | Only channel |
| Qwen3 Coder Plusqwen3-coder-plus | $0.57 | $2.30 | — | 1,048,576 | 1.0× pricier |
| Kimi K2.5kimi-k2.5 | $0.57 | $2.41 | — | 262,144 | 1.5× pricier |
| GLM-5glm-5 | $0.57 | $2.58 | — | 202,752 | 1.5× pricier |
| Qwen3.7 Plusqwen3.7-plus | $0.50 | $3.00 | $0.05 | 1,000,000 | 2.3× pricier |
| Qwen3.6 Plusqwen3.6-plus | $0.50 | $3.00 | $0.05 | 1,000,000 | 2.0× pricier |
| Kimi K2.5kimi/kimi-k2.5 | $0.60 | $3.00 | $0.10 | 262,144 | 1.7× pricier |
| GLM-5.1glm-5.1 | $0.83 | $3.30 | $0.17 | 202,752 | 1.7× pricier |
| Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instructqwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct | $0.86 | $3.44 | — | 262,144 | 4.3× pricier |
| Kimi K2.6kimi-k2.6 | $0.93 | $3.86 | — | 262,144 | 3.5× pricier |
| GLM-5.2glm-5.2 | $1.10 | $3.85 | $0.28 | 1,000,000 | 3.7× pricier |
| GLM-5.3glm-5.3 | $1.10 | $3.85 | $0.28 | 1,000,000 | 2.8× pricier |
| QVQ Maxqvq-max | $1.15 | $4.59 | — | 131,072 | Lowest anywhere |
| Qwen3.8 Maxqwen3.8-max | $1.78 | $5.33 | $0.22 | 1,000,000 | 1.1× pricier |
| Qwen3.6 Max Previewqwen3.6-max-preview | $1.32 | $7.90 | $0.13 | 245,800 | 1.3× pricier |
| Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instructqwen2-5-vl-72b-instruct | $2.29 | $6.88 | — | 131,072 | 4.3× pricier |
| Qwen3.7 Maxqwen3.7-max | $2.50 | $7.50 | $0.50 | 1,000,000 | 3.0× pricier |
| Kimi K3kimi-k3 | $2.83 | $14.13 | $0.28 | 1,048,576 | 1.6× pricier |
| Qwen Deep Researchqwen-deep-research | $7.74 | $23.37 | — | 1,000,000 | Only channel |