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Qwen3-VL-Flash (2026-01-22)

Deprecated

A Qwen model with a 256K-token context window, image input and tool calling. On the Alibaba Cloud Model Studio API since January 22, 2026, now deprecated.

Access details: Alibaba Cloud Model Studio API

A pinned version. Requests to this ID always get the same model.

qwen3-vl-flash-2026-01-22
Updated Oct 1, 2026

Capabilities & limits

Context window
256K
Maximum output
32K
Image input
Supported
Tool calling
Supported
Structured output
Supported

Pricing

USD / 1M tokens
Input
$0.05
Output
$0.40

Standard rates per million tokens. Discounts and long-context rates, where offered, are on Qwen's pricing page.

Full rate card 6 rates

All prices in USD.

Input tokens

$0.05 per 1M tokens
  • input 0 to 32K tokens per request

Output tokens

$0.40 per 1M tokens
  • input 0 to 32K tokens per request
  • non-thinking and thinking modes

Input tokens

$0.075 per 1M tokens
  • input 32K to 128K tokens per request

Output tokens

$0.60 per 1M tokens
  • input 32K to 128K tokens per request
  • non-thinking and thinking modes

Input tokens

$0.12 per 1M tokens
  • input 128K to 256K tokens per request

Output tokens

$0.96 per 1M tokens
  • input 128K to 256K tokens per request
  • non-thinking and thinking modes

USD, International deployment scope (Singapore region) on the international pricing page. Standard prices; the page notes limited-time promotions are excluded. Context-cache and explicit-cache rates are described on a separate page and were not captured; where the page flags a 50% batch discount it is noted here. Rates for other regions (China, Germany, US, Japan, Hong Kong) are not captured.

Price history
Oct 1, 2026

Input $0.05 per million tokens

Oct 1, 2026

Output $0.40 per million tokens

Technical details

Input modalities
Text, image, video
Output modalities
Text

Release & lifecycle

First available
Jan 22, 2026
deprecated
As of Oct 1, 2026

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Prices and availability as of October 20, 2026. Qwen's own pages have the latest.