Qwen3.8 27B
$0.04 per 1M input tokens and $1.35 per 1M output tokens · 1M context · vision, tools, reasoning, JSON, open weights.
Prices checked Oct 21, 2026 · tracked by LLM Cost Index since Oct 21, 2026
What Qwen3.8 27B costs per month
Estimated monthly bill for typical workloads, using the cached-input price for repeated context. Try your own numbers in the cost calculator.
| Workload | Per month |
|---|---|
| Customer chatbot 1,000 conversations a day, 8 turns each | $123 |
| Document Q&A (RAG) 500 questions a day over retrieved documents | $13.53 |
| Coding / tool-using agent 200 tasks a day, long tool-heavy contexts | $40.86 |
| Content generation 30 long articles a day | $3.15 |
| Classification / extraction 100,000 short items a day | $96.75 |
Price history
We started tracking Qwen3.8 27B on Oct 21, 2026; the chart appears as soon as there is a second data point. See all recent price changes.
Where to run Qwen3.8 27B: 20 providers
Darkbloom is the cheapest at $0.035 input / $2.20 output per 1M tokens. Uptime is the average over the last 30 days as reported by OpenRouter; see provider reliability.
| Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context | Uptime | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darkbloom | $0.035 | $2.20 | 262K | 91.6% | fp4 |
| Chutes | $0.039 | $1.25 | 262K | 100% | fp8 |
| DekaLLM | $0.04 | $2.50 | 262K | 100% | — |
| Ionstream | $0.04 | $1.95 | 262K | 98% | fp8 |
| Modal | $0.04 | $2.30 | 262K | 98.5% | — |
| Near AI | $0.04 | $1.35 | 262K | 99.9% | fp8 |
| Reka | $0.04 | $2.20 | 262K | 100% | fp8 |
| Wafer | $0.06 | $2.30 | 262K | 99.4% | fp8 |
| DeepInfra | $0.15 | $1.88 | 262K | 100% | bf16 |
| Mancer 2 | $0.20 | $2.50 | 262K | 99.6% | fp8 |
| ModelRun | $0.20 | $2.50 | 262K | 100% | fp4 |
| Phala | $0.20 | $2.50 | 1M | 97.9% | — |
| AkashML | $0.225 | $1.98 | 262K | 100% | fp8 |
| Parasail | $0.24 | $2.20 | 262K | 98.7% | fp8 |
| CoreWeave | $0.40 | $3.00 | 262K | 79.2% | fp8 |
| Novita | $0.42 | $3.00 | 1M | 99.9% | — |
| Alibaba | $0.425 | $2.55 | 1M | 99.7% | — |
| Cloudflare | $0.45 | $3.20 | 262K | 100% | — |
| Venice | $0.45 | $3.20 | 262K | 100% | fp8 |
| Cerebras | $0.99 | $1.49 | 66K | 100% | fp16 |
Cheaper alternatives to Qwen3.8 27B
Models with the same tool calling, image input, structured output for at least 20% less (3:1 input/output mix), most capable first.
| Model | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context | Capabilities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 5.5 Anthropic | $0.10 | $0.50 | 1M | visiontoolsreasoningJSON |
| GLM 5.3 Flash Z.ai | $0.041 | $0.12 | 1.05M | visiontoolsreasoningJSONopen weights |
| GPT-6 Luna OpenAI | $0.10 | $0.50 | 1.05M | visiontoolsreasoningJSON |
| MiMo-V2.6-Flash Xiaomi | $0.14 | $0.28 | 1.05M | visionaudiotoolsreasoningJSONopen weights |
| Nemotron 3.5 Super VL NVIDIA | $0.15 | $0.50 | 1.05M | visiontoolsreasoningJSONopen weights |
How to pay less for Qwen3.8 27B
For a customer chatbot (1,000 conversations a day, 8 turns each) that costs $128 a month at list price without caching:
| Option | Per month | You save |
|---|---|---|
| Move to Claude Haiku 5.5 (similar capabilities) | $58.56 | $69.24 (54%) |
| Route to Chutes | $119 | $8.76 (7%) |
| Use prompt caching (60% of input cached) | $123 | $4.75 (4%) |
Other workloads: cut-your-bill tool for Qwen3.8 27B.
Specifications
| Model ID | qwen/qwen3.8-27b |
| Input | text, image, video |
| Output | text |
| Tool calling | Yes |
| Structured output | Yes |
| Reasoning mode | Yes |
| Open weights | Yes — Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B |
| Released | Aug 14, 2026 |
FAQ
- How much does Qwen3.8 27B cost?
- $0.04 per million input tokens and $1.35 per million output tokens; cached input costs $0.018 per million. Prices as of Oct 21, 2026.
- What is the context window of Qwen3.8 27B?
- 1M tokens, with up to 66K output tokens per response.
- Does Qwen3.8 27B support images, tools and structured output?
- Images as input: yes. Tool calling: yes. Structured (JSON) output: yes. Reasoning mode: yes.
- What are cheaper alternatives to Qwen3.8 27B?
- Models with the same key capabilities for at least 20% less include Claude Haiku 5.5 ($0.10 / $0.50), GLM 5.3 Flash ($0.041 / $0.12), GPT-6 Luna ($0.10 / $0.50).
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