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Qwen3.8 27B
Qwen3.8 27B is a fast open-weight model from Alibaba, released 17 August 2026. At Alibaba it costs $0.50 per million input tokens and $3.00 per million output tokens, with a 1M-token context window. 6 providers serve it; the cheapest is Novita AI at $0.42 input and $3.00 output.
- Made by
- Alibaba Group (Qwen, Alibaba Cloud)
- Released
- 2026-08-17
- Status
- Generally available
- Tier
- Fast
- Weights
- Open
- Context window
- 1,000,000 tokens
- Input
- text
- API id
qwen3.8-27b
Qwen3.8 27B price at 6 providers
US dollars per million tokens. Blended is 3 input tokens for every output token, one number to compare on. The cheapest blended price is highlighted.
| Provider | Input | Output | Cached input | Blended | Batch | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Novita AI · qwen/qwen3.8-27b | $0.42 | $3.00 | $0.085 | $1.06 | – | 2026-10-14 |
| Nebius Group N.V. · Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B | $0.45 | $3.00 | – | $1.09 | – | 2026-10-14 |
| Cerebras Systems · qwen-3.8-27b | $0.99 | $1.49 | – | $1.11 | – | 2026-10-14 |
| Alibaba · maker | $0.50 | $3.00 | $0.05 | $1.13 | – | 2026-10-14 |
| Cloudflare · @cf/qwen/qwen3.8-27b | $0.45 | $3.20 | $0.05 | $1.14 | – | 2026-10-14 |
| Groq · qwen/qwen3.8-27b | $0.80 | $4.00 | – | $1.60 | – | 2026-10-14 |
- Nebius Group N.V.: No cached-input or batch price published.
- Cerebras Systems: Pay-as-you-go developer tier.
- Alibaba: International (Singapore) deployment, up to 1M input tokens. Context caching discount available.
- Cloudflare: Billed in Neurons at $0.011 per 1,000; 10,000 Neurons a day free.
Models like Qwen3.8 27B
Other fast models closest in price, at each maker's own price or the cheapest provider.
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Weights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3.8 27B | $0.50 | $3.00 | 1M | Open |
| Amazon Nova 2 Lite AWS | $0.30 | $2.50 | 1M | Closed |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite Google | $0.30 | $2.50 | 1M | Closed |
| Gemini 3.6 Flash Google | $0.75 | $3.75 | 1M | Closed |
| Gemini 3.8 Flash Google | $0.75 | $3.75 | 1M | Closed |
| Qwen3.6 35B A3B Alibaba | $0.375 | $2.25 | 256K | Open |
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Qwen3.8 27B FAQ
How much does Qwen3.8 27B cost?
Qwen3.8 27B costs $0.50 per million input tokens and $3.00 per million output tokens at Alibaba, and $0.05 per million cached input tokens. Prices are list prices in US dollars, last checked 14 October 2026.
What is Qwen3.8 27B's context window?
Qwen3.8 27B takes up to 1,000,000 tokens in one request.
Is Qwen3.8 27B open weight?
Yes. Alibaba publishes the weights, so you can run Qwen3.8 27B yourself or at any host that serves it.
Where can I use Qwen3.8 27B?
Qwen3.8 27B is available from Novita AI, Nebius Group N.V., Cerebras Systems, Alibaba, Cloudflare and Groq. At Alibaba, call it as qwen3.8-27b.