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Cheapest Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct Inference Providers

Ranks providers by estimated cost using a 1,000-input/500-output token ratio, shown per 1 million total tokens.

Alibaba Cloud Int. currently ranks first at $0.229667 / 1M tokens via alibaba.

Provider options:
2
Ranked:
2
Metric:
Estimated cost / 1M tokens

Cheapest endpoint ranking

Cheapest Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct Inference Providers
RankProvider / routeEstimated cost / 1M tokensSpeed measurementsEndpoint details
#1Provider / route
Estimated cost / 1M tokens$0.229667 / 1M tokensSpeed measurements
500-token response
9.59 s
Response starts
0.34 s
Output speed
54.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.117 / 1M tokens
Output price
$0.455 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
100.00%
Context
131.1K
#2Provider / route
Parasailparasail/bf16
Estimated cost / 1M tokens$0.416667 / 1M tokensSpeed measurements
500-token response
18.04 s
Response starts
0.79 s
Output speed
29.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.25 / 1M tokens
Output price
$0.75 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
99.59%
Context
262.1K

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Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct endpoint guide

How to interpret the Cheapest Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct Inference Providers

2 of 2 Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct endpoints currently have the published data required for this ranking. Alibaba Cloud Int. leads at $0.229667 / 1M tokens via alibaba. The table keeps unranked routes visible so missing measurements do not look like missing provider availability.

How estimated token cost is ranked

The cheapest ranking uses a 1,000-input/500-output-token ratio and reports the blended result per 1 million total tokens. Because providers can price input and output differently, a workload with a different token ratio may produce a different order.

Compare Alibaba Cloud Int. with the next option

Parasail currently ranks second at $0.416667 / 1M tokens. Compare that gap with input and output price, response-start time, output speed, 30-minute uptime, context length, and the exact route before deciding whether first place is meaningful for your workload.

Use the route, not only the provider name

Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct has 2 published provider options, and performance data is matched to each exact OpenRouter routing tag. Different quantization, context, regional deployment, or provider configuration can change price and behavior even when the underlying model name is identical.