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Why use Qwen3-8B on Featherless?
Featherless offers Qwen3-8B with pay-as-you-go pricing at $0.12/1M input tokens. Featherless is a serverless inference provider for a large catalog of third-party open text-generation models (40,000+).
Compare Qwen3-8B across 4 providers to find the best fit for your use caseInput / 1M
$0.117
Output / 1M
$0.455
Cache
Not sourced
Batch
Not sourced
Setup recipe
Python + curlInstall
pip install openaiAuth
export FEATHERLESS_API_KEY=...Call
import os
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://api.featherless.ai/v1",Model ID
Qwen/Qwen3-8BRequest example
import os
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://api.featherless.ai/v1",
api_key=os.environ["FEATHERLESS_API_KEY"],
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="Qwen/Qwen3-8B",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)Gotchas
- Use provider model ID "Qwen/Qwen3-8B", not the LLMReference slug "qwen3-8b".
- Use exact Featherless catalog id in modelProvider.providerModelId (HF-style org/name). Not interchangeable with LLM Reference slugs.
- The examples expect FEATHERLESS_API_KEY; rename it only if your application config maps the new variable.
Compare Qwen3-8B Across Providers
| Provider | Input (per 1M) | Output (per 1M) |
|---|---|---|
| Fireworks AI | $0.20 | $0.20 |
| OpenRouter | $0.05 | $0.40 |
| Novita AI | $0.04 | $0.14 |
| Featherless | $0.12 | $0.46 |
Pricing
| Type | Price (per 1M) |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $0.12 |
| Output tokens | $0.46 |
Capabilities
Structured Outputs
About Qwen3-8B
Compact base model in Qwen3 series, supporting 100+ languages with strong reasoning and coding capabilities.
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Model Specs
Released2025-08-15
Parameters8B
Context128k
ArchitectureDecoder Only