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Why use Qwen3-Coder-Flash on OpenRouter?
OpenRouter offers Qwen3-Coder-Flash with pay-as-you-go pricing at $0.20/1M input tokens. OpenRouter is a multi-provider LLM aggregator offering unified API access to 300+ models from all major labs and emerging providers, with automatic failover for reliability.
Compare Qwen3-Coder-Flash across 2 providers to find the best fit for your use caseSetup recipe
Docs fallbackUse the provider REST API or SDKCreate a provider API keymodel: qwen/qwen3-coder-flashqwen/qwen3-coder-flashRequest example
qwen/qwen3-coder-flash.Gotchas
- Use provider model ID "qwen/qwen3-coder-flash", not the LLMReference slug "qwen3-coder-flash".
Compare Qwen3-Coder-Flash Across Providers
| Provider | Input (per 1M) | Output (per 1M) |
|---|---|---|
| Alibaba Cloud PAI-EAS | $0.30 | $1.50 |
| OpenRouter | $0.20 | $0.97 |
Pricing
| Type | Price (per 1M) |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $0.20 |
| Output tokens | $0.97 |
Capabilities
About Qwen3-Coder-Flash
Qwen3-Coder-Flash is Alibaba's fast API-only code generation model in the Qwen3-Coder family, released July 28, 2025 via DashScope (Alibaba Cloud Model Studio). It is not an open-weight model. Supports 1 million token context with up to 65,536 output tokens. Inherits Qwen3-Coder-Plus capabilities with support for multi-turn tool interaction, optimized for repository-level understanding, and enhanced tool-calling stability at lower cost. Pricing is tiered by context length: input $0.30-$1.60 per 1M tokens, output $1.50-$9.60 per 1M tokens. Available via DashScope API (qwen3-coder-flash or versioned alias qwen3-coder-flash-2025-07-28) and Vercel AI Gateway (alibaba/qwen3-coder-flash coming soon).