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Why use Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct on Vercel AI Gateway?
Vercel AI Gateway offers Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct with pay-as-you-go pricing at $0.40/1M input tokens. Vercel AI Gateway is a unified AI proxy providing a single OpenAI-compatible API endpoint to 275+ models from 25+ providers including Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Meta, Mistral, DeepSeek, xAI, Alibaba, Amazon, ByteDance, Cohere, MiniMax, MoonshotAI, KwaiPilot, Black Forest Labs, Recraft, Voyage AI, NVIDIA, and more.
Compare Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct across 3 providers to find the best fit for your use caseInput / 1M
$0.40
Output / 1M
$1.60
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Setup recipe
Python + curlInstall
pip install openaiAuth
export AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY=...Call
import os
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
api_key=os.environ["AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY"],Model ID
alibaba/qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-instructRequest example
import os
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
api_key=os.environ["AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY"],
base_url="https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1"
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="alibaba/qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-instruct",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)Gotchas
- Use provider model ID "alibaba/qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-instruct", not the LLMReference slug "qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-instruct".
- creator/model-name e.g. kwaipilot/kat-coder-pro-v2
- The examples expect AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY; rename it only if your application config maps the new variable.
Compare Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct Across Providers
| Provider | Input (per 1M) | Output (per 1M) |
|---|---|---|
| Vercel AI Gateway | $0.40 | $1.60 |
| Novita AI | $0.30 | $1.50 |
| OpenRouter | $0.21 | $1.90 |
Pricing
| Type | Price (per 1M) |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $0.40 |
| Output tokens | $1.60 |
Capabilities
VisionMultimodalJSON / Tool useStructured Outputs
About Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct is Alibaba's open-weight flagship multimodal MoE model combining strong text generation with visual understanding, supporting 256K context.
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Model Specs
Released2025-09-18
Parameters235B
Context256k
ArchitectureMixture of Experts