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Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct on Vercel AI Gateway

Qwen3-VL · Alibaba

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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 2 providers to find the best fit for your use case
Input / 1M
$0.40
Output / 1M
$1.60
Cache
Not sourced
Batch
Not sourced

Setup recipe

Python + curl
Install
pip install openai
Auth
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-instruct

Request 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

ProviderInput (per 1M)Output (per 1M)
Vercel AI Gateway$0.40$1.60
Novita AI$0.30$1.50

Pricing

TypePrice (per 1M)
Input tokens$0.40
Output tokens$1.60

Capabilities

VisionMultimodalFunction CallingTool 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.

FAQ

What does Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct cost on Vercel AI Gateway?

On Vercel AI Gateway, Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct costs $0.4 per 1M input tokens and $1.6 per 1M output tokens.

What is the context window for Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct on Vercel AI Gateway?

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct supports a 131,072 token context window on Vercel AI Gateway.

How does Vercel AI Gateway compare to other Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct providers?

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct is available from 2 providers. The cheapest input pricing is $0.3/1M tokens from Novita AI.

What API model ID do I use for Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct on Vercel AI Gateway?

Use the model ID alibaba/qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-instruct when calling Vercel AI Gateway's API.

Who created Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct?

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct was created by Alibaba as part of the Qwen3-VL model family.

Is Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct open source?

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct is open source according to the seed data.

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Model Specs

Released2025-09-18
Parameters235B
Context256K
Architecturemoe