Using Qwen3.8-Flash on OpenRouter

Implementation guide · Qwen3.8 · Alibaba

Serverless

OpenRouter exposes Qwen3.8-Flash through model ID qwen/qwen3.8-flash. Use the setup steps, sourced pricing, capabilities, and official provider links below to validate this route before deployment.

Last refreshed 2026-10-19. Next refresh: weekly.

Quick Start

  1. 1
    Create an account at OpenRouter and generate an API key.
  2. 2
    Use the OpenRouter SDK or REST API to call qwen/qwen3.8-flash — see the documentation for request format.
  3. 3
    You'll be billed $0.15/1M input, $0.47/1M output tokens. See full pricing.
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Code Examples

See OpenRouter documentation for integration details.

Pricing on OpenRouter

TypePrice (per 1M)
Input tokens$0.15
Output tokens$0.47

Capabilities

VisionMultimodalJSON / Tool usePrompt Caching

About Qwen3.8-Flash

Qwen3.8-Flash is Alibaba's production multimodal Flash API model (id qwen3.8-flash) with native 1M context, coding/agent tools, and vision. Distinct from open-weight Qwen3.8-Flash-Next. Priced $0.15/$0.47 per 1M tokens on QwenCloud; Alibaba maker endpoint on OpenRouter.

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Model Specs

Released2026-08-26
Parameters125B total, 6B active (API; Together page). Relation to Flash-Next open weights not first-party-proven.
Context1M

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Also available on(3)

Alibaba Cloud PAI-EAS$0.15/1MVercel AI Gateway$0.15/1MTogether AI$0.15/1M
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Provider

OpenRouter

OpenRouter, Inc.

New York, NY, USA