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Qwen3.8 27B API pricing by provider

Qwen3.8 27B is available from 15 providers. The cheapest is Darkbloom at $0.15 input / $2.00 output per 1M tokens (FP4). Alibaba (Qwen)’s own API charges $0.425 / $2.55, 36% more than the cheapest host. The priciest host, Venice, charges 1.9x the cheapest.

Prices from the OpenRouter API, retrieved September 15, 2026. Weights: Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B.

ProviderPrecisionInput / 1MOutput / 1MDocument Q&A / monthContextMax output
Darkbloomfp4$0.15$2.00$120.00262K33K
Phala—$0.24$2.20$162.00262K236K
Parasailfp8$0.24$2.20$162.00262K236K
AkashMLfp8$0.25$2.20$166.00262K131K
DekaLLM—$0.20$2.50$155.00262K236K
Rekafp8$0.214$2.55$162.10262K131K
Chutesfp8$0.32$2.50$203.00262K66K
Mancer 2fp8$0.25$2.75$182.50262K236K
Ionstreamfp8$0.35$2.55$216.50262K66K
Io Netfp8$0.30$2.80$204.0066K59K
Alibabacreator—$0.425$2.55$246.501M131K
CoreWeavefp8$0.40$3.00$250.00262K236K
Novita—$0.42$3.00$258.001M131K
Cloudflare—$0.45$3.20$276.00262K236K
Venicefp8$0.45$3.20$276.00262K66K

Sorted by blended price (3 input : 1 output). Document Q&A assumes 50,000 questions a month with 8,000 input and 600 output tokens each. Precision is reported by the provider; “—” means not disclosed.

Frequently asked questions

What is the cheapest Qwen3.8 27B API provider?
Darkbloom is the cheapest healthy provider we track at $0.15 per 1M input tokens and $2.00 per 1M output tokens.
How much does Qwen3.8 27B cost?
Across 15 providers, input prices range from $0.15 to $0.45 per 1M tokens and output prices from $2.00 to $3.20.
What is Qwen3.8 27B’s context window?
Qwen3.8 27B supports up to 1M tokens, but some providers serve a smaller context window — check the table before choosing.

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