Qwen: Qwen3 8B pricing and alternatives

Paid / limited

Available from OpenRouter

★★★★★★★★★★ 3.5 Benchmark-backed score

Qwen instruction model for multilingual chat, reasoning, and tool use

Paid / limitedOpenAI compatibleReasoningTool callingJSON modeTextReasoning

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Context window 131K

Max output 8K

API format OpenAI-style

Status Online

AI Recommendation

Should you use Qwen: Qwen3 8B?

Qwen: Qwen3 8B is listed for chat workloads and supports a 131K context window.

Use the comparison and availability sections before choosing this listing, because it is not currently marked as free.

Best for

Chat

Strengths & Weaknesses

Strengths

Long context window
Reasoning mode listed
Tool calling support
Structured JSON output

Watch outs

No current free listing on this provider
Free-tier rate limits apply
Vision support is not listed

Benchmark Overview

Benchmark signals for Qwen: Qwen3 8B

Measured data

Intelligence General reasoning and instruction following

8.3/100

Coding Programming and code generation

9/100

Agentic Tool use and multi-step tasks

1.5/100

Speed Observed generation speed

38 tok/s

Context Maximum listed context window

131K

Model Metadata

Qwen: Qwen3 8B model ID and technical details

Provider catalog

Model ID qwen/qwen3-8b

Family qwen3-8b

Knowledge cutoff 2025-03-31

Released Apr 28, 2025

Last updated Jul 5, 2026

Free listing since Apr 28, 2025

Input text, reasoning

Output text

Capabilities reasoning, tool calling, structured output

Pricing

Qwen: Qwen3 8B pricing per 1M tokens

Provider pricing

Input $0.18 per 1M tokens

Output $0.2 per 1M tokens

Free access Not listed OpenRouter

Rate limit 200 req/day (free tier) provider policy

Availability

Qwen: Qwen3 8B availability by provider

1 alternative

We found 2 provider listings for qwen3-8b. Check model ID, quota, pricing, and API format before switching providers.

Provider	Model listing	Access	Context	API	Limits
OpenRouter	Qwen: Qwen3 8B	Paid	131K	OpenAI-style	200 req/day (free tier)
ModelScope	Qwen/Qwen3-8B	Free tier	8K	Native	Varies

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Compare

Qwen: Qwen3 8B alternatives to consider

Open comparison

Model	Provider	Context	Access
Qwen/Qwen3-8B	ModelScope	8K	Free tier
Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1 (free)	OpenRouter	262K	Free tier
Cohere: North Mini Code (free)	OpenRouter	256K	Free tier
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Content Safety (free)	OpenRouter	128K	Free tier
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free)	OpenRouter	1.0M	Free tier

Typical Use Cases

Qwen: Qwen3 8B use cases

Chat

Qwen: Qwen3 8B is tagged for chat in this catalog and works with OpenAI-compatible client libraries.

FAQ

Qwen: Qwen3 8B free API FAQ

Is Qwen: Qwen3 8B free to use?

Qwen: Qwen3 8B is not currently marked as free on OpenRouter.

What is the Qwen: Qwen3 8B model ID?

The model ID shown in this catalog is qwen/qwen3-8b.

What are the Qwen: Qwen3 8B free tier rate limits on OpenRouter?

The listed free tier limit is 200 req/day (free tier). Limits can change per account tier, so confirm against the provider dashboard.

What context window does Qwen: Qwen3 8B support?

The listed context window is 131K tokens with up to 8K output tokens.

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