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Qwen 3.8 Flash
● liveLive - $0.15/$0.47 per 1M; 1M ctx; multimodal; HF ships it as Qwen3.8-Flash-Next. On the board as live since 2026-08-26 — the watchers keep tracking it: lineup changes, pricing moves and deprecations all alert.
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Where to use Qwen 3.8 Flash
32 providers list Qwen 3.8 Flash in the models.dev catalog (as of 2026-10-11), under the model ids shown below.
qwen3.8-flashqwen3.8-flashqwen/qwen3.8-flashalibaba/qwen3.8-flashqwen3.8-flashqwen3.8-flashqwen3.8-flashqwen3.8-flashQwen3.8-Flash-Nextqwen3.8-flashqwen3.8-flash-nextqwen/qwen3.8-flashAlso listed by Deep Infra, DevPass (LLM Gateway), Eden AI, EmpirioLabs AI, GMI Cloud, Kilo Gateway, LLM Gateway, Merge Gateway, NaN, NanoGPT, Novita AI, Ofox, OpenCode Go, OpenCode Zen, Requesty, SCNet Token Plan, TensorX, Vancine, Venice AI, Vultr.
Listings cover the model family, so a provider may list a sibling tier under the same name. Check the id before you build on it.
Qwen 3.8 Flash: quick answers
Is Qwen 3.8 Flash out?
Yes. Qwen 3.8 Flash is live and has been since August 26, 2026.
When was Qwen 3.8 Flash released?
August 26, 2026.
Who makes Qwen 3.8 Flash?
Alibaba. ArtificialWatch also tracks Wan 3.0, Qwen 3.8 Max, Qwen 3.9 Flash, Qwen 3.9 Max and Qwen 4 Max from Alibaba.
Where can I use Qwen 3.8 Flash?
32 providers list it in the models.dev catalog, including Alibaba, Alibaba (China), OpenRouter, Vercel AI Gateway and 302.AI. The exact model ids each one lists are on this page.
How much does Qwen 3.8 Flash cost?
Alibaba's own API lists Qwen 3.8 Flash (qwen3.8-flash) at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.47 per million output tokens, and $0.016 per million cached input tokens. Prices as published in the models.dev catalog, as of 2026-10-11.
What is Qwen 3.8 Flash's context window?
1M tokens, with up to 131K output tokens per response, as Alibaba lists Qwen 3.8 Flash (qwen3.8-flash).
Is Qwen 3.8 Flash open weights?
Yes. Qwen 3.8 Flash is released with open weights.
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