Qwen3 Coder Next
Summary
Qwen3 Coder Next is an open-weight language model from Alibaba (Qwen), released on 3 Feb 2026. It accepts text and generates text, with a 262K-token context window and up to 236K output tokens per response. As of 4 Oct 2026, the lowest listed API price is $0.12 per million input tokens and $0.80 per million output tokens (OpenRouter), across 5 providers we track.
Qwen coding model for software agents, repository edits, and code reasoning
Last verified 4 Oct 2026. Every figure on this page links to its source.
Specifications
| Developer | Alibaba (Qwen) |
|---|---|
| Release date | 3 Feb 2026 [models.dev] |
| Status | Generally available [models.dev] |
| Weights | Open weights [Hugging Face] |
| License | apache-2.0 [Hugging Face] |
| Parameters | 79.7B [Hugging Face] |
| Context window | 262K (262,144 tokens) [models.dev] |
| Max output | 236K tokens [models.dev] |
| Knowledge cutoff | Sept 2025 [models.dev] |
| Input | Text [models.dev] |
| Output | Text [models.dev] |
| Reasoning mode | No [models.dev] |
| Tool calling | Yes [models.dev] |
| Structured output | Yes [models.dev] |
| Hugging Face | Qwen/Qwen3-Coder-Next [Hugging Face] |
Qwen3 Coder Next API pricing by provider
USD per million tokens. Sorted by input price.
| Provider | Input | Output | Cached input | Context | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter qwen/qwen3-coder-next | $0.12 | $0.80 | $0.07 | 262K | OpenRouter, 4 Oct 2026 |
| Novita AI qwen/qwen3-coder-next | $0.20 | $1.50 | – | 262K | models.dev, 4 Oct 2026 |
| Hugging Face Inference Providers Qwen/Qwen3-Coder-Next | $0.20 | $1.50 | – | 262K | models.dev, 4 Oct 2026 |
| Amazon Bedrock qwen.qwen3-coder-next | $0.50 | $1.20 | – | 262K | models.dev, 4 Oct 2026 |
| Vercel AI Gateway alibaba/qwen3-coder-next | $0.50 | $1.20 | – | 256K | models.dev, 4 Oct 2026 |
Frequently asked questions
What is the context window of Qwen3 Coder Next?
Qwen3 Coder Next has a context window of 262,144 tokens (262K) and can generate up to 235,929 tokens in a single response, according to models.dev.
How much does the Qwen3 Coder Next API cost?
Qwen3 Coder Next is listed from $0.12 per million input tokens and $0.80 per million output tokens (OpenRouter). Prices last verified 4 Oct 2026.
Is Qwen3 Coder Next open source?
Qwen3 Coder Next is an open-weight model: its weights are published on Hugging Face as Qwen/Qwen3-Coder-Next under the apache-2.0 license. Check the license terms before commercial use.
When was Qwen3 Coder Next released?
Alibaba (Qwen) released Qwen3 Coder Next on 3 Feb 2026, according to models.dev.
Which providers offer Qwen3 Coder Next?
We track Qwen3 Coder Next on 5 providers: OpenRouter, Novita AI, Hugging Face Inference Providers, Amazon Bedrock, Vercel AI Gateway.
Change history
No changes detected since we started tracking this model. We re-check every source daily.
Sources
- https://openrouter.ai/qwen/qwen3-coder-next
- https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/openrouter/models/qwen/qwen3-coder-next.toml
- https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-Coder-Next
- https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/novita-ai/models/qwen/qwen3-coder-next.toml
- https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/huggingface/models/Qwen/Qwen3-Coder-Next.toml
- https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/amazon-bedrock/models/qwen.qwen3-coder-next.toml
- https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/vercel/models/alibaba/qwen3-coder-next.toml