Alibaba (Qwen)

Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B

Generally availableOpen weights131K contextReasoning

Summary

Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B is an open-weight language model from Alibaba (Qwen), released on Apr 2025. It accepts text and images and generates text, with a 131K-token context window and up to 33K output tokens per response. As of 4 Oct 2026, the lowest listed API price is $0.20 per million input tokens and $0.80 per million output tokens (Alibaba Cloud Model Studio), across 1 provider we track.

Qwen vision-language model for visual reasoning, documents, and agent tasks

Last verified 4 Oct 2026. Every figure on this page links to its source.

Specifications

DeveloperAlibaba (Qwen)
Release dateApr 2025 [models.dev]
StatusGenerally available [models.dev]
WeightsOpen weights [models.dev]
Context window131K (131,072 tokens) [models.dev]
Max output33K tokens [models.dev]
Knowledge cutoffApr 2025 [models.dev]
InputText and images [models.dev]
OutputText [models.dev]
Reasoning modeYes [models.dev]
Tool callingYes [models.dev]

Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B API pricing by provider

USD per million tokens. Sorted by input price.

ProviderInputOutputCached inputContextSource
Alibaba Cloud Model Studio
qwen3-vl-30b-a3b
$0.20$0.80–131Kmodels.dev, 4 Oct 2026

Frequently asked questions

What is the context window of Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B?

Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B has a context window of 131,072 tokens (131K) and can generate up to 32,768 tokens in a single response, according to models.dev.

How much does the Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B API cost?

Through Alibaba Cloud Model Studio, Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B costs $0.20 per million input tokens and $0.80 per million output tokens. Prices last verified 4 Oct 2026.

Is Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B open source?

Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B is an open-weight model. Check the license terms before commercial use.

When was Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B released?

Alibaba (Qwen) released Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B on Apr 2025, according to models.dev.

Change history

No changes detected since we started tracking this model. We re-check every source daily.

Sources