Updated 9 Nov · updated in the last 30 hours

Qwen Qwen3.5-27B: price rise input $0.270 → $0.260 per 1M tokens (-4 %), output $2.16 → $2.60 per 1M tokens (+20 %)

On the listed price of Qwen Qwen3.5-27B changed: input $0.270 → $0.260 per 1M tokens (-4 %); output $2.16 → $2.60 per 1M tokens (+20 %). A later check on confirmed it. Prices as listed in the United States.

What changed

Qwen Qwen3.5-27B is more expensive on OpenRouter. Source: price page as read.

What it does to a task

Standard tasks, visible output only, no cache discount; month = 20 tasks an hour around the clock.

Price change: Published input and output rates before and now; both money axes start at zero. Published rates · Qwen3.5-27B The same token volumes are priced before and after the confirmed rate change. Published rates · USD per million tokens. Open circle: before. Filled circle: now.
Price change.Published rates · Qwen3.5-27B The same token volumes are priced before and after the confirmed rate change. Published rates · USD per million tokens. Open circle: before. Filled circle: now. Open image · Explore the chart · Measured Lab · CC BY 4.0
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TaskPer task, beforePer task, nowPer month, beforePer month, now
L1 · Micro-task (classification or strict JSON extraction)$0.0008$0.0009$12.22$13.29
L2 · Deep analysis over a 50,000-token document$0.049$0.049$721.39$717.44
L3 · Agentic coding loop, 15 steps$0.375$0.365$5,469.53$5,335.28

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Published rates · Qwen3.5-27B

What the price change does to your bill

The same token volumes are priced before and after the confirmed rate change.

Input / 1M tokens$0.27 → $0.26$0.00$1.00$2.00$3.00Output / 1M tokens$2.16 → $2.60$0.00$1.00$2.00$3.00Input / 1M tokens$0.27 → $0.26$0.00$1.00$2.00$3.00Output / 1M tokens$2.16 → $2.60$0.00$1.00$2.00$3.00

Published rates · USD per million tokens. Open circle: before. Filled circle: now.

Before$721.39Now$717.44$0$200$400$600$800Before$721.39Now$717.44$0$200$400$600$800
Fresh inputVisible output

159,000 input + 3,000 visible output tokens per task. No cache discount; hidden reasoning excluded.

$3.94 less per month at 14,600 tasks.

Before$12.22Now$13.29$0$5$10$15Before$12.22Now$13.29$0$5$10$15
Fresh inputVisible output

1,500 input + 200 visible output tokens per task. No cache discount; hidden reasoning excluded.

$1.07 more per month at 14,600 tasks.

Before$5,469.53Now$5,335.28$0$2,000$4,000$6,000Before$5,469.53Now$5,335.28$0$2,000$4,000$6,000
Fresh inputVisible output

1,315,500 input + 9,000 visible output tokens per task. No cache discount; hidden reasoning excluded.

$134.25 less per month at 14,600 tasks.

Assumption: 20 tasks/hour × 730 hours. No cache discount; hidden reasoning excluded.

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Confirmed price change

First seen and confirmed are different dates.

  1. Before
  2. First seen
  3. Confirmed
Published rate / 1MBeforeNow
Input$0.27$0.26
Output$2.16$2.60

A second measurement on a later date confirmed each new rate. The dates describe our readings, not a provider announcement date.

Sources: this page; published model prices (data (JSON)); task assumptions (data (JSON)). Published prices · Observed responses · Calculated scenarios · Assumptions stated with each chart.