Updated 9 Nov · updated in the last 30 hours

Qwen Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct: price rise input $0.070 → $0.150 per 1M tokens (+114 %), output $0.280 → $0.600 per 1M tokens (+114 %)

On the listed price of Qwen Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct changed: input $0.070 → $0.150 per 1M tokens (+114 %); output $0.280 → $0.600 per 1M tokens (+114 %). A later check on confirmed it. Prices as listed in the United States.

What changed

Qwen Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct 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 Coder 30B A3B Instruct 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 Coder 30B A3B Instruct 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)$0.0002$0.0003$2.35$5.04
L2 · Deep analysis over a 50,000-token document$0.012$0.026$174.76$374.49
L3 · Agentic coding loop, 15 steps$0.095$0.203$1,381.23$2,959.78

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Published rates · Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct

What the price change does to your bill

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

Input / 1M tokens$0.07 → $0.15$0.00$0.20$0.40$0.60Output / 1M tokens$0.28 → $0.60$0.00$0.20$0.40$0.60Input / 1M tokens$0.07 → $0.15$0.00$0.20$0.40$0.60Output / 1M tokens$0.28 → $0.60$0.00$0.20$0.40$0.60

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

Before$174.76Now$374.49$0$100$200$300$400Before$174.76Now$374.49$0$100$200$300$400
Fresh inputVisible output

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

$199.73 more per month at 14,600 tasks.

Before$2.35Now$5.04$0$2$4$6Before$2.35Now$5.04$0$2$4$6
Fresh inputVisible output

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

$2.69 more per month at 14,600 tasks.

Before$1,381.23Now$2,959.78$0$1,000$2,000$3,000Before$1,381.23Now$2,959.78$0$1,000$2,000$3,000
Fresh inputVisible output

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

$1,578.55 more 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$0.07$0.15
Output$0.28$0.60

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.