Grok vs Qwen
The short answer. The cheapest Grok model we track, grok-build-0.1, costs $2.00 per million output tokens and $1.00 per million input tokens. The cheapest Qwen model, Qwen3.7 Flash, costs $0.130 per million output tokens and $0.030 per million input tokens, as sold by OpenRouter. At the entry level, Qwen is 15.4 times cheaper than Grok on output tokens. Prices read on 2 November 2026.
This page compares what xAI and Alibaba charge through their APIs. Every price below carries the day we read it and links to the page it came from. We do not rank quality: we tell you what each model costs, and since when.
At the top of each range
- Among Grok models that carry a relayed score, the highest on the Artificial Analysis intelligence index is Grok 4.6, at 44.3, sold by OpenRouter at $6.00 per million output tokens.
- Among Qwen models that carry a relayed score, the highest on the Artificial Analysis intelligence index is Qwen3.8 Max, at 53.4, sold by OpenRouter at $6.00 per million output tokens.
The index is produced by Artificial Analysis and relayed through OpenRouter's catalogue. It is not our measurement; we record it as a level 4 source and show it next to the price we read. A model without a score here has not been scored yet, which is not the same as scoring low.
Every model, side by side
Grok models
8 standard offers, from the prices xAI publishes itself.
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Read on | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| grok-build-0.1 | $1.00 | $2.00 | 256 000 | 2 November 2026 | xAI |
| grok-4.20-0309-non-reasoning | $1.25 | $2.50 | 1 000 000 | 2 November 2026 | xAI |
| grok-4.20-0309-reasoning | $1.25 | $2.50 | 1 000 000 | 2 November 2026 | xAI |
| grok-4.20-multi-agent-0309 | $1.25 | $2.50 | 1 000 000 | 2 November 2026 | xAI |
| grok-4.3 | $1.25 | $2.50 | 1 000 000 | 2 November 2026 | xAI |
| grok-4.5 | $2.00 | $6.00 | 500 000 | 2 November 2026 | xAI |
| grok-4.6 | $2.00 | $6.00 | 500 000 | 2 November 2026 | xAI |
| grok-4.7 | $2.00 | $6.00 | 500 000 | 30 October 2026 | xAI |
Qwen models
54 standard offers, from OpenRouter's prices: we track no price list published by Alibaba itself for these models.
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Read on | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3.7 Flash | $0.030 | $0.130 | 1 000 000 | 2 November 2026 | OpenRouter |
| Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | $0.100 | $0.200 | 32 768 | 3 November 2026 | OpenRouter |
| Qwen3 14B | $0.120 | $0.240 | 40 960 | 3 November 2026 | OpenRouter |
| Qwen3.5-9B | $0.170 | $0.250 | 262 144 | 3 November 2026 | OpenRouter |
| Qwen3.5-Flash | $0.065 | $0.260 | 1 000 000 | 31 October 2026 | OpenRouter |
| Qwen3 32B | $0.080 | $0.280 | 131 072 | 3 November 2026 | OpenRouter |
| Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 | $0.100 | $0.300 | 262 144 | 3 November 2026 | OpenRouter |
| Qwen2.5 72B Instruct | $0.360 | $0.400 | 32 768 | 3 November 2026 | OpenRouter |
| Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct | $0.104 | $0.416 | 131 072 | 9 October 2026 | OpenRouter |
| Qwen3 8B | $0.117 | $0.455 | 131 072 | 9 October 2026 | OpenRouter |
| Qwen3.8 Flash | $0.150 | $0.470 | 1 000 000 | 1 November 2026 | OpenRouter |
| Qwen3.8 Omni Flash | $0.150 | $0.470 | 1 000 000 | 3 November 2026 | OpenRouter |
| Qwen3 30B A3B | $0.120 | $0.500 | 40 960 | 2 November 2026 | OpenRouter |
| Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct | $0.150 | $0.600 | 262 144 | 3 November 2026 | OpenRouter |
| Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct | $0.150 | $0.600 | 262 144 | 3 November 2026 | OpenRouter |
| Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct | $0.250 | $0.750 | 262 144 | 1 November 2026 | OpenRouter |
| Qwen Plus 0728 | $0.260 | $0.780 | 1 000 000 | 9 October 2026 | OpenRouter |
| Qwen-Plus | $0.260 | $0.780 | 1 000 000 | 3 November 2026 | OpenRouter |
| Qwen3 Coder Next | $0.120 | $0.800 | 262 144 | 2 November 2026 | OpenRouter |
| Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 | $0.140 | $0.800 | 262 144 | 3 November 2026 | OpenRouter |
| Qwen3.6 35B A3B | $0.100 | $0.900 | 262 144 | 3 November 2026 | OpenRouter |
| Qwen3 Coder Flash | $0.195 | $0.975 | 1 000 000 | 31 October 2026 | OpenRouter |
| Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | $0.140 | $1.00 | 262 144 | 3 November 2026 | OpenRouter |
| Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking | $0.290 | $1.00 | 262 144 | 2 November 2026 | OpenRouter |
| Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B | $0.300 | $1.00 | 262 144 | 3 November 2026 | OpenRouter |
| Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct | $0.660 | $1.00 | 32 768 | 2 November 2026 | OpenRouter |
| Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct | $0.800 | $1.00 | 128 000 | 3 November 2026 | OpenRouter |
| Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct | $0.100 | $1.10 | 262 144 | 3 November 2026 | OpenRouter |
| Qwen3.6 Flash | $0.1875 | $1.125 | 1 000 000 | 31 October 2026 | OpenRouter |
| Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking | $0.150 | $1.20 | 262 144 | 28 October 2026 | OpenRouter |
| Qwen3.7 Plus | $0.320 | $1.28 | 1 000 000 | 2 November 2026 | OpenRouter |
| Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15 | $0.260 | $1.56 | 1 000 000 | 3 November 2026 | OpenRouter |
| Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 | $0.300 | $1.80 | 1 000 000 | 1 November 2026 | OpenRouter |
| Qwen3 235B A22B | $0.455 | $1.82 | 131 072 | 9 October 2026 | OpenRouter |
| Qwen3.8 27B | $0.150 | $1.875 | 1 024 000 | 3 November 2026 | OpenRouter |
| Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct | $0.210 | $1.90 | 262 144 | 3 November 2026 | OpenRouter |
| Qwen3.6 Plus | $0.325 | $1.95 | 1 000 000 | 31 October 2026 | OpenRouter |
| Qwen3.5-122B-A10B | $0.260 | $2.08 | 262 144 | 3 November 2026 | OpenRouter |
| Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking | $0.180 | $2.10 | 131 072 | 9 October 2026 | OpenRouter |
| Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507 | $0.200 | $2.40 | 81 920 | 8 October 2026 | OpenRouter |
| Qwen3.5-27B | $0.260 | $2.60 | 262 144 | 3 November 2026 | OpenRouter |
| Qwen3.6 27B | $0.450 | $2.70 | 262 144 | 3 November 2026 | OpenRouter |
| Qwen3 Coder Plus | $0.650 | $3.25 | 1 000 000 | 9 October 2026 | OpenRouter |
| Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 | $0.450 | $3.50 | 128 000 | 3 November 2026 | OpenRouter |
| Qwen3.5 397B A17B | $0.500 | $3.60 | 262 144 | 3 November 2026 | OpenRouter |
| Qwen3 Max | $0.780 | $3.90 | 262 144 | 9 October 2026 | OpenRouter |
| Qwen3 Max Thinking | $0.780 | $3.90 | 262 144 | 9 October 2026 | OpenRouter |
| Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking | $0.400 | $4.00 | 131 072 | 9 October 2026 | OpenRouter |
| Qwen3.7 Max | $1.475 | $4.425 | 1 000 000 | 1 November 2026 | OpenRouter |
| Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B | $2.00 | $6.00 | 1 048 576 | 3 November 2026 | OpenRouter |
| Qwen3.8 Max (0902) | $2.00 | $6.00 | 1 000 000 | 3 November 2026 | OpenRouter |
| Qwen3.8 Max | $2.00 | $6.00 | 1 000 000 | 4 September 2026 | OpenRouter |
| Qwen3.6 Max Preview | $1.027 | $6.162 | 262 144 | 7 October 2026 | OpenRouter |
| Qwen3.8 Max Prime | $4.00 | $12.00 | 1 000 000 | 1 November 2026 | OpenRouter |
How these prices have moved
We hold dated captures of these models' prices back to 24 September 2024. We did not observe these values ourselves: they were recovered from public captures of OpenRouter's catalogue, and each links to its capture so you can check it without trusting us. Largest moves on output price:
| Model | Before | After | Change | Captured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 | $0.100 | $1.495 | +1395% | 17 July 2026 |
| Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B | $0.100 | $0.600 | +500% | 9 May 2025 |
| Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 | $0.100 | $0.600 | +500% | 23 September 2025 |
| Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 | $0.100 | $0.550 | +450% | 17 July 2026 |
| Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct | $0.200 | $1.00 | +400% | 17 March 2026 |
| Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B | $0.3024 | $1.20 | +297% | 29 July 2025 |
Questions
Which is cheaper, Grok or Qwen?
The cheapest Grok model we track, grok-build-0.1, costs $2.00 per million output tokens and $1.00 per million input tokens. The cheapest Qwen model, Qwen3.7 Flash, costs $0.130 per million output tokens and $0.030 per million input tokens, as sold by OpenRouter. At the entry level, Qwen is 15.4 times cheaper than Grok on output tokens. Prices read on 2 November 2026.
What is the cheapest Grok model?
grok-build-0.1, at $2.00 per million output tokens, read on 2 November 2026.
What is the cheapest Qwen model?
Qwen3.7 Flash, at $0.130 per million output tokens, read on 2 November 2026.
Where do these prices come from?
From the price lists xAI and OpenRouter publish, read by our collectors. No figure on this page was produced by a language model.