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Qwen 3.8 Flash API in Singapore

Alibaba’s fast, low-cost Qwen, and an early look at the Qwen4 design. Priced in Singapore dollars for teams in Singapore, on the same key as every other model.

InputS$0.2155per 1M tokens
OutputS$0.6752per 1M tokens
BillingOne bill, in SGDwith every other model

Qwen 3.8 Flash API pricing in Singapore

InputS$0.2155 per 1M tokens · $0.1658
OutputS$0.6752 per 1M tokens · $0.5193
Cached inputS$0.0243 per 1M tokens · $0.0187
Cache writeS$0.338 per 1M tokens · $0.26

In Singapore dollars, the currency your card is charged in, with the published US dollar rate beside each.

For scale: 1,000 requests of about 3,000 tokens in and 1,000 out cost S$1.32 — a long prompt and a page of answer each. Every rate is published and stays the same from one request to the next. See every model.

Prices are our published US dollar rates converted at S$1.30 to the dollar, our rate for October — the same rate your card is charged.

About Qwen 3.8 Flash

Qwen 3.8 Flash is Alibaba’s volume model — 125 billion parameters with only 6 billion active per token, which is what makes it cheap and quick. It previews the design planned for Qwen4, and Alibaba says it cost about a ninth as much to train as Qwen3.7-Plus while beating it. Alibaba reports 62.5% on SWE-bench Pro and 84.5% on AndroidWorld, a phone-automation test.

It reads images and video, holds a million tokens, and thinks by default with adjustable effort. Reviewers’ main complaint is length: it writes far more than most models, which eats into its price advantage.

What is Qwen 3.8 Flash good for?

  • High-volume coding help at low cost.
  • Long video and document analysis.
  • Automating phone and desktop apps.
  • Office task automation.

Where to be careful

  • Very wordy, so tasks can cost more than its rates suggest.
  • Turning reasoning down does not reliably make long multi-turn sessions faster.
  • Its scores are Alibaba’s own.

Specs

Made byAlibaba
ReleasedAugust 2026
TypeChat
Context window1M tokens
Longest answer131K tokens
ReadsText, Images, Video
Thinks before answeringYes, adjustable
WeightsClosed
Processed inSingapore
Model idqwen3.8-flash

Using Qwen 3.8 Flash from Singapore

Roar AI provides access to Qwen 3.8 Flash through the Roar AI gateway, charged in Singapore dollars on one bill with every other model. Requests from Singapore go through our gateway in Singapore. Developers can use Qwen 3.8 Flash alongside other supported models without a separate integration for every provider.

Use the OpenAI SDK you already have — point it at Roar AI and name the model. Read the docs.

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(base_url="https://api.roar-ai.com/v1", api_key="roar_live_…")

reply = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="qwen3.8-flash",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Summarise this contract in plain English."}],
)

Where is Qwen 3.8 Flash processed?

Requests to Qwen 3.8 Flash are processed in Singapore. The model directory says where each model is processed.

Questions

How much does Qwen 3.8 Flash cost in Singapore?

Input is S$0.2155 per 1M tokens; output is S$0.6752 per 1M tokens. For scale, 1,000 requests of about 3,000 tokens in and 1,000 out cost S$1.32. Prices are our published US dollar rates converted at S$1.30 to the dollar, our rate for October — the same rate your card is charged. The rate is published and does not change from one request to the next.

Is Qwen 3.8 Flash open source?

No. Alibaba does not publish the weights, so it is only available through an API like this one.

Try Qwen 3.8 Flash
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