Qwen3 30B is Alibaba's language model with a 41K context window and up to 16K output tokens, starting at $0.12 / 1M input and $0.5 / 1M output. A 30B-parameter dense LLM from the Qwen3 series supporting hybrid thinking and non-thinking modes with strong reasoning and tool-use capabilities.
Specifications
Canonical IDalibaba-qwen3-30b
TypeLanguage
StatusActive
CreatorAlibabaAlibaba
Providers
Context Window41K tokens
Max Output16K tokens
Input ModalitiesText
Output ModalitiesText
Reasoning Effortsdefault
Parameters30B
Release Date · 1 year ago

Capabilities

Input1/5
Text
Image·
Audio·
Video·
PDF·
Output1/5
Text
Image·
Audio·
Video·
Embedding·
Capabilities2/13
Reasoning
Adaptive Reasoning·
Function Calling
Parallel Function Calling·
Structured Outputs·
Native JSON Schema·
Web Search·
URL Context·
Computer Use·
Code Execution·
File Search·
Prompt Caching·
Assistant Prefill·

Pricing by Provider

US Dollar ($)
Per 1M tokens
ProviderStandard
Input
$ / 1M
Output
$ / 1M
Vercel AI Gateway logo
Vercel AI Gateway
alibaba/qwen-3-30b
$0.12$0.5

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Cheapest Instances to Run It

Cloud GPU instances that can host Qwen3 30B, ranked by cheapest on-demand price. The model needs about 72 GB of GPU memory at FP16 precision (estimated from its parameter count), so treat the fit as guidance rather than a guarantee.

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FP16 (full precision)
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Cloud
GPU
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Cheapest region
Standard_NP20sAzure2× AMD Alveo U250 FPGA (64GB)128 GB$3.30/hreastus
g7e.2xlargeAWSRTX PRO Server 600096 GB$3.36/hrus-east-1
Standard_NC24ads_A100_v4AzureNVIDIA A10080 GB$3.67/hreastus
7 more instances can run Qwen3 30B
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Versions

VersionReleasedContextInput / 1MOutput / 1MStatus
Qwen Audio 3 Flash Realtime$0.413$4.13Available
Qwen Audio 3 Plus Realtime$0.688$5.50Available
Qwen Audio 3 Plus TTSAvailable
EAGLE Qwen 2.5 3B InstructAvailable
Qwen3.7 Plus1.0M$0.320$1.28Available
Qwen3.7 Max1.0M$1.25$3.75Available
Qwen3.6 Max Preview262K$1.04$6.24Available
Qwen3.6 27B262K$0.150$0.500Available
Qwen3.6 35B A3B262K$0.140$0.450Available
Qwen3.6 Plus1.0M$0.325$1.95Available
Qwen3 30B41K$0.120$0.500Current

Model IDs

alibaba-qwen3-30b
alibaba/qwen-3-30b
vercel_ai_gateway/alibaba/qwen-3-30b