Price increase: alibaba/qwen3.8-flash on alibaba
| Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input | 0.12 | 0.15 | +26.3% |
| Output | 0.40 | 0.47 | +17.3% |
| Cache read | 0.0119 | 0.0160 | +34.8% |
| Cache write | 0.15 | 0.20 | +34.7% |
What this means by workload
Illustrative monthly cost of the changed field(s) alone, at a representative 10M tokens/month split per workload preset. Not a substitute for the calculator, which uses your own volume and every price field.
| Workload | Before / month | After / month |
|---|---|---|
| Coding agent | $1.33 | $1.66 |
| RAG chat | $1.61 | $1.98 |
| Summarisation (batch) | $1.47 | $1.82 |
| Classification | $1.24 | $1.56 |
| Chat assistant | $2.32 | $2.78 |
| Content generation | $3.44 | $4.06 |