Qwen 3.8 27B API — pricing & specs

Qwen 3.8 27B is an Alibaba text and image model with selectable reasoning effort and function calling. On KeepRouter, Qwen 3.8 27B costs $0.4500 per 1M input tokens and $3.20 per 1M output tokens, billed pay-as-you-go with no monthly fee. Call it through a compatible KeepRouter endpoint supported by its active route, with the model id qwen3.8-27b.

MakerAlibaba
ModalityText, vision
Context window262,144 tokens
Open weightsYes
Input price$0.4500 per 1M tokens
Output price$3.20 per 1M tokens
Cached input$0.0500 per 1M tokens
CapabilitiesVision (image input), Chat completions, Streaming where supported, Tool calling where supported
EndpointPOST /v1/chat/completions
Model idqwen3.8-27b

How pricing works for Qwen 3.8 27B

Qwen 3.8 27B is billed per token — $0.4500 per 1M input tokens and $3.20 per 1M output tokens, with cached input at $0.0500 per 1M tokens. The published price is pay-as-you-go, with no monthly fee; actual request cost depends on measured token usage.

Calling Qwen 3.8 27B on KeepRouter

Point a compatible client at the supported KeepRouter endpoint and set the model to qwen3.8-27b. KeepRouter preserves the client-facing request shape while handling upstream routing or translation. Use POST /v1/chat/completions or, on compatible chat routes, POST /v1/messages; streaming and tool support depend on the model's active route.

cURL

curl https://keeprouter.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $KEEPROUTER_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"qwen3.8-27b","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello"}]}'

Python

import os
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(base_url="https://keeprouter.com/v1", api_key=os.environ["KEEPROUTER_KEY"])
r = client.chat.completions.create(model="qwen3.8-27b", messages=[{"role":"user","content":"Hello"}])

JavaScript

import OpenAI from "openai";
const client = new OpenAI({ baseURL: "https://keeprouter.com/v1", apiKey: process.env.KEEPROUTER_KEY });
const r = await client.chat.completions.create({ model: "qwen3.8-27b", messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello" }] });

Estimate API costs

At the current KeepRouter customer price, an example workload of 1,000 total input tokens, no cached input, and 500 output tokens per request costs approximately $0.002050 per request. At 100 requests per day, that is $6.15 over 30 days. This is a usage estimate, excluding processing fees, taxes, retries and application infrastructure. Actual usage, cache hits and supported generation durations need their own checks.

Adjust quantities in the API cost calculator.

Model identity and official sources

Sources checked 2026-10-03.

Bounded generation checked

On October 3, 2026, this exact ID returned HTTP 200, visible text and final token usage through /v1/chat/completions. These small checks do not establish task accuracy, full-context capacity, media compatibility or sustained throughput.

KeepRouter · API reference

Model and evaluation task

Qwen 3.8 27B is distinct from Qwen 3.8 Max. The serving documentation lists a 262,144-token context, vision and tools. Test your actual prompt length; this is a documented limit, not a full-context capacity measurement.

Alibaba · model documentation · Serving specifications

API contract and migration

Use Chat Completions with this exact public model ID. Maker-native tools, audio generation and media encodings are not automatically exposed by a compatibility route. Start with text, then test each required media and tool workflow separately.

Alibaba · model documentation

Customer price and verification scope

Use this page's live KeepRouter USD input, output and, when shown, cached-input prices. Cached tokens are part of prompt usage and must not be counted twice. Compare spend including reasoning and retries. Reviewed documentation and catalog presence do not certify full-context capacity, media handling or throughput.

KeepRouter · pricing and usage · KeepRouter · workload calculator

How to evaluate Qwen 3.8 27B

Qwen 3.8 27B is listed on KeepRouter as text, vision under the exact id qwen3.8-27b. Use /v1/chat/completions for the listed route; a maker's upstream features do not automatically apply to this gateway endpoint. The published context window is 262,144 tokens. These are limits, not a recommended request size.

First workload: Start with a text question plus one representative image, then repeat the same question with text only. Compare answer quality, latency and billed input/output tokens.

Before production: For agent use, test tool calls and structured output on this exact model route before production; an OpenAI-compatible chat endpoint alone does not prove either feature.

Agent setup paths

OpenCode

OpenCode documents a custom OpenAI-compatible provider. Set baseURL to https://keeprouter.com/v1 and list qwen3.8-27b as a model; validate tool behavior on the exact route. Official setup.

{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "provider": {
    "keeprouter": {
      "npm": "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
      "name": "KeepRouter",
      "options": {
        "baseURL": "https://keeprouter.com/v1",
        "apiKey": "{env:KEEPROUTER_API_KEY}"
      },
      "models": {
        "qwen3.8-27b": {
          "name": "Qwen 3.8 27B"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Continue

Continue documents provider: openai with a custom apiBase. Set apiBase to https://keeprouter.com/v1 and model to qwen3.8-27b; validate the selected feature and endpoint. Official setup.

name: KeepRouter
version: 0.0.1
schema: v1
models:
  - name: Qwen 3.8 27B
    provider: openai
    model: qwen3.8-27b
    apiBase: https://keeprouter.com/v1
    apiKey: <YOUR_KEEPROUTER_API_KEY>

These are documented configuration paths; model-specific tool, streaming and multimodal behavior still needs a real request test.

Public model usage evidence

No public, exact-variant usage figure has been verified for this KeepRouter model id. Missing data is not zero usage; family-level or maker-wide traffic is not presented as this model's traffic.

Published examples and cases

No exact-model customer case has been verified for this entry. The workload above is an evaluation recipe, not a claim of a public deployment.

Source and verification boundary

Official Qwen 3.8 27B documentation. KeepRouter's live catalog is authoritative for the customer price and enabled endpoint shown here; the maker remains authoritative for upstream model capabilities and limits.

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