How much does Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct cost per million tokens?

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct costs $0.8 per million input tokens and $1 per million output tokens at list price, and $0.4 per million cached input tokens.

What is the context window of Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct?

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct accepts up to 128,000 tokens of context and returns up to 115,200 output tokens.

How much do 1,000 chat messages cost with Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct?

About $1.30, assuming 1,000 input + 500 output tokens per message.

Is there a cheaper alternative to Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct?

In the same price range, OpenAI GPT-6 Luna Pro ($0.1 / $0.5), OpenAI GPT-6 Luna ($0.1 / $0.5), Z.ai GLM 5.3 FlashX ($0.37 / $1.25) cost less per token. Quality differs: test on your own prompts.

Where can I buy Qwen API credits for less?

Discount credit books resell OpenRouter usage below face value within their depth, OpenRouter adds a 5.5% card fee, and Qwen sells its own credits at face value. The live table on this page ranks them for $100 of usage.

Qwen · live price

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct API pricing

Qwen2.5-VL is proficient in recognizing common objects such as flowers, birds, fish, and insects. It is also highly capable of analyzing texts, charts, icons, graphics, and layouts within images.

Small and cheap (under $1 per 1M)image input

Input: $0.8; per 1M tokens
Output: $1; per 1M tokens
Cached input: $0.4; per 1M tokens
Context: 128K; 115K max output

List price from OpenRouter, which passes Qwen's price through without markup. Refreshed hourly. Released February 1, 2025. Model id qwen/qwen2.5-vl-72b-instruct.

What Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct costs in practice

At list price, before any batch or caching discount.

1,000 chat messages

$1.30

1,000 input + 500 output tokens each

1,000 RAG questions

$6.90

8,000 input + 500 output tokens each

100 coding-agent steps

$2.60

30,000 input + 2,000 output tokens each, no caching

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct price history

No price change since we started tracking on 2026-10-01. We record prices daily; changes will show here.

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct price by host

One host serves this model through OpenRouter.

Parasail$0.8 in · $1 out · 128K ctx · 100.0% uptime 24h

Where to buy Qwen credits for less

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct costs the same per token everywhere it's sold through OpenRouter. What changes is the price of the credits. Live quotes for $100 of usage:

#	Where you buy	You payYou pay for $100.00 of usage	vs list price	Price source
1	OrbioCardCheapest right now Credits from a discount book, plus a 5% platform fee and card processing, both included in the quote.	$85.10 incl. $2.60 card processing	-14.9%	live quote
2	smaaartCard Credits from a discount book, plus a 5% platform fee on face value. Card processing and taxes shown at checkout.	$95.00 + card processing and tax at checkout (not in this number)	-5.0%	live quote
3	Direct from the labCard Prepaid credits at face value (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google…). Taxes may apply.	$100.00 no top-up fee	list price	face value
4	OpenRouterCrypto 5% on crypto purchases. No markup on model prices.	$105.00 fees included	+5.0%	published fee
5	OpenRouterCard 5.5% on card purchases, $0.80 minimum. No markup on model prices.	$105.50 fees included	+5.5%	published fee

Disclosure: this site is run by the team behind smaaart, one of the options compared. Tables are ranked by price only, from live quotes and published fees, including when smaaart isn't first. How we compare

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct cost calculator

Enter your monthly tokens to price your own usage.

Model$0.8 in / $1.00 out per 1M tokens · list price, liveInput tokens / month (millions)Output tokens / month (millions)

Usage at list price$50.00/ month

Cheaper alternatives to Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

Other labs' models in the same price range or the one below, cheaper per token.

Model	Input / 1M	Output / 1M	Blended 3:1	Context
OpenAI: GPT-6 Luna Pro	$0.1	$0.5	$0.2	1.1M
OpenAI: GPT-6 Luna	$0.1	$0.5	$0.2	1.1M
Z.ai: GLM 5.3 FlashX	$0.37	$1.25	$0.59	1.0M
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash	$0.03	$0.5	$0.147	1.0M
Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash	$0.15	$0.5	$0.237	1.0M
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp	$0.216	$0.647	$0.323	1.0M

Other Qwen models

Model	Input / 1M	Output / 1M	Blended 3:1	Context
Qwen-Plus	$0.26	$0.78	$0.39	1M
Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct	$0.66	$1	$0.745	33K
Qwen3 32B	$0.08	$0.28	$0.13	131K
Qwen3 14B	$0.12	$0.24	$0.15	131K
Qwen3 30B A3B	$0.12	$0.5	$0.215	131K
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct	$0.1	$0.2	$0.125	33K

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