Qwen3 API Guide: Complete Tutorial for Alibaba's Qwen 3 Models 2026

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Alibaba's Qwen3 family offers diverse model options from lightweight Turbo to the massive Coder-480B.

Qwen3 Pricing

Model	Input (1M tokens)	Output (1M tokens)
Qwen3-Turbo	$0.08	$0.08
Qwen3-72B	$0.14	$0.14
Qwen3-VL (Vision)	$0.14	$0.14
Qwen3-Coder-480B	$0.82	$0.82
DeepSeek V4 Pro	$0.14	$0.28

Qwen3-Turbo at $0.08/M offers the cheapest symmetric pricing among major Chinese AI models.

Python Quick Start

from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(base_url="https://aiwave.live/v1", api_key="***")

# Qwen3-Turbo - best value
response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="qwen3-turbo",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Explain Qwen3 models."}]
)