Alternatives
Best cheaper alternatives to Qwen3 VL 235b
Looking for a cheaper or smarter replacement for Qwen3 VL 235b by Alibaba Cloud? We compared every LLM model with verifiable pricing on real input/output cost, context window, intelligence and modalities. 18 options are meaningfully cheaper.
Category: LLM 262K context
Gemini 1.5 Flash-8B95% CHEAPER
Google
Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.0375 in · $0.15 out / 1M Tokens 36 1.0M ctx 98%
Gemini 1.5 Flash90% CHEAPER
Google
Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.075 in · $0.3 out / 1M Tokens 48 1.0M ctx 98%
Gemini 2.0 Flash87% CHEAPER
Google
Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.1 in · $0.4 out / 1M Tokens 56 1.0M ctx 80%
GPT-5 Mini76% CHEAPER
OpenAI
Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.000263 in · $1.25 out / 1M Tokens 400K ctx 82%
GPT-5.276% CHEAPER
OpenAI
Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.000263 in · $1.25 out / 1M Tokens 400K ctx 82%
GPT 4.1 Mini76% CHEAPER
OpenAI
Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.000263 in · $1.25512 out / 1M Tokens 53 1.0M ctx 82%
GPT 4.1 Nano76% CHEAPER
OpenAI
Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.000263 in · $1.25512 out / 1M Tokens 41 1.0M ctx 82%
Ministral 3 3B92% CHEAPER
Mistral AI
More modalitiesSame category
$0.1 in · $0.1 out / 1M Tokens 128K ctx 98%
Qwen3.5 9B91% CHEAPER
Together AI
More modalitiesSame category
$0.1 in · $0.15 out / 1M Tokens 262K ctx 98%
Llama 3.2 11B Vision96% CHEAPER
Meta
More modalitiesSame category
$0.055 in · $0.055 out / 1M Tokens 38 128K ctx 85%
Ministral 3 8B88% CHEAPER
Mistral AI
More modalitiesSame category
$0.15 in · $0.15 out / 1M Tokens 37 128K ctx 98%
Mistral Small 488% CHEAPER
Mistral AI
More modalitiesSame category
$0.1 in · $0.3 out / 1M Tokens 128K ctx 78%
Ministral 3 14B85% CHEAPER
Mistral AI
More modalitiesSame category
$0.2 in · $0.2 out / 1M Tokens 128K ctx 98%
Llama 3.1 8B Instant 128k96% CHEAPER
Groq
Same category
$0.05 in · $0.08 out / 1M Tokens 128K ctx 98%
OpenAI GPT OSS 20B90% CHEAPER
Fireworks AI
Same category
$0.07 in · $0.3 out / 1M Tokens 128K ctx 98%
GPT OSS 20B 128k90% CHEAPER
Groq
Same category
$0.075 in · $0.3 out / 1M Tokens 128K ctx 98%
Llama 3.2 90B Vision82% CHEAPER
Meta
More modalitiesSame category
$0.23 in · $0.23 out / 1M Tokens 54 128K ctx 85%
Llama 3.1 8B96% CHEAPER
Meta
Same category
$0.055 in · $0.055 out / 1M Tokens 34 128K ctx 85%
Costs are normalised to a blended 1M-token workload (or per-unit price for non-token models) using each model's latest verified pricing. Models with pricing under review are excluded from recommendations.