Alternatives
Best cheaper alternatives to Qwen3.5 9B
Looking for a cheaper or smarter replacement for Qwen3.5 9B by Together AI? We compared every LLM model with verifiable pricing on real input/output cost, context window, intelligence and modalities. 9 options are meaningfully cheaper.
Category: LLM 262K context
Palmyra Vision97% CHEAPER
Writer
Same category
$0.005 in · $0 out / 1M Tokens 76%
Qwen Image Plus73% CHEAPER
Alibaba Cloud
Same category
$0.03 in · $0.03 out / image 78%
Gemini 1.5 Flash-8B42% CHEAPER
Google
Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.0375 in · $0.15 out / 1M Tokens 36 1.0M ctx 98%
Imagen 464% CHEAPER
Google
Same category
$0.04 in · $0.04 out / image 80%
Llama 3.1 8B51% CHEAPER
Meta
Same category
$0.055 in · $0.055 out / 1M Tokens 34 128K ctx 85%
Llama 3.2 11B Vision51% CHEAPER
Meta
Same category
$0.055 in · $0.055 out / 1M Tokens 38 128K ctx 85%
Llama 3.1 8B Instant 128k49% CHEAPER
Groq
Same category
$0.05 in · $0.08 out / 1M Tokens 128K ctx 98%
Qwen2.5 3B Instruct42% CHEAPER
Alibaba Cloud
Same category
$0.044 in · $0.13 out / 1M Tokens 78%
Qwen Image MAX33% CHEAPER
Alibaba Cloud
Same category
$0.075 in · $0.075 out / image 78%
Gemini 1.5 Flash
Google
Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.075 in · $0.3 out / 1M Tokens 48 1.0M ctx 98%
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Preview
Google
Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.25 in · $1.5 out / 1M Tokens 1.0M ctx 98%
Gemini 1.5 Pro
Google
Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$3.5 in · $10.5 out / 1M Tokens 58 2.1M ctx 98%
Gemini 2.0 Flash
Google
Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.1 in · $0.4 out / 1M Tokens 56 1.0M ctx 80%
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite
Google
Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.25 in · $1.5 out / 1M Tokens 1.0M ctx 80%
Gemini 2.5 Flash
Google
Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.3 in · $2.5 out / 1M Tokens 68 1.0M ctx 80%
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Google
Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.5 in · $3 out / 1M Tokens 1.0M ctx 80%
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Google
Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$1.5 in · $9 out / 1M Tokens 1.0M ctx 80%
Gemini 2.5 Pro
Google
Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$1.25 in · $10 out / 1M Tokens 76 1.0M ctx 80%
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.