[Qwen3.8-Flash Price Drop One Day After Launch: Output Costs 0.1 Yuan Less Than GLM, But Competitor Offers 50% Discount] Beating AI News Flash: Qwen3.8-Flash was just launched yesterday, and Alibaba Cloud has already reduced its price. The input cost per million tokens has dropped from 1 yuan to 0.8 yuan, and the output cost has decreased from 3 yuan to 2.7 yuan, representing reductions of 20% and 10%, respectively. The new pricing slightly undercuts the GLM-5.3-Flash model released yesterday. The latter's API is priced at 0.8 yuan for input and 2.8 yuan for output. While Qwen's input price matches GLM's, its output is 0.1 yuan cheaper. However, GLM-5.3-Flash is offering a 50% discount for the first two weeks after launch, bringing its current effective price down to 0.4 yuan for input and 1.4 yuan for output. During the promotional period, GLM remains nearly half the price. Once the discount ends, the pricing of these two domestic Flash models will be roughly equal. [Original Link]