# Alibaba Qwen3.8 27B API

> Qwen3.8 27B is the compact dense member of Alibaba's Qwen3.8 family, an open-weight native vision-language model that understands images and video, with thinking mode on by default. Compared with Qwen3.6 27B, Alibaba focuses the upgrade on coding and office tasks across text and visual inputs, aiming for more reliable end-to-end completion of complex multi-step work. It suits teams that want Qwen3.8-generation agent skills in a smaller, deployment-friendly model.

Source: https://www.sandbase.ai/models/alibaba/qwen3.8-27b
API reference: https://www.sandbase.ai/models/alibaba/qwen3.8-27b/docs

## Facts

- Provider: Alibaba
- Type: Language model
- Model ID: `alibaba/qwen3.8-27b`
- Price: $0.50 per 1M input tokens, $3 per 1M output tokens
- Context window: 1M tokens, up to 131.1K output tokens
- Capabilities: chat, vision, reasoning, structured output, function calling
- Billing: pay per use from one SandBase balance; no provider account or subscription needed

## Call it

- Chat Completions API: `POST https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/chat/completions`

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "model": "alibaba/qwen3.8-27b",
  "messages": [
    {
      "role": "user",
      "content": "Hello"
    }
  ],
  "max_tokens": 2048
}'
```

## FAQ

### How do I call Alibaba Qwen3.8 27B through SandBase?

Create a SandBase API key, then send requests with the model ID "alibaba/qwen3.8-27b" to Chat Completions API (/v1/chat/completions) at https://api.sandbase.ai. The request examples on this page show the exact payload.

### How much does Alibaba Qwen3.8 27B cost?

$0.50 per 1M input tokens and $3 per 1M output tokens, billed per request from your SandBase balance. Discounts, when available, are shown in the pricing on this page.

### What is the context window of Alibaba Qwen3.8 27B?

1M tokens of context, with up to 131.1K output tokens per response.

### How does Alibaba Qwen3.8 27B score on benchmarks?

Alibaba Qwen3.8 27B scores 33.7 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (v4.3), ranking #35 of 83 models on SandBase; Coding Index 68.1, Agentic Index 45.8. Source: Artificial Analysis, measured as Qwen3.8 27B (Xhigh).

### Which features does Alibaba Qwen3.8 27B support?

Alibaba Qwen3.8 27B supports vision (image input), reasoning, function calling, structured output. See Specifications above for the full list.

### Do I need a separate Alibaba account?

No. One SandBase API key and balance gives you access to Alibaba Qwen3.8 27B and the other models in the catalog; you do not need to sign up with Alibaba separately.