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Qwen3.8 27B Groq

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Free open-weight 27B Qwen model on a fast lane (1,000 requests a day), for coding, research and agent tasks.

Model id

qwen3.8-27b-1:free

Price per 1M tokens

Input
$0.00
Output
$0.00
Cached input
Not offered

Free while the promotion runs.Models on the free lane (ids ending in :free) carry no rate of their own and share one allowance: 100 requests and 5,000,000 tokens a day for every account, in Chat and through the API. No balance and no card are needed: the $10 sign-up credit pays for priced models first, and once it is gone the models that bill $0 keep their daily requests. A paid subscription, a coupon or the owner raising your account is the only way past the daily number.

Added here 13 Nov 2026 — read the changelog for what changed and why.

1 credit = $1 of usage. All rates

Start using Qwen3.8 27B Groq

Set ONEAIAPIKEY_API_KEY to a key from your console, then run any example. Streaming is on so long answers are not cut off by idle-connection timeouts.

curl https://api.oneaiapikey.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ONEAIAPIKEY_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "qwen3.8-27b-1:free",
    "stream": true,
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "What does HTTP status 409 mean, in one sentence?"}]
  }'
import os
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.oneaiapikey.com/v1",
    api_key=os.environ["ONEAIAPIKEY_API_KEY"],
)

stream = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="qwen3.8-27b-1:free",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "What does HTTP status 409 mean, in one sentence?"}],
    stream=True,  # recommended for long outputs
)
for chunk in stream:
    if chunk.choices and chunk.choices[0].delta.content:
        print(chunk.choices[0].delta.content, end="", flush=True)
import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  baseURL: "https://api.oneaiapikey.com/v1",
  apiKey: process.env.ONEAIAPIKEY_API_KEY,
});

const stream = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "qwen3.8-27b-1:free",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "What does HTTP status 409 mean, in one sentence?" }],
  stream: true,
});

for await (const chunk of stream) {
  process.stdout.write(chunk.choices[0]?.delta?.content ?? "");
}

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Qwen line-up

Qwen3.8 27B Groq or Qwen3.8 Max or Qwen3.8 27B?

Of the 3 Qwen models on this site, Qwen3.8 Max is the step up from Qwen3.8 27B Groq and Qwen3.8 27B the step down. Each comparison lists the published rates and limits, then what favours each side.

Qwen3.8 27B GroqvsQwen3.8 Max

Per 1M tokensQwen3.8 27B GroqQwen3.8 Max
Context131.1k87% smaller1M

Pick Qwen3.8 27B Groq when

  • you want it at no cost while its promotion runs.
  • the work is coding, quick answers and agent tasks, which this catalogue lists for Qwen3.8 27B Groq and not for Qwen3.8 Max.

Pick Qwen3.8 Max instead when

  • Qwen3.8 27B Groq falls short and you want the flagship model of the pair.
  • inputs outgrow the 131.1k-token window of Qwen3.8 27B Groq; Qwen3.8 Max accepts 1M.
  • Qwen3.8 27B Groq does not list Vision, Reasoning and Prompt caching and your code depends on it.
  • you send images, which only Qwen3.8 Max of the two accepts.
  • your workload looks like coding projects, professional documents and video understanding, labels the catalogue gives Qwen3.8 Max only.

Qwen3.8 27B GroqvsQwen3.8 27B

Per 1M tokensQwen3.8 27B GroqQwen3.8 27B
Context131.1k36% smaller204k

Qwen3.8 27B Groq and Qwen3.8 27B bill at identical rates, so cost does not separate them.

Pick Qwen3.8 27B Groq when

  • the work is quick answers, which this catalogue lists for Qwen3.8 27B Groq and not for Qwen3.8 27B.

Pick Qwen3.8 27B instead when

  • inputs outgrow the 131.1k-token window of Qwen3.8 27B Groq; Qwen3.8 27B accepts 204k.
  • Qwen3.8 27B Groq does not list Vision and your code depends on it.
  • you send images, which only Qwen3.8 27B of the two accepts.
  • your workload looks like image questions, a label the catalogue gives Qwen3.8 27B only.

Use cases

What Qwen3.8 27B Groq is listed for, and what it costs

The catalogue lists Qwen3.8 27B Groq for coding, quick answers and agent tasks. Each row prices one typical request at the published rates, with the arithmetic shown. Token counts are examples; your prompts will differ.

Model your own traffic

  1. Coding

    Implementing a function or endpoint: 8,000 tokens of context in, 2,000 tokens of code out.

    Capable across languages for implementation, debugging and explaining code.

    “Write a TypeScript endpoint that returns paginated orders for the signed-in user.”

    Same request on Qwen3.8 Max $0.008076 and Qwen3.8 27B $0. No other fast-tier Qwen model on this site does this job for less.

    $0

    per task

    0.008 × $0.00 + 0.002 × $0.00

  2. Quick answers

    A short question and a short answer: 300 tokens in, 250 tokens out.

    “What does HTTP status 409 mean, in one sentence?”

    Same request on Qwen3.8 Max $0.000606 and Qwen3.8 27B $0. No other fast-tier Qwen model on this site does this job for less.

    $0

    per answer

    0.0003 × $0.00 + 0.00025 × $0.00

  3. Agent tasks

    One step of a tool-using agent: 20,000 tokens of instructions, tool results and history, and 1,000 tokens of tool calls and notes out.

    “Check the order status for each customer in this list and draft a reply to the late ones.”

    Same request on Qwen3.8 Max $0.008366 and Qwen3.8 27B $0. No other fast-tier Qwen model on this site does this job for less.

    $0

    per agent step

    0.02 × $0.00 + 0.001 × $0.00

Overview

When Qwen3.8 27B Groq fits

Qwen3.8 27B Groq is a fast, low-cost model from Qwen, available here under the exact model id “qwen3.8-27b-1:free”. In the Qwen line-up here it sits between Qwen3.8 Max and Qwen3.8 27B. Qwen has not published a release date we can cite; it has been available here since 13 Nov 2026.

Qwen documents tools and json mode for it.

It is free to use while the promotion runs: requests bill at $0. Models on the free lane (ids ending in :free) carry no rate of their own and share one allowance: 100 requests and 5,000,000 tokens a day for every account, in Chat and through the API. No balance and no card are needed: the $10 sign-up credit pays for priced models first, and once it is gone the models that bill $0 keep their daily requests. A paid subscription, a coupon or the owner raising your account is the only way past the daily number. After that it returns to the regular rate of $0.00 input and $0.00 output per million tokens.

It is served through the OpenAI-compatible format at https://api.oneaiapikey.com/v1, so any SDK or tool that lets you set a custom base URL, for example Codex CLI, Cursor and Cline, can use it. It is not offered on the Anthropic Messages endpoint; pick an Anthropic-format model for Claude Code.

Use Qwen3.8 27B Groq at no cost.

It bills at $0 and never touches the balance. Models on the free lane (ids ending in :free) carry no rate of their own and share one allowance: 100 requests and 5,000,000 tokens a day for every account, in Chat and through the API. No balance and no card are needed: the $10 sign-up credit pays for priced models first, and once it is gone the models that bill $0 keep their daily requests. A paid subscription, a coupon or the owner raising your account is the only way past the daily number.

Qwen3.8 27B Groq is developed by Qwen. Model names and trademarks belong to their owners. One AI API Key is an independent API gateway and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Qwen.