Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Next

Qwen3 Coder Next is a text-in, text-out model from Qwen with a 262,144-token context window that matches its maximum completion length, meaning it can both ingest and produce very long outputs within a single session. It supports tool use, which makes it viable for agentic and function-calling workflows. Reasoning mode is not available, and structured output support is unconfirmed, so buyers dependent on either feature should verify before committing. At $0.11 per million input tokens and $0.80 per million output tokens, the pricing sits on the budget end of the coding-focused model tier. Its blended benchmark score of 34.2 is drawn from only one independent benchmark, so the performance picture is thin and should be treated as preliminary rather than settled. Teams running high-volume coding tasks on a tight budget may find the cost profile attractive, but the limited benchmark coverage means direct comparisons to better-tested alternatives are difficult to make with confidence.