Alibaba Qwen · AI model API pricing
How much does Qwen3-Max cost?
Alibaba's flagship — the cheapest frontier-class entry point in this table at short prompt lengths.
Rate card
| Input tokens | $1.2 / 1M |
| Output tokens | $6 / 1M |
| Context window | — |
What that means per month
| Workload | Tokens / month | Cost / month |
|---|---|---|
| Prototype | 1M in · 0.3M out | $3/mo |
| Small app | 10M in · 3M out | $30/mo |
| Production app | 50M in · 15M out | $150/mo |
| High volume | 200M in · 60M out | $600/mo |
| Heavy platform | 1B in · 300M out | $3,000/mo |
Standard on-demand rates from Alibaba Qwen's official Model Studio pricing, last checked 2026-07-17. Pricing is tiered by input length: $1.20/$6 up to 32k tokens, $2.40/$12 to 128k, $3/$15 to 256k. Figures here use the ≤32k tier; batch runs at 50%. Monthly figures exclude caching and batch discounts. Confirm live pricing before committing.
Cheaper alternatives
At a reference workload of 10M input / 3M output tokens a month, these cost less than Qwen3-Max ($30/mo):
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GPT-5.6 Luna $28/mo -
GLM-5.2 $27.2/mo -
Claude Haiku 4.5 $25/mo