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Qwen-Max (legacy)

Avoid for new work — a 32K-context 2025 model priced near the 1M-context Qwen3.8-Max; kept alive only for the qwen-max-2025-01-25 snapshot pin.

Data checked 2026-09-06

Alibaba Qwen deprecated qwen-max

Context window
32.8K tokens in
Max output
8.2K tokens out
Input
$1.60 per 1M tokens
Output
$6.40 per 1M tokens
Cached input
$0.32 per 1M tokens
Blended
$2.80 3:1 in:out
Released
2025-01-25
Licence
proprietary

A What it is for

At a three-to-one input-to-output ratio, Qwen-Max (legacy) costs $2.80 per million tokens blended. A workload of one million input and 330,000 output tokens per day would run about $111.36 per month at list price, before caching or batch discounts.

B Capabilities

tools prompt-caching batch streaming structured-output
Input modalitiestext
Output modalitiestext
Batch discount50% off asynchronous requests

C Others from Alibaba Qwen

Model Context Max out In $/M Out $/M Blended Status
Qwen3.8-Max qwen3.8-max 1M 131.1K $2.00 $6.00 $3.00 ga
Qwen3.7-Max qwen3.7-max 1M 131.1K $2.50 $7.50 $3.75 ga
Qwen3-Max qwen3-max 262.1K 65.5K $1.20 $6.00 $2.40 ga
Qwen3.7-Plus qwen3.7-plus 1M 131.1K $0.40 $1.60 $0.70 ga
Qwen3.5-Plus qwen3.5-plus 1M 131.1K $0.40 $2.40 $0.90 ga
Qwen-Plus (rolling) qwen-plus 1M 32.8K $0.40 $1.20 $0.60 ga
Qwen3.8-Flash qwen3.8-flash 1M 131.1K $0.15 $0.47 $0.23 ga
Qwen3.7-Flash qwen3.7-flash 1M 65.5K $0.03 $0.13 $0.06 ga
Qwen3.5-Flash qwen3.5-flash 1M 65.5K $0.10 $0.40 $0.18 ga
Qwen-Flash (rolling) qwen-flash 1M 32.8K $0.05 $0.40 $0.14 ga
Qwen-Turbo qwen-turbo 1M 16.4K $0.05 $0.20 $0.09 deprecated
QwQ-Plus qwq-plus 131.1K 32.8K $0.80 $2.40 $1.20 ga

D Verify before you commit

Model pricing changes without notice and this page is a snapshot. Confirm against the vendor's own page before you build a budget on it.

Source: alibabacloud.com · checked 2026-09-06 · Alibaba Qwen pricing · API docs