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Qwen API pricing

Alibaba's Qwen models through Alibaba Cloud Model Studio (Singapore-region prices), plus open-weight Qwen models run by third-party hosts.

Qwen3.8 Max

Input

$2.00

per 1M tokens

Output

$6.00

per 1M tokens

Cached input

—

not published

Batch

—

no discount offered

Context window

tokens

Verified 27 Sep 2026Alibaba Cloud Model Studio pricing 20% cheaper than Qwen3.7 Max on input and output

What it costs in practice

Qwen3.8 Max at list prices, no batch discount.

What Qwen3.8 Max costs for three workloads
1,000 chat replies1,500 tokens in and 300 out each	$4.80
Summarising 100 long reports20,000 tokens in and 800 out each	$4.48
A month of a coding agent400 tasks, 85% of input cached	$1,548

The coding-agent example assumes 85% of input is served from cache, typical for agents that resend the same context each step. Model your own workload

Details

API model IDqwen3.8-max

Released3 Aug 2026

StatusCurrent

Singapore-region list price; the Beijing region is cheaper.
Updated snapshot (qwen3.8-max-0902) released 2 September. Release date is from third-party reports.

Checked 27 Sep 2026 against Alibaba Cloud Model Studio pricing and DataCamp (release date) .

Other Qwen models

Qwen3.8 Max costs $2 / $6 per 1M tokens. The Beijing region lists lower prices.

Other Qwen models and prices per million tokens
Model	Input / 1M	Output / 1M	Cached input	Context	Released
Qwen3.7 Plus	$0.40	$1.60	—	1M	Jun 2026
Qwen3.8 Flash	$0.15	$0.47	—	1M	26 Aug 2026
Qwen3.8 27B Open weights · via OpenRouter	$0.42	$3.00	—	256K	14 Aug 2026
Qwen3.6 35B-A3B Open weights · via OpenRouter	$0.15	$1.00	—	256K	27 Apr 2026
Qwen3.7 MaxPrevious	$2.50	$7.50	—	1M	May 2026

Version details

Qwen3.7 Plus

$0.40 / $1.60 per 1M tokens1M context

Released Jun 2026 · qwen3.7-plus · Prompts over 256K tokens: $1.20 / $4.80

Prompts above 256K tokens cost $1.20 / $4.80 per 1M.

Checked 27 Sep 2026 against Alibaba Cloud Model Studio pricing .

Qwen3.8 Flash

$0.15 / $0.47 per 1M tokens1M context

Released 26 Aug 2026 · qwen3.8-flash

Release date is from third-party reports.

Checked 27 Sep 2026 against Alibaba Cloud Model Studio pricing .

Qwen3.8 27B

$0.42 / $3.00 per 1M tokens256K context

Released 14 Aug 2026 · qwen3.8-27b

Cheapest host listed on OpenRouter. Prices vary by host.

Checked 27 Sep 2026 against OpenRouter listing .

Qwen3.6 35B-A3B

$0.15 / $1.00 per 1M tokens256K context

Released 27 Apr 2026 · qwen3.6-35b-a3b

Cheapest host listed on OpenRouter. Prices vary by host.

Checked 27 Sep 2026 against OpenRouter listing .

Qwen3.7 Max

$2.50 / $7.50 per 1M tokens1M context

Released May 2026 · qwen3.7-max

Newer option: Qwen3.8 Max at $2.00 / $6.00. Checked 27 Sep 2026 against Alibaba Cloud Model Studio pricing .

Compare Qwen3.8 Max

vs GPT-6 Sol$2.00 / $10.00

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Price history

All changes

26 Aug 2026Qwen3.8 Flash ($0.15 / $0.47) and GLM-5.3 Flash ($0.15 / $0.50) launched. Source
3 Aug 2026Alibaba launched Qwen3.8 Max at $2 / $6. Source

Alibaba pricing rules

Prices shown are Singapore-region list prices. The Beijing region is cheaper.
Some Flash models get a 50% batch discount.

All Alibaba models

Questions

How much does Qwen3.8 Max cost?

As of 27 Sep 2026, Qwen3.8 Max costs $2 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens. Prices checked 27 Sep 2026.

What is the cheapest Qwen model?

Qwen3.8 Flash, at $0.15 / $0.47 per million input / output tokens.

What is Qwen3.8 Max's context window?

1M tokens.