Qwen3 Max
legacyAlibaba · Released Sep 2025
Alibaba's previous flagship. Received a 50% price cut in November 2025 as China's AI price war intensified.
- Strengths
- Capable previous Qwen flagship with long-context, multilingual strengths.
- Best for
- Budget multilingual and long-context tasks.
- Limitations
- Superseded by Qwen 3.7 Max.
Input / 1M
$0.36
Output / 1M
$1.43
Cached input / 1M
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Context window
256K
Price history
Input (solid)Output (dashed)
Price change
- 30d
- in — out —
- 90d
- in decreased 21.7% out decreased 22.3%
- 1y
- in decreased 58.1% out decreased 58.4%
- Since launch
- in decreased 58.1% out decreased 58.4%
Snapshots
| Effective | Input | Output | Cached in | Note | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jun 2026 | $0.36 | $1.43 | — | Further cut to $0.359/$1.434 (Chinese-mainland base ≤32K tier); date approximate — bracketed [2026-01-16, 2026-06-01] by Wayback captures, undocumented elsewhere | alibabacloud.com/help/en/model-studio/model-pricing |
| 14 Nov 2025 | $0.46 | $1.84 | — | 50% price cut in China's AI price war | scmp.com |
| 23 Sep 2025 | $0.86 | $3.44 | — | DashScope launch pricing | alibabacloud.com/help/en/model-studio/model-pricing |