LEGACY QWEN32K CONTEXTBATCH -50%REPLACED BY QWEN3 MAX
Qwen Max API Pricing
Qwen Max is the legacy proprietary Qwen 2.5 Max row kept for backward-compatible workloads. Alibaba still lists it at $1.60/M input and $6.40/M output, while Qwen3 Max is the current replacement. Pulled directly from alibabacloud.com daily.
Input - per 1M tokens
$1.60/M
Source Alibaba Cloud flat
Output - per 1M tokens
$6.40/M
Context 32K flat
Cache N/A
$1.60/M
Cache no dollar row not listed
Effective - agentic blend
$1.98/M
92/8 split - no cache
§ 01 / TERMINAL
Run the numbers.
Live calculator pre-loaded with current Qwen Max rates. Tweak spend, output mix, or cache assumptions and share the URL to share the calculation.
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§ 02 / SCENARIOS
Real-world presets.
LEGACY
Invoice replay
$0.012/turn
CHATBOT
Older app assistant
$0.010/turn
RAG
Compatibility query
$0.031/query
MIGRATION
A/B comparison
$0.017/test
§ 03 / TAPE
Price history.
Input · $1.6/M
Output · $6.4/M
Cached · $1.6/M
JAN 25 Qwen Max 2025-01-25 row listed at $1.60/M input and $6.40/M outputMAY 19 Live verification kept $1.6/M input and $6.4/M output
§ 04 / TOKENIZER
Paste text. See tokens. See cost.
Estimate · qwen-tokenizer-estimate · ≈3.85 chars/token Auto-counts as you type
This is a chars-per-token approximation, not a real tokenizer. Actual tokens vary by language, code density, and tool-call overhead — counts are typically ±10–20% off for English prose, more for code or non-Latin scripts. For exact billing, use the vendor's official tokenizer.
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| Model | Input /M | Output /M | Effective blended | Context | Best for |
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| Qwen Max (2.5) Current | $1.60 | $6.40 | $1.98 agentic 92/8 | 32K | Legacy Qwen 2.5 compatibility |
| Qwen Max (2.5) Current | $1.60 | $6.40 | $1.98 agentic 92/8 | 32K | Legacy Qwen 2.5 compatibility |
| Qwen3 Max | $1.20 | $6.00 | $1.58 cheaper | 252K | Frontier Qwen proprietary reasoning |
| Qwen 3.5 Plus | $0.40 | $2.40 | $0.56 cheaper | 256K | General Qwen production workloads |
| Qwen 3.5 Flash | $0.10 | $0.40 | $0.12 cheaper | 1M | Cheap long-context Qwen traffic |
| Qwen3 235B A22B | $0.70 | $2.80 | $0.87 cheaper | 131K | Open MoE reasoning baseline |
| Qwen3 32B | $0.16 | $0.64 | $0.20 cheaper | 131K | Open 32B chat and reasoning |
| Qwen3 14B | $0.35 | $1.40 | $0.43 cheaper | 131K | Compact open Qwen reasoning |
| Qwen 3.5 397B A17B | $0.60 | $3.60 | $0.84 cheaper | 256K | Open MoE frontier workloads |
| Qwen 3.5 122B A10B | $0.40 | $3.20 | $0.62 cheaper | 256K | Open MoE production chat |
Frequently asked.
Practical pricing questions, separated from calculator assumptions and regional tiers.
Q · 01 What is Qwen Max priced at? +
Qwen Max is shown at
$1.6/M input and $6.4/M output in Alibaba Cloud Model Studio's International/Singapore deployment section.Q · 02 Does this page use International or Global pricing? +
This page uses Alibaba Cloud Model Studio International deployment pricing, where endpoint and data storage are in Singapore and inference resources are dynamically scheduled globally excluding Chinese Mainland. Global and Chinese Mainland sections can list different prices.
Q · 03 Is prompt caching priced separately? +
Alibaba marks context-cache support on some Qwen families, but this row does not publish a concrete cache-read dollar price. The calculator therefore treats cached input as the same
$1.6/M baseline instead of inventing a discount.Q · 04 How is the effective price calculated? +
AI//COST uses the same 92/8 agentic blend everywhere. With no separate cache-read price published for this row, Qwen Max's effective blended cost is
$1.98/M.Q · 05 Is there a free quota or batch discount? +
Alibaba lists a 90-day activation free quota for many International Qwen rows, but quota eligibility is model-specific. Batch Invocation is 50% off where the vendor row explicitly marks Batch support; this page only publishes the real-time list prices in the quote tiles.
Q · 06 Are regional prices different? +
Yes. Alibaba Cloud publishes separate International, Global, China (Hong Kong), EU, US, and Chinese Mainland deployment sections. AI//COST uses the International/Singapore baseline for Alibaba queue pages unless a page explicitly says otherwise.