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Qwen VL Max API Pricing
Qwen VL Max is the legacy flagship Qwen vision-language row for complex visual reasoning. Alibaba lists the International/Singapore baseline at $0.8/M input and $3.2/M output; the current snapshot is qwen-vl-max-2025-08-13. Pulled directly from alibabacloud.com daily.
Input - per 1M tokens
$0.80/M
Source Alibaba Cloud flat
Output - per 1M tokens
$3.20/M
Context 128K flat
Cache N/A
$0.80/M
Cache no dollar row not listed
Effective - agentic blend
$0.99/M
92/8 split - no cache
§ 01 / TERMINAL
Run the numbers.
Live calculator pre-loaded with current Qwen VL Max rates. Tweak spend, output mix, or cache assumptions and share the URL to share the calculation.
$ /mo
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§ 02 / SCENARIOS
Real-world presets.
VISION
Invoice extraction
$0.007/doc
UI QA
Screenshot inspection
$0.013/screen
VIDEO
Clip frame review
$0.029/clip
CHARTS
Dashboard explain
$0.006/image
§ 03 / TAPE
Price history.
Input · $0.80/M
Output · $3.2/M
Cached · $0.80/M
AUG 13 Qwen VL Max current snapshot listed at $0.8/M input and $3.2/M outputMAY 19 Live verification kept $0.8/M input and $3.2/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 VL Max Current | $0.80 | $3.20 | $0.99 agentic 92/8 | 128K | Legacy visual reasoning workloads |
| Qwen3 VL Plus | $0.20 | $1.60 | $0.31 cheaper | 256K | Current vision and document understanding |
| Qwen3 VL Flash | $0.05 | $0.40 | $0.08 cheaper | 256K | Cheap high-volume vision tasks |
| Qwen VL Plus | $0.21 | $0.63 | $0.24 cheaper | 32K | Legacy low-cost vision apps |
| Qwen 3.5 Plus | $0.40 | $2.40 | $0.56 cheaper | 256K | Current Qwen production default |
| GPT-5.4 mini | $0.75 cache $0.07 | $4.50 | $0.54 cheaper | 400K | OpenAI mini coding and CUA |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash | $0.30 cache $0.03 | $2.50 | $0.27 cheaper | 1M | Google long-context Flash workloads |
Frequently asked.
Practical pricing questions, separated from calculator assumptions and regional tiers.
Q · 01 What is Qwen VL Max priced at? +
Qwen VL Max is listed at
$0.8/M input and $3.2/M output in Alibaba Cloud Model Studio's International/Singapore deployment section. The page stores USD per-million-token pricing.Q · 02 What replaced Qwen VL Max? +
Qwen3 VL Plus is the newer Alibaba row to compare first for new projects. Qwen VL Max remains listed for compatibility, but new traffic should usually benchmark the replacement before staying on the legacy SKU.
Q · 03 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, US, EU, China (Hong Kong), and Chinese Mainland sections can list different prices.
Q · 04 Is prompt caching priced separately? +
Alibaba marks context-cache support on some Qwen rows, but this row does not publish a concrete cache-read dollar price in the pricing table. The calculator therefore treats cached input as the same
$0.8/M baseline instead of inventing a discount.Q · 05 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 VL Max's effective blended cost is
$0.99/M.Q · 06 Is there a Batch Invocation discount? +
Alibaba documents Batch Invocation as 50% off real-time input and output tokens for supported Qwen rows. The quote tiles show real-time list pricing; batch economics should be treated as a separate calculator variant.
Q · 07 Does Alibaba include a free quota? +
Many International Model Studio rows include a 1 million token free quota that is valid for 90 days after activating Model Studio. Free-quota eligibility is deployment- and model-specific, so production estimates should use the paid list prices shown here.