Qwen3 Max: API pricing, providers and specs
Qwen3 Max is a text model by Alibaba. 6 providers serve it, from $1.43 to $6 /1M; the lowest price is at Ofox.
A newer version is out: Qwen3.8 Max
How Qwen3 Max compares
Against the 737 text models on the site priced the same way.
- Mid-priced: its lowest price is $1.43 /1M against a median of $1.10; 57% of comparable models cost less.
- Its 262K-token context window is larger than 45% of them (median 262K), about 390 pages of text.
- On LMArena's Text board it ranks #33 of the 120 comparable models scored there.
- 6 providers serve it; 69% of comparable models have fewer.
Qwen3 Max prices by provider
Every provider's list price, read from its own price page or API. A price marked “from” changes with context length, resolution or mode.
| Provider | Input | Output | Prompt caching | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ofox | $0.36/1M | $1.43/1M | $0.072/1M | 256K |
 OrcaRouter | $0.359/1M | $1.43/1M | — | 262K |
 AIHubMix | $0.451/1M | From$1.80/1M | $0.09/1M | 262K |
| DevPass (LLM Gateway) | $0.845/1M | From$3.38/1M | — | — |
 Requesty | $0.861/1M | From$3.44/1M | — | 262K |
| Vercel AI Gateway | $1.20/1M | $6/1M | $0.24/1M | 256K |
- Ofox$1.43
- OrcaRouter$1.43
- AIHubMixFrom$1.80
- DevPass (LLM Gateway)From$3.38
- RequestyFrom$3.44
- Vercel AI Gateway$6
Specs
- Type
- Text
- Maker
- Alibaba
- Inputs
- Text
- Outputs
- Text
- Context
- 262K≈ 390 pages of text
- Max output
- 66K
- Capabilities
- Prompt caching, JSON, Reasoning, Tool calling
- Released
- Jan 23, 2026
- License
- —
- Open weights
- —
- Arena score
- 1413Text
Alternatives to Qwen3 Max
Same kind of model from other makers, at a similar price.
| Model | Lowest price | Context | Arena | Providers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3 Maxthis model | $1.43/1M | 262K | 1413 | 6 |
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 Gemini 3 Flash | $2.40/1M | 1.05M | 1466 | 5 |
 Mistral Large 4 | $2.09/1M | 1.05M | 1543 | 13 |
 Muse Spark 1.3 | $4.25/1M | 1.05M | 1657 | 11 |
 Sonar | $1/1M | 127K | — | 9 |
| GLM-5.2 | $1.80/1M | 1M | 1604 | 44 |
| Grok Build 0.1 | $1.60/1M | 256K | — | 18 |
| Gemini 3.8 Flash | $3/1M | 1.05M | 1585 | 30 |
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The lowest price for Qwen3 Max is $1.43 /1M, at Ofox.
Ofox, at $1.43 /1M. 6 providers serve Qwen3 Max; the table above lists every one with its price.
Qwen3 Max reads up to 262K tokens per request and writes up to 66K.
We have not found Qwen3 Max's weights published by its maker.
6 API providers serve Qwen3 Max. Compare their prices above, or open a provider to see everything it offers.
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