Qwen3 Max Preview: API pricing, providers and specs
Qwen3 Max Preview is a text model by Alibaba. 2 providers serve it, from $3.38 to $3.44 /1M; the lowest price is at AIHubMix.
A newer version is out: Qwen3.8 Max Preview · released Aug 2, 2026
How Qwen3 Max Preview compares
Against the 737 text models on the site priced the same way.
- Pricey for its class: at $3.38 /1M, its lowest price is above 73% of comparable models (median $1.10).
- 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 #14 of the 120 comparable models scored there.
- 2 providers serve it; 36% of comparable models have fewer.
Qwen3 Max Preview 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 AIHubMix | $0.846/1M | From$3.38/1M | $0.169/1M | — |
 OrcaRouter | $0.861/1M | $3.44/1M | — | 262K |
- AIHubMixFrom$3.38
- OrcaRouter$3.44
Specs
- Type
- Text
- Maker
- Alibaba
- Inputs
- Image, Text
- Outputs
- Text
- Context
- 262K≈ 390 pages of text
- Max output
- 66K
- Capabilities
- Prompt caching, JSON, Reasoning, Tool calling, Vision
- Released
- —
- License
- —
- Open weights
- —
- Arena score
- 1439Text
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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The lowest price for Qwen3 Max Preview is $3.38 /1M, at AIHubMix.
AIHubMix, at $3.38 /1M. 2 providers serve Qwen3 Max Preview; the table above lists every one with its price.
Qwen3 Max Preview reads up to 262K tokens per request and writes up to 66K.
We have not found Qwen3 Max Preview's weights published by its maker.
2 API providers serve Qwen3 Max Preview. Compare their prices above, or open a provider to see everything it offers.
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