Qwen Max pricing
Source: litellm · updated 2026-10-28
Short answer: Qwen Max costs $1.60 per million input tokens and $6.40 per million output tokens. That is a 3:1 blended rate of $2.80 per million tokens, ranking it #563 of 713 tracked models by input price.
Price breakdown
| Metric | USD |
|---|---|
| Input, per 1M tokens | $1.60 |
| Output, per 1M tokens | $6.40 |
| Output รท input multiple | 4.00× |
| 3:1 blended, per 1M tokens | $2.80 |
| Context window | 30,720 tokens |
What a typical workload costs
| Monthly volume | Input cost | Output cost | Total | 1M in / 250K out | $1.60 | $1.60 | $3.20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10M in / 2.5M out | $16.00 | $16.00 | $32.00 | ||||
| 100M in / 25M out | $160 | $160 | $320 |
Other dashscope models
| Model | Input | Output |
|---|---|---|
| Qwen Turbo | $0.050 | $0.200 |
| Qwen 3 VL 32 B Instruct | $0.160 | $0.640 |
| Qwen 3 VL 32 B Thinking | $0.160 | $2.87 |
| Qwen Coder | $0.300 | $1.50 |
| Qwen 3 VL 235 B A22 B Thinking | $0.400 | $4.00 |
Cheaper alternatives
Next cheaper option: Gemini 3.8 Flash Tts at $0.500 per 1M input tokens. Next step up: Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview Tts at $0.500 per 1M input tokens.