Qwen3.8 Max: API pricing, context window and capabilities

Prices from official vendor price lists · October 2026

Qwen3.8 Max costs $2 per 1M input tokens and $6 per 1M output tokens, with a 1M context window. Mid-priced: dearer than 75% of this rating, with Qwen3.7 Max as the nearest cheaper Alibaba option. Recorded for reasoning, adjustable thinking, long context 1M+.

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Capabilities

API $/1M (in / out)

$2 / $6

Context window

1M tokens

Price / mo

API only

Overview Reviews

Qwen3.8 Max is an AI model from Alibaba (Qwen), priced at $2 input and $6 output per 1M tokens. That places it in the mid tier of this rating — dearer than 75% of the 205 priced models listed.

It holds 1M tokens in a single conversation, enough for a full codebase or a contract bundle in one pass. Capabilities recorded in this rating: text & chat, reasoning, adjustable thinking, tool calling, structured JSON output. Access is through the API rather than a consumer subscription.

API price$2 / $6per 1M tokens, in / out

Context1M tokenstokens per conversation

VendorAlibaba (Qwen)all models from this vendor

TierMiddearer than 75% of models

Cost calculator

1M tokens/mo10M tokens/mo50M tokens/mo200M tokens/mo

Standard$5.00~~AED 18 per month~~

With batch −50%$2.50~~AED 9 per month~~

With caching on input$4.55~~AED 17 per month~~

Standard$50.00~~AED 184 per month~~

With batch −50%$25.00~~AED 92 per month~~

With caching on input$45.50~~AED 167 per month~~

Standard$250~~AED 918 per month~~

With batch −50%$125~~AED 459 per month~~

With caching on input$228~~AED 835 per month~~

Standard$1,000~~AED 3,673 per month~~

With batch −50%$500~~AED 1,836 per month~~

With caching on input$910~~AED 3,342 per month~~

Assumes a 1:3 input-to-output ratio, which is typical for chat and generation. Dirham figures use 3.6725 per dollar. Batch and caching discounts apply where the vendor offers them.

Compared with alternatives

How Qwen3.8 Max sits against its neighbours in this rating. Tap a card to open that model.

ERNIE 5.0

Cheaper

Baidu

$1.4 / $5.6119K tokens

$1.5 / $7.5256K tokens

Good and poor fit

Good fit

Multi-step analysis, planning and code review, where the first plausible answer is often wrong.
Whole codebases, contract bundles and long transcripts in a single pass.

Poor fit

Classification, routing and short summaries — a small model does these identically for a fraction of the price.
Anything requiring image input — this model does not accept it.

Related filters

Text & chat234 models for text generation and chat

Reasoning175 models that think before answering

Adjustable thinking85 models with a reasoning depth dial

Tool calling172 models that call your functions

Long context 1M+88 models holding 1M tokens or more

Alibaba (Qwen)40 models from this vendor

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Frequently asked questions

How much does Qwen3.8 Max cost?

$2 / $6 per 1M tokens, input and output. In dirhams that is roughly AED 7.34 per 1M input tokens. Batch processing halves it where the vendor offers it.

What is the context window of Qwen3.8 Max?

1M tokens in a single conversation.

What can Qwen3.8 Max do?

In this rating it is recorded with: text & chat, reasoning, adjustable thinking, tool calling, structured JSON output, long context 1M+, prompt caching, batch API, free tier, frontier tier, multilingual, open weights.

Is Qwen3.8 Max a good choice?

It depends on the job. See the good-fit and poor-fit lists above, and compare against the neighbouring models before committing.

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