Qwen3 Max Thinking: API pricing, context window and capabilities

Prices from official vendor price lists · October 2026

Qwen3 Max Thinking costs $0.78 per 1M input tokens and $3.9 per 1M output tokens, with a 262.1K context window. Mid-priced: dearer than 67% of this rating, with Qwen3.5 397B A17B as the nearest cheaper Alibaba option. Recorded for reasoning, adjustable thinking, free tier.

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Capabilities

API $/1M (in / out)

$0.78 / $3.9

Context window

262.1K tokens

Price / mo

API only

Overview Reviews

Qwen3 Max Thinking is an AI model from Alibaba (Qwen), priced at $0.78 input and $3.9 output per 1M tokens. That places it in the mid tier of this rating — dearer than 67% of the 205 priced models listed.

It holds 262.1K tokens in a single conversation. 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$0.78 / $3.9per 1M tokens, in / out

Context262.1K tokenstokens per conversation

VendorAlibaba (Qwen)all models from this vendor

TierMiddearer than 67% of models

Cost calculator

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

Standard$3.12~~AED 11 per month~~

With batch −50%$1.56~~AED 6 per month~~

With caching on input$2.94~~AED 11 per month~~

Standard$31.20~~AED 115 per month~~

With batch −50%$15.60~~AED 57 per month~~

With caching on input$29.45~~AED 108 per month~~

Standard$156~~AED 573 per month~~

With batch −50%$78.00~~AED 286 per month~~

With caching on input$147~~AED 541 per month~~

Standard$624~~AED 2,292 per month~~

With batch −50%$312~~AED 1,146 per month~~

With caching on input$589~~AED 2,163 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 Max Thinking sits against its neighbours in this rating. Tap a card to open that model.

Gemini 3.8 Flash

Cheaper

Google DeepMind

$0.75 / $3.751.05M tokens

Qwen3 Max

Closest match

Alibaba (Qwen)

$0.78 / $3.9262.1K tokens

Kimi K2.6

Step up

Moonshot AI

$0.95 / $4262.1K tokens

Good and poor fit

Good fit

Multi-step analysis, planning and code review, where the first plausible answer is often wrong.
General text generation and conversation across languages.

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

Prompt caching153 models with cheap repeated context

Alibaba (Qwen)40 models from this vendor

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Frequently asked questions

How much does Qwen3 Max Thinking cost?

$0.78 / $3.9 per 1M tokens, input and output. In dirhams that is roughly AED 2.86 per 1M input tokens. Batch processing halves it where the vendor offers it.

What is the context window of Qwen3 Max Thinking?

262.1K tokens in a single conversation.

What can Qwen3 Max Thinking do?

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

Is Qwen3 Max Thinking 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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