Qwen3.8 Max Prime pricing & price history
Qwen3.8 Max Prime by Qwen (Alibaba) costs $4.00 per 1M input tokens and $12.00 per 1M output tokens, with a 1M token context window. The cheapest provider currently charges $4.00 input / $12.00 output.
Price history
No price changes since tracking began on 2026-09-24. We check every 10 minutes.
Which platform runs Qwen3.8 Max Prime most reliably
1 platformsBy 30-day real-traffic success rate, Alibaba is the most stable and also the cheapest.
| Platform | Last 30 days | Stability | 24 h | 30 min | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alibaba official most stable | Consistently stableavg 99.86% | 100% | 100% |
Success rates come from real API traffic routed to each platform (public OpenRouter data), not our probes; each daily bar is the average of that day's samples. Green ≥ 99.5 %, yellow ≥ 97 %, orange ≥ 90 %, red < 90 %. Updated 28m ago.
Cost calculator
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About Qwen3.8 Max Prime
Qwen3.8 Max Prime is a higher-throughput variant of Qwen3.8 Max from Alibaba's Qwen team, served as a separate SKU at a higher price point. It accepts text, image, and video...
FAQ
How much does Qwen3.8 Max Prime cost?
Qwen3.8 Max Prime by Qwen (Alibaba) costs $4.00 per 1M input tokens and $12.00 per 1M output tokens, with a 1M token context window. The cheapest provider currently charges $4.00 input / $12.00 output. A typical request with 2,000 input and 500 output tokens costs about $0.014.
What is the context window of Qwen3.8 Max Prime?
Qwen3.8 Max Prime supports up to 1,000,000 tokens of context and up to 131,072 output tokens per request.
Has Qwen3.8 Max Prime’s price changed?
No price changes recorded since ModelBank started tracking it on 2026-09-24.
Is Qwen3.8 Max Prime being deprecated?
No retirement date has been announced for Qwen3.8 Max Prime as of 2026-11-12.
What are cheaper alternatives to Qwen3.8 Max Prime?
Cheaper options include GLM 5.3 Flash ($0.0399/$0.0784), DeepSeek V4.1 Flash ($0.022/$0.40), DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 ($0.098/$0.29), Llama 4 Scout ($0.10/$0.30).