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Qwen Max API pricing: cheapest provider

2 providers sell Qwen Max. Alibaba Cloud Model Studio is cheapest, and listed prices are close.

Cheapest$2.80per 1M · Alibaba Cloud Model Studio
Input · output$1.60 / $6.40per 1M tokens
Price gap1.1×across 2 providers
Context262Kmax tokens

$2.80 Alibaba Cloud Model Studioclose prices$3.00 Fireworks AI

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Standard list prices in USD from each provider's pricing page · last price change Sep 28, 2026 · How we collect and rank prices

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Qwen Max monthly cost by provider

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Input tokens per month (millions)Prompts, context and documents you send.Output tokens per month (millions)Tokens the model generates.

More requirements: caching, context, features, provider

Cached share of input (%)0 = no caching. Only documented cache-read rates qualify.Required context per request (tokens)0 = any. Providers without a sufficient known limit are excluded.Required featureProvider requirement

Provider	Estimated / month	Input / 1M	Output / 1M	Cached input / 1M	Context
1 Alibaba Cloud Model StudioModel developer - lowest for your volumeSingapore (International) list price; other regions differ.Pricing page	$28.80	$1.60	$6.40	Not listed	32,768
2 Fireworks AIInference providerPricing page	$32.00	$2.00	$6.00	$0.25	262,144

Order depends on listed price for your volume only. No provider pays for its position.

Input volume includes the cached share, not an additional token volume. This is a list-price estimate, not a quote: cache-write charges, cache eligibility/TTL, batch discounts, long-context surcharges, regional pricing and taxes are excluded. Check the provider's terms for your workload before switching.

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| Qwen Max provider | Input / 1M tokens | Output / 1M tokens | 10M in + 2M out per month |
|---|---:|---:|---:|
| Alibaba Cloud Model Studio | $1.60 | $6.40 | $28.80 |
| Fireworks AI | $2.00 | $6.00 | $32.00 |

Standard list prices as of Nov 1, 2026. Source: [AISelect.online](https://aiselect.online/models/qwen-max)

Price history

The cheapest price has not changed since tracking started on Sep 28, 2026: $2.80 per 1M tokens at Alibaba Cloud Model Studio. All price changes

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Switch to Fireworks AI

Already using the OpenAI SDK? Change the base URL, key and model name:

from openai import OpenAI
import os

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.fireworks.ai/inference/v1",
    api_key=os.environ["FIREWORKS_API_KEY"],
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="accounts/fireworks/routers/qwen-max-latest",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}],
)

Base URL from Fireworks AI's API docs, model name from the open pricing datasets. Check the model page in Fireworks AI's docs before you switch production traffic.

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The developer's own API (Alibaba Cloud Model Studio) has the lowest listed blended price for Qwen Max.

Context windows differ by provider, from 33K to 262K tokens. A cheaper host may not accept your longest prompts.

1 of 2 providers list a cached-input price. Repeated system prompts or documents can cost much less there than the standard input rate shown above.

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