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Alibaba Qwen API pricing
What each of Alibaba's 2 live models costs on Alibaba's own API, in US dollars per million tokens: input, output and input read from the prompt cache. These are the published list prices in the models.dev catalog as of October 25, 2026, refreshed daily. The AW Index column is each model's standing on the bench index.
| Model | Input | Output | Cached input | Context | AW Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Qwen 3.8 MaxAlibaba · qwen3.8-max | $2 | $6 | $0.25 | 1M | 62.9 |
Qwen 3.8 FlashAlibaba · qwen3.8-flash | $0.15 | $0.47 | $0.016 | 1M |
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Quick answers
What is the cheapest Alibaba model on the API?
Qwen 3.8 Flash, at $0.15 input / $0.47 output per million tokens, the lowest input and output price of Alibaba's 2 priced models.
What is Alibaba's most expensive model?
Qwen 3.8 Max, at $2 input / $6 output per million tokens.
Does Alibaba discount cached input?
Yes. Input read from the prompt cache costs 88% to 89% less than normal input across the 2 models that publish a cached price, from Qwen 3.8 Flash (89% off) to Qwen 3.8 Max (88% off).
Does Alibaba charge more for long prompts?
No. None of its 2 priced models lists a long-prompt rate in the catalog.
How do Alibaba's prices compare with other labs?
Its cheapest model by output price, Qwen 3.8 Flash, ranks 2 of the 39 priced models from every lab on output price. Prices are Alibaba's own list prices from the models.dev catalog as of October 25, 2026; clouds and resellers may charge differently.
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