Qwen Qwen3.8 Max (0902) API Pricing and Speed
Qwen Qwen3.8 Max (0902) API pricing: $2.00 per 1M tokens for input and $6.00 per 1M tokens for output, from the official API price list of Alibaba Cloud Model Studio (Qwen). Official rate checked (source); OpenRouter is a separate channel below. Our measured latency and output speed are shown by route and country below. Published OpenRouter: Last checked · Source (data) · Methodology
OpenRouter: Amount worked out from the source page: $2.00 per 1M tokens, in USD · as shown in the United States on 9 Nov 2026 · the page does not say whether tax is included; we do not assume it is excluded · no price change seen since 16 Oct 2026.
Quality on your task: not measured by Measured Lab yet. On our data, Qwen3.8 Max fits 6 of 6 common tasks by published prices, context window and terms, with calculated monthly costs.
What can I use it for?
Six common tasks cost a month at list prices
- Calculated Answer customer messages: $35.50 for 5,000 customer messages a month
- Calculated Pull data from invoices and documents with strict JSON and page images: $12.80 for 2,000 documents a month
- Calculated Summarize documents and meetings: $17.60 for 1,000 documents or meetings a month
- Calculated Translate content: $22.20 for 3,000 pages a month
- Calculated Chat assistant on your website: $381.00 for 10,000 conversations a month
- Calculated Write and review code with tool calls: $109.50 for 500 coding tasks a month
What our data confirms
- Observed Strict JSON output: accepted in our test call on 17 Oct 2026
- Observed Calls your tools: accepted in our test call on 17 Oct 2026
- Published Reads images; OpenRouter listing, 9 Nov 2026
Example to try
“Read this invoice and return the supplier, invoice number, date, total and tax as JSON; leave a field empty if it is not on the page.” Run it on your own data before you choose.
What we measured
- Observed Speed on a short test request: first token 1.5 s, 43 tokens/s (median of 110 test requests on 22 dates, short request)
Before you choose
- Published Training on your data, per Alibaba Cloud Product Terms of Service (Model Studio section): no, read 9 Nov 2026
- Unknown Where requests are processed: Unknown
Prices USD per 1M tokens, as listed
- $2.00Input per 1M tokens, from Alibaba Cloud Model Studio (Qwen) Published
- $6.00Output per 1M tokens, from Alibaba Cloud Model Studio (Qwen) Published
All prices by channel
| Price per 1M tokens | Alibaba Cloud Model Studio (Qwen) direct | Through OpenRouter | Previous prices by channel |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input | $2.00 Published | $2.00 Published | — |
| Output | $6.00 Published | $6.00 Published | — |
| Cached input · read | UnknownUnknown | $0.25 Published | — |
Input price from Alibaba Cloud Model Studio (Qwen), 16 Oct 2026 – 9 Nov 2026
16 Oct 2026$2.00 throughout9 Nov 2026
Input price through OpenRouter, 16 Oct 2026 – 9 Nov 2026
16 Oct 2026$2.00 throughout9 Nov 2026
OpenRouter providers who serves this model through OpenRouter, at what price
OpenRouter sends a call without a pinned provider to one of these endpoints, and each endpoint has its own price. Prices are USD per 1M tokens, input / output.
Pinned min: $2.00 / $6.00 · Alibaba (alibaba/us-east-1); status code -2 for alibaba/us-east-1 in this reading
Unpinned range: input $2.00–$2.00, output $6.00–$6.00 across 2 endpoints of 1 provider (listing shows $2.00 / $6.00).
Models with the widest provider price spread on OpenRouter
Request fragment that pins Alibaba (alibaba/us-east-1):
{"provider": {"order": ["alibaba/us-east-1"], "allow_fallbacks": false}}With fallbacks turned off, OpenRouter does not move the call to another provider. A full endpoint tag pins that endpoint; the provider name alone covers all of its endpoints (OpenRouter provider routing).
All endpoints (2), by input price
| Provider | Endpoint tag | Precision | Input | Output | Context, tokens | Status code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alibaba | alibaba | Not stated | $2.00 | $6.00 | 1,000,000 | 0 |
| Alibaba | alibaba/us-east-1 | Not stated | $2.00 | $6.00 | 1,000,000 | -2 |
Sorted by input price, then output price. Precision is the quantization field of the endpoints list. Status code is the status field of the endpoints list, as read.
Measured by us our own short test request: about 380 tokens in, a short JSON answer out · medians from answers on two dates or more
United States
| Route | First answer token | Output speed | Cost per request | Hidden reasoning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct API · Alibaba Cloudreasoning: off110 answers on 22 dates · 100 % answered | 1.50 srange 1.11–3.19 s · slow 10 %: 1.86 s Observed | 43.2 tokens/srange 24.5–59.9 · slowest 10 %: 40.3 tokens/s | $0.00108range $0.00106–$0.0011 Calculated | Hidden by providerthe API does not report it |
United Kingdom
| Route | First answer token | Output speed | Cost per request | Hidden reasoning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct API · Alibaba Cloudreasoning: off105 answers on 21 dates · 100 % answered | 1.80 srange 0.99–6.61 s · slow 10 %: 2.11 s Observed | 42.8 tokens/srange 15.1–61.3 · slowest 10 %: 37.3 tokens/s | $0.00108range $0.00106–$0.0011 Calculated | Hidden by providerthe API does not report it |
Germany
| Route | First answer token | Output speed | Cost per request | Hidden reasoning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct API · Alibaba Cloudreasoning: off105 answers on 21 dates · 100 % answered | 1.86 srange 0.90–3.17 s · slow 10 %: 2.28 s Observed | 43.3 tokens/srange 21.5–65.6 · slowest 10 %: 35.6 tokens/s | $0.00108range $0.00105–$0.0011 Calculated | Hidden by providerthe API does not report it |
Canada
| Route | First answer token | Output speed | Cost per request | Hidden reasoning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct API · Alibaba Cloudreasoning: off105 answers on 21 dates · 100 % answered | 1.83 srange 1.06–2.44 s · slow 10 %: 2.20 s Observed | 44.8 tokens/srange 23.1–54.1 · slowest 10 %: 41.0 tokens/s | $0.00108range $0.00106–$0.0011 Calculated | Hidden by providerthe API does not report it |
Australia
| Route | First answer token | Output speed | Cost per request | Hidden reasoning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct API · Alibaba Cloudreasoning: off105 answers on 21 dates · 100 % answered | 2.03 srange 0.85–5.91 s · slow 10 %: 2.73 s Observed | 44.0 tokens/srange 34.6–50.6 · slowest 10 %: 40.0 tokens/s | $0.00108range $0.00106–$0.00111 Calculated | Hidden by providerthe API does not report it |
How the test works and what each number means: methodology. The figures are also in our open data.
Quality signals public test results, each with its source and date
| Signal | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Instruction followingIFEval, 50 prompts · reasoning: off | ObservedCollectingfirst run on 22 Oct 2026 with 50 answered prompts; a figure appears after a second run on another date | |
- Your own task: quality on it is not measured here. These are public test sets; a short trial on a few of your own examples is the check that fits your work.
- Other public leaderboards, without figures copied here: human preference votes on open-ended answers: Arena (LMArena) text leaderboard; long tasks in coding, data analysis and research: LiveBench.
What each signal covers and how our run is scored: methodology.
What typical tasks cost with this model
| Task | At Alibaba Cloud Model Studio (Qwen)'s price ($2.00 / $6.00) | Through OpenRouter ($2.00 / $6.00) |
|---|---|---|
| 1,000 chat replies | $3.80 | $3.80 |
| Summarizing 100 documents | $1.06 | $1.06 |
| A day of coding assistant use | $3.36 | $3.36 |
Calculated Prices per 1M tokens (input / output) in brackets; token counts and what is not included: our assumptions and the same tasks on other models.
How we got this number
- What we read: the published price on openrouter.ai/api/v1/models
- Checked: ; tracked since 16 Oct 2026
- Shown in: the United States
- Checks so far: 25 checks since 16 Oct 2026
- What changed: no price change since 16 Oct 2026
- Page updated:
Other measured facts
| Question | Answer | Checked | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| How much does Qwen Qwen3.8 Max (0902) cost per 1M cache-read tokens (cache hits) on OpenRouter? | $0.25 per 1M tokens | Published | |
| How much does Qwen Qwen3.8 Max (0902) cost per 1M output tokens on OpenRouter? | $6.00 per 1M tokens | Published | |
| How much does Qwen3.8 Max 0902 (International) cost per 1M input tokens directly from Alibaba Cloud Model Studio (Qwen) (official API price)? | $2.00 per 1M tokens | Published | |
| How much does Qwen3.8 Max 0902 (International) cost per 1M output tokens directly from Alibaba Cloud Model Studio (Qwen) (official API price)? | $6.00 per 1M tokens | Published | |
| What is the context window of Qwen Qwen3.8 Max (0902) on OpenRouter, in tokens? | 1,000,000 tokens | Published | |
| What is the maximum output length of Qwen Qwen3.8 Max (0902) on OpenRouter, in tokens? | 131,072 tokens | Published |
History
Same price in all 25 checks since 16 Oct 2026.
- — First check: $2.00 per 1M tokens
The source record lists $0.000002 per token ($2.00 per 1M tokens), fetched on 9 Nov 2026.
The source record, as published
"prompt":"0.000002"
Latest briefings each price change recalculated as a task cost
- DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813: price rise input $0.115 → $0.111 per 1M tokens (-3 %), output $4.00 → $4.44 per 1M tokens (+11 %)
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: price cut input $0.300 → $0.0060 per 1M tokens (-98 %), output $1.20 → $0.500 per 1M tokens (-58 %)
- MoonshotAI Kimi K2.5: price rise input $0.500 → $0.532 per 1M tokens (+6 %), output $2.50 → $3.33 per 1M tokens (+33 %)
Record history — 163 records for 7 questions
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| 9 Nov 2026 | $2.00 per 1M tokens | Published |
| 8 Nov 2026 | $2.00 per 1M tokens | Published |
| 7 Nov 2026 | $2.00 per 1M tokens | Published |
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| 9 Nov 2026 | $0.25 per 1M tokens | Published |
| 8 Nov 2026 | $0.25 per 1M tokens | Published |
| 7 Nov 2026 | $0.25 per 1M tokens | Published |
| 6 Nov 2026 | $0.25 per 1M tokens | Published |
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| 1 Nov 2026 | $0.25 per 1M tokens | Published |
| Time | Value | Status |
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| 9 Nov 2026 | $6.00 per 1M tokens | Published |
| 8 Nov 2026 | $6.00 per 1M tokens | Published |
| 7 Nov 2026 | $6.00 per 1M tokens | Published |
| 6 Nov 2026 | $6.00 per 1M tokens | Published |
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| 1 Nov 2026 | $6.00 per 1M tokens | Published |
| Time | Value | Status |
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| 9 Nov 2026 | $2.00 per 1M tokens | Published |
| 8 Nov 2026 | $2.00 per 1M tokens | Published |
| 7 Nov 2026 | $2.00 per 1M tokens | Published |
| 6 Nov 2026 | $2.00 per 1M tokens | Published |
| 5 Nov 2026 | $2.00 per 1M tokens | Published |
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| 3 Nov 2026 | $2.00 per 1M tokens | Published |
| 2 Nov 2026 | $2.00 per 1M tokens | Published |
| 1 Nov 2026 | $2.00 per 1M tokens | Published |
| Time | Value | Status |
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| 9 Nov 2026 | $6.00 per 1M tokens | Published |
| 8 Nov 2026 | $6.00 per 1M tokens | Published |
| 7 Nov 2026 | $6.00 per 1M tokens | Published |
| 6 Nov 2026 | $6.00 per 1M tokens | Published |
| 5 Nov 2026 | $6.00 per 1M tokens | Published |
| 4 Nov 2026 | $6.00 per 1M tokens | Published |
| 3 Nov 2026 | $6.00 per 1M tokens | Published |
| 2 Nov 2026 | $6.00 per 1M tokens | Published |
| Time | Value | Status |
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| 9 Nov 2026 | 1,000,000 tokens | Published |
| 8 Nov 2026 | 1,000,000 tokens | Published |
| 7 Nov 2026 | 1,000,000 tokens | Published |
| 6 Nov 2026 | 1,000,000 tokens | Published |
| 5 Nov 2026 | 1,000,000 tokens | Published |
| 4 Nov 2026 | 1,000,000 tokens | Published |
| 3 Nov 2026 | 1,000,000 tokens | Published |
| 2 Nov 2026 | 1,000,000 tokens | Published |
| 1 Nov 2026 | 1,000,000 tokens | Published |
| Time | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Nov 2026 | 131,072 tokens | Published |
| 8 Nov 2026 | 131,072 tokens | Published |
| 7 Nov 2026 | 131,072 tokens | Published |
| 6 Nov 2026 | 131,072 tokens | Published |
| 5 Nov 2026 | 131,072 tokens | Published |
| 4 Nov 2026 | 131,072 tokens | Published |
| 3 Nov 2026 | 131,072 tokens | Published |
| 2 Nov 2026 | 131,072 tokens | Published |
Showing the latest 60 of 163 records; the full history is in data.json and data.csv.