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Alibaba Cloud
Qwen3-Max
Alibaba Cloud’s flagship Qwen3 tier for the hardest text-generation and agent-style tasks.
Overall score
88
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Context window
262,144 tokens
Speed
Balanced
Input pricing
$1.20 / 1M input tokens (≤32K prompts)
Output pricing
$6 / 1M output tokens (≤32K prompts)
Score breakdown
Capability91
Use-case fit89
Cost efficiency83
Speed82
Reliability86
Agent readiness89
Ecosystem80
Scores combine benchmark signals, product experience, and editorial weighting. Use them as a practical guide, not an absolute truth claim.
Best for
CodingAgent automation
Works with
Alibaba Cloud Model StudioQwen agent flowssearch-enabled reasoning
Modalities
text
Sources & trust
Officially verified core fields
Official linkSummaryDescriptionContext windowTool supportPricingPricing page
Editorial fields such as shortlist guidance, strengths, caveats, and scoring remain clearly separated from official provider data.
Alibaba Cloud Model Studio
Official site · Tier 5 · Apr 13, 2026
Official link
Alibaba Cloud supported models overview
Official docs · Tier 5 · Apr 13, 2026
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Alibaba Cloud model pricing
Pricing page · Tier 5 · Apr 13, 2026
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Qwen3-Max VerdictLens review
Manual review · Tier 3 · Apr 9, 2026
Best-fit guidanceWorks-with guidanceStrengthsCaveatsOverall scoreScore breakdown
Last verified: Apr 13, 2026
Strengths
- Good flagship coverage for the commercial Qwen family, which was previously missing from live catalog.
- Official docs explicitly position it for complex tasks and search-agent workflows.
Things to watch
- Pricing is tiered by prompt length, so simple headline comparisons can hide cost jumps.
- Global ecosystem gravity is still smaller than the biggest US API vendors.