Alibaba · current

Qwen3 Max Preview

Qwen3 Max Preview is attributed to Alibaba in the catalog. It accepts text input and produces text output. Reported capabilities include tool calling and structured output.

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Hosted provider token rates

$1.08 / $4.80

USD per 1M input / output tokens · Merge Gateway

Context

256K

Released

2025-09-05

Knowledge cutoff

Apr 2025

No recent lab-operated provider rate is available. Showing the third-party host with the lowest input rate + ¼ output rate. This is one offering, not an average; other providers, modalities, tiers, and fees may differ.

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4 observed offerings · token prices in USD per million where available

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Merge Gateway

qwen/qwen3-max-preview

current

Input

$1.08

Output

$4.80

Cache

—

Context

256K

Max output

66K

Reasoning: No
Tool calling: Yes
Structured output: Yes
Temperature: Yes

Recent price

iFlow

qwen3-max-preview

deprecated

Input

Output

Cache

—

Context

256K

Max output

32K

Reasoning: No
Tool calling: Yes
Structured output: Unknown
Temperature: Yes

Historical price

Vercel AI Gateway

alibaba/qwen3-max-preview

current

Input

$1.20

Output

Cache

$0.24

Context

262K

Max output

33K

Reasoning: No
Tool calling: Yes
Structured output: No
Temperature: Unknown

Historical price

Qiniu

qwen3-max-preview

deprecated

Input

$0.8696

Output

$3.4783

Cache

—

Context

256K

Max output

64K

Reasoning: No
Tool calling: Yes
Structured output: Yes
Temperature: Yes

Not a current offering

Limits and capabilities reflect each provider’s listed offering. Unknown means support was not reported.

Provider / API ID	Status	Context	Max output	Input	Output	Cache read	Reasoning	Tools	Structured	Temperature
Merge Gateway qwen/qwen3-max-preview	currentRecent price	256K	66K	$1.08	$4.80	—	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
iFlow qwen3-max-preview	deprecatedHistorical price	256K	32K	$0	$0	—	No	Yes	Unknown	Yes
Vercel AI Gateway alibaba/qwen3-max-preview	currentHistorical price	262K	33K	$1.20	$6	$0.24	No	Yes	No	Unknown
Qiniu qwen3-max-preview	deprecatedNot a current offering	256K	64K	$0.8696	$3.4783	—	No	Yes	Yes	Yes

Capabilities and limits

Input: text
Output: text
Max output: 66K
Weights: Closed (source-reported)
Release: 2025-09-05
Knowledge cutoff: Apr 2025
Family: qwen

Tool calling · Structured output

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Model and price history

Latest recorded change: source refresh · 2026-10-23

Model changes (3)

source refresh · 2026-10-23

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    "status": "deprecated",
    "canonical_name": "Qwen3-Max-Preview",
    "max_output_tokens": 32000,
    "knowledge_cutoff_reported": "2024-12",
    "supports_structured_output": false
  },
  "after": {
    "status": "current",
    "canonical_name": "Qwen3 Max Preview",
    "max_output_tokens": 65536,
    "knowledge_cutoff_reported": "2025-04",
    "supports_structured_output": true
  }
}

source refresh · 2026-10-22

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  "before": {
    "status": "current",
    "canonical_name": "Qwen3 Max Preview",
    "max_output_tokens": 65536,
    "knowledge_cutoff_reported": "2025-04",
    "supports_structured_output": true
  },
  "after": {
    "status": "deprecated",
    "canonical_name": "Qwen3-Max-Preview",
    "max_output_tokens": 32000,
    "knowledge_cutoff_reported": "2024-12",
    "supports_structured_output": false
  }
}

source refresh · 2026-10-17

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  "before": {
    "context_tokens": 262144,
    "max_output_tokens": 32768,
    "knowledge_cutoff_reported": null,
    "supports_structured_output": false
  },
  "after": {
    "context_tokens": 256000,
    "max_output_tokens": 65536,
    "knowledge_cutoff_reported": "2025-04",
    "supports_structured_output": true
  }
}

Price history (60 observations)

Date	Provider	Input / output
2026-11-02	Qiniu	$0.8696 / $3.4783
2026-11-02	Merge Gateway	$1.08 / $4.80
2026-11-01	Qiniu	$0.8696 / $3.4783
2026-11-01	Merge Gateway	$1.08 / $4.80
2026-10-31	Merge Gateway	$1.08 / $4.80
2026-10-31	Qiniu	$0.8696 / $3.4783
2026-10-30	Merge Gateway	$1.08 / $4.80
2026-10-30	Qiniu	$0.8696 / $3.4783
2026-10-29	Qiniu	$0.8696 / $3.4783
2026-10-29	Merge Gateway	$1.08 / $4.80
2026-10-28	Qiniu	$0.8696 / $3.4783
2026-10-28	Merge Gateway	$1.08 / $4.80
2026-10-27	Merge Gateway	$1.08 / $4.80
2026-10-27	Qiniu	$0.8696 / $3.4783
2026-10-27	Qiniu	$0.8696 / $3.4783
2026-10-27	Merge Gateway	$1.08 / $4.80
2026-10-27	Qiniu	$0.8696 / $3.4783
2026-10-27	Merge Gateway	$1.08 / $4.80
2026-10-27	Qiniu	$0.8696 / $3.4783
2026-10-27	Merge Gateway	$1.08 / $4.80
2026-10-26	Qiniu	$0.8696 / $3.4783
2026-10-26	Merge Gateway	$1.08 / $4.80
2026-10-25	Qiniu	$0.8696 / $3.4783
2026-10-25	Merge Gateway	$1.08 / $4.80
2026-10-24	Qiniu	$0.8696 / $3.4783
2026-10-24	Merge Gateway	$1.08 / $4.80
2026-10-24	Merge Gateway	$1.08 / $4.80
2026-10-24	Qiniu	$0.8696 / $3.4783
2026-10-24	Merge Gateway	$1.08 / $4.80
2026-10-24	Qiniu	$0.8696 / $3.4783
2026-10-23	Merge Gateway	$1.08 / $4.80
2026-10-23	Qiniu	$0.8696 / $3.4783
2026-10-23	Qiniu	$0.8696 / $3.4783
2026-10-23	Merge Gateway	$1.08 / $4.80
2026-10-23	Merge Gateway	$1.08 / $4.80
2026-10-23	Qiniu	$0.8696 / $3.4783
2026-10-23	Merge Gateway	$1.08 / $4.80
2026-10-23	Qiniu	$0.8696 / $3.4783
2026-10-23	Merge Gateway	$1.08 / $4.80
2026-10-23	Qiniu	$0.8696 / $3.4783
2026-10-22	iFlow	$0 / $0
2026-10-22	Qiniu	$0.8696 / $3.4783
2026-10-22	Merge Gateway	$1.08 / $4.80
2026-10-21	Merge Gateway	$1.08 / $4.80
2026-10-20	Merge Gateway	$1.08 / $4.80
2026-10-19	Merge Gateway	$1.08 / $4.80
2026-10-18	Merge Gateway	$1.08 / $4.80
2026-10-17	Merge Gateway	$1.08 / $4.80
2026-10-11	Vercel AI Gateway	$1.20 / $6
2026-10-10	Vercel AI Gateway	$1.20 / $6
2026-10-09	Vercel AI Gateway	$1.20 / $6
2026-10-09	Vercel AI Gateway	$1.20 / $6
2026-10-08	Vercel AI Gateway	$1.20 / $6
2026-10-07	Vercel AI Gateway	$1.20 / $6
2026-09-22	Vercel AI Gateway	$1.20 / $6
2026-09-21	Vercel AI Gateway	$1.20 / $6
2026-09-20	Vercel AI Gateway	$1.20 / $6
2026-09-19	Vercel AI Gateway	$1.20 / $6
2026-09-18	Vercel AI Gateway	$1.20 / $6
2026-09-17	Vercel AI Gateway	$1.20 / $6