Qwen Max is a large-scale Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) language model developed by Alibaba Cloud. It excels in language understanding, generation, and task performance across a variety of modalities.
Qwen Max is designed for a broad range of applications, including:
Supports 29 languages, including Chinese, English, and Arabic.
The model is available on the AI/ML API platform as "Qwen Max" .
Detailed API Documentation is available here.
The Qwen team emphasizes ethical considerations in AI development by promoting transparency regarding the model's capabilities and limitations. The organization encourages responsible usage to prevent misuse or harmful applications of generated content.
Qwen Max is available under specific licensing terms provided by Alibaba Cloud. Users are advised to review the licensing information to understand the permissions and restrictions associated with the model's use.
Get Qwen Max API here.
Measured on the AI/ML API gateway across live traffic. Figures are medians unless stated. Last updated 2026-10-12.
import requests r = requests.post( "https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions", headers={"Authorization": "Bearer " + AIMLAPI_KEY}, json={ "model": "alibaba/qwen-max", "messages": [ { "role": "user", "content": "Hello!" } ] }, ) print(r.json())
const r = await fetch("https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions", { method: "POST", headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.AIMLAPI_KEY}`, "Content-Type": "application/json", }, body: JSON.stringify({ "model": "alibaba/qwen-max", "messages": [ { "role": "user", "content": "Hello!" } ] }), }); console.log(await r.json());
curl -X POST https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $AIMLAPI_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"model":"alibaba/qwen-max","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello!"}]}'
OpenAI-compatible — swap the base URL and it works with your existing SDK.
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Qwen Max This page | Coding + agents | |||
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Qwen Max has a 32,000 tokens context window and can return up to 8,192 tokens.
Qwen Max takes text as input and returns text.
Use alibaba/qwen-max as the model id. Requests go to https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions.
Qwen Max became available on September 9, 2025.
Qwen Max is priced at input $2.08 / 1M tokens, output $8.32 / 1M tokens, cached input $0.416 / 1M tokens.
Yes, Qwen Max can stream responses as they are generated.
Qwen Max was built by Alibaba Cloud.
