Alibaba Cloud: models, pricing and benchmarks
Cloud provider and developer of the Qwen family.
All Alibaba Cloud models
Sorted by average benchmark score. Prices are per million tokens and context is measured in tokens.
| # | Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qwen3-Max Pro | Alibaba Cloud | 400000 | $18.87 | 86.2 |
| 2 | Qwen3-Max Max | Alibaba Cloud | 400000 | $18.53 | 85.9 |
| 3 | Qwen3-Max Reasoning | Alibaba Cloud | 2000000 | $18.12 | 85.9 |
| 4 | Qwen3-Max Turbo | Alibaba Cloud | 1000000 | $17.70 | 84.7 |
| 5 | Qwen3-Max | Alibaba Cloud | 400000 | $17.37 | 84.4 |
| 6 | Qwen3 | Alibaba Cloud | 128000 | $5.04 | 80.3 |
| 7 | Qwen3 Instruct | Alibaba Cloud | 1000000 | $5.06 | 79.8 |
| 8 | Qwen3-Coder | Alibaba Cloud | 200000 | $4.94 | 79.5 |
| 9 | Qwen3 Chat | Alibaba Cloud | 128000 | $4.75 | 79.1 |
| 10 | QwQ Instruct | Alibaba Cloud | 65536 | $4.62 | 79.0 |
| 11 | QwQ | Alibaba Cloud | 128000 | $4.57 | 78.6 |
| 12 | Qwen3-Coder Chat | Alibaba Cloud | 128000 | $4.59 | 78.4 |
| 13 | QwQ Chat | Alibaba Cloud | 65536 | $4.28 | 78.2 |
| 14 | Qwen3-Coder Instruct | Alibaba Cloud | 128000 | $4.66 | 78.1 |
| 15 | Qwen3 Base | Alibaba Cloud | 65536 | $4.33 | 77.4 |
| 16 | Qwen3-Coder Base | Alibaba Cloud | 200000 | $3.99 | 76.6 |
| 17 | Qwen3-Max Mini | Alibaba Cloud | 128000 | $11.13 | 76.5 |
| 18 | QwQ Base | Alibaba Cloud | 65536 | $3.68 | 74.1 |
| 19 | Qwen3-Max Nano | Alibaba Cloud | 65536 | $8.31 | 71.7 |
| 20 | Qwen3 8B | Alibaba Cloud | 8192 | $1.66 | 61.9 |
| 21 | Qwen3-Coder 8B | Alibaba Cloud | 32768 | $1.43 | 61.3 |
| 22 | Qwen3 7B | Alibaba Cloud | 32768 | $1.37 | 59.8 |
| 23 | Qwen3-Coder 7B | Alibaba Cloud | 32768 | $1.24 | 59.6 |
| 24 | QwQ 8B | Alibaba Cloud | 16384 | $1.37 | 59.5 |
| 25 | QwQ 7B | Alibaba Cloud | 8192 | $1.11 | 58.1 |
| 26 | Qwen3 1.5B | Alibaba Cloud | 4096 | $0.84 | 53.5 |
| 27 | Qwen3-Coder 1.5B | Alibaba Cloud | 32768 | $0.76 | 52.8 |
| 28 | QwQ 1.5B | Alibaba Cloud | 32768 | $0.61 | 51.6 |
Best Alibaba Cloud models
Qwen3-Max Pro
Qwen3-Max Pro is a frontier model from Alibaba Cloud. It offers a 400,000-token context window, costs $18.87 per million input tokens and $84.39 per million output tokens, and averages 86.2 across the index's benchmark suite.
frontierQwen3-Max Max
Qwen3-Max Max is a frontier model from Alibaba Cloud. It offers a 400,000-token context window, costs $18.53 per million input tokens and $74.05 per million output tokens, and averages 85.9 across the index's benchmark suite.
frontierQwen3-Max Reasoning
Qwen3-Max Reasoning is a frontier model from Alibaba Cloud. It offers a 2,000,000-token context window, costs $18.12 per million input tokens and $81.94 per million output tokens, and averages 85.9 across the index's benchmark suite.
frontierQwen3-Max Turbo
Qwen3-Max Turbo is a frontier model from Alibaba Cloud. It offers a 1,000,000-token context window, costs $17.70 per million input tokens and $63.95 per million output tokens, and averages 84.7 across the index's benchmark suite.
frontierQwen3-Max
Qwen3-Max is a frontier model from Alibaba Cloud. It offers a 400,000-token context window, costs $17.37 per million input tokens and $94.30 per million output tokens, and averages 84.4 across the index's benchmark suite.
How Alibaba Cloud fits
Alibaba Cloud has 28 models in the index, of which 21 are open weights. The average input price across the lineup is $6.25 per million tokens, and the average output price is $27.15 per million tokens. The strongest model by average benchmark score is qwen3-max-pro.
Use the table above to compare individual models, or open a model page for its full benchmark breakdown. If you are choosing between providers, start with the comparison pages and then check context limits and licence terms.
FAQ
How many Alibaba Cloud models are in the index?
Alibaba Cloud has 28 models in this index, of which 21 are open weights.
What is the cheapest Alibaba Cloud model?
QwQ 1.5B is the cheapest Alibaba Cloud model by input price at $0.61 per million tokens.
What is the best Alibaba Cloud model?
Qwen3-Max Pro has the highest average benchmark score in the Alibaba Cloud lineup at 86.2.
Are Alibaba Cloud models open weights?
21 of the 28 Alibaba Cloud models in this index are open weights. The rest are proprietary.
Where is Alibaba Cloud based?
Alibaba Cloud was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Hangzhou, China.