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Why use Qwen-Max on OpenRouter?
OpenRouter offers Qwen-Max with pay-as-you-go pricing at $1.04/1M input tokens. OpenRouter is a multi-provider LLM aggregator offering unified API access to 300+ models from all major labs and emerging providers, with automatic failover for reliability.
Setup recipe
Docs fallbackUse the provider REST API or SDKCreate a provider API keymodel: qwen/qwen-maxqwen/qwen-maxRequest example
qwen/qwen-max.Gotchas
- Use provider model ID "qwen/qwen-max", not the LLMReference slug "qwen-max".
Pricing
| Type | Price (per 1M) |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $1.04 |
| Output tokens | $4.16 |
Capabilities
About Qwen-Max
Closed-source flagship Qwen model with advanced reasoning capabilities for agent tasks.
FAQ
What does Qwen-Max cost on OpenRouter?
On OpenRouter, Qwen-Max costs $1.04 per 1M input tokens and $4.16 per 1M output tokens.
What is the context window for Qwen-Max on OpenRouter?
Qwen-Max supports a 33k token context window on OpenRouter.
What API model ID do I use for Qwen-Max on OpenRouter?
Use the model ID qwen/qwen-max when calling OpenRouter's API.
Who created Qwen-Max?
Qwen-Max was created by Alibaba as part of the Qwen1.5 model family.
Is Qwen-Max open source?
Qwen-Max has open weights under Qianwen according to the seed data, but that does not necessarily mean an OSI-approved open-source license.