Positioning and release
Qwen4-Max-Preview is a preview of Qwen’s next-generation flagship multimodal model. Alibaba Cloud lists its release on November 11, 2026. (alibabacloud.com)
Capabilities and uses
- Accepts text, images and video and generates text; supports deep reasoning, function calling, web search and structured JSON outputs.
- Intended for coding, office productivity, frontend design, document and screenshot analysis, video analysis and complex agentic tasks.
- Compatible with OpenAI Chat Completions and Responses APIs and the Anthropic Messages API.
- Context length: 1 million tokens. Maximum output: 393,216 tokens, shared between reasoning and the final answer. (alibabacloud.com)
Availability and limitations
The preview runs from 10:00 on November 11 through 24:00 on November 25, 2026 (UTC+8). Alibaba says the model will be retired after the preview and will not change during it. Access is through Token Plan Personal or Team only; pay-as-you-go is not supported. (alibabacloud.com)
Thinking is enabled by default. In OpenAI Chat Completions, max_tokens and max_completion_tokens both limit reasoning and final-answer tokens together, so an insufficient budget can truncate the response. Token Plan Personal is restricted to interactive use in supported coding and agent tools, not automated scripts, custom application backends or non-interactive batch calls. (alibabacloud.com)
Pricing
Pricing checked: November 14, 2026. These are subscription prices for access to multiple supported models and tools, not per-token prices exclusive to Qwen4-Max-Preview. Credits consumption varies with model, token usage, reasoning and tool calls. Separate model-specific input and output token rates were not verified; pay-as-you-go is unavailable. (alibabacloud.com)
Mainland China: Token Plan Personal, Beijing region
| Plan | Price in CNY per month | Monthly Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Lite | 39 | 20,000 |
| Essential | 79 | 45,000 |
| Standard | 139 | 80,000 |
| Pro | 312 | 200,000 |
Eligible accounts that have never purchased Personal receive limited-time prices of CNY 19.5/month for Lite or CNY 39.5/month for Essential, through November 30, 2026 at 23:59:59 UTC+8. An optional 20,000-Credit usage pack costs CNY 100 per pack per month and requires an active subscription. Official mainland pricing and supported models. (help.aliyun.com)
International: Token Plan Personal, Singapore region
| Plan | Price in USD per month | Monthly Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Lite | 6 | 20,000 |
| Essential | 10 | 45,000 |
| Standard | 18 | 80,000 |
| Pro | 43 | 200,000 |
Eligible accounts that have never purchased Personal receive limited-time prices of USD 3/month for Lite or USD 5/month for Essential, through November 30, 2026 at 23:59:59 UTC+8. An optional 20,000-Credit usage pack costs USD 15 per pack per month and requires an active subscription. Official international pricing and supported models. (alibabacloud.com)
During the preview promotion, Credits consumption can be as low as 20% of the standard rate; calls from 22:00 to 08:00 UTC+8 receive a further 60% reduction, equivalent to 8% of the standard rate in that case. Credits are not tokens, and the domestic and international subscriptions are separate regional offerings. (alibabacloud.com)