Qwen3.8 Max via Model Studio Token Plan - Individual Lite

Pricing Snapshot

Research effective date: August 4, 2026.

The lowest currently advertised international subscription that includes Qwen3.8 Max access is the Lite tier of the Alibaba Cloud Model Studio Token Plan - Individual. It is advertised at USD 6 per month, discounted from the listed regular price of USD 8 per month.

Qwen3.8 Max does not have a separately advertised monthly subscription price on the official international pricing page. This record therefore represents the lowest-priced Token Plan that includes access to the model rather than a standalone Qwen3.8 Max plan.

What's Included

The Lite subscription provides approximately 10,000 credits per month and supports one to two concurrent agents. Credits can be used across supported Model Studio models and modalities, including text generation, image generation, video generation, and audio services.

Current Token Plan documentation lists qwen3.8-max as a supported model with reasoning, visual-understanding, and text-generation capabilities. The subscription uses a dedicated Token Plan API key rather than a standard pay-as-you-go Model Studio key.

Cost Notes

The USD 6 monthly rate is a promotional price and may return to the advertised USD 8 regular monthly price. Alibaba Cloud also advertises annual Lite billing at USD 65 per year, but this record uses the monthly base option.

Usage is credit-based rather than unlimited. Different models and operations consume credits at different rates, and usage is subject to rolling quota windows. Reaching either applicable quota can temporarily pause access until the quota resets, the plan is upgraded, or additional eligible credits are purchased.

Official pages currently use both qwen3.8-max and Qwen3.8-Max-Preview naming. The preview model may be modified, replaced, or withdrawn, while the current Personal Edition documentation separately lists the production qwen3.8-max model. Pricing, promotional discounts, model availability, and credit multipliers can change.

The Token Plan is intended primarily for interactive coding and agent tools. Alibaba Cloud advises using its standard pay-as-you-go service for automated backend or production API workloads.

Best For

Best suited to individual developers and technical users who want predictable monthly spending for interactive Qwen3.8 Max coding, analysis, visual-understanding, and agent workflows without committing to a higher Token Plan tier.