QwenCodingReleased 21 May 2026
Qwen3.7 Max pricing, context and benchmark
Qwen3.7-Max is the flagship model in Alibaba's Qwen3.7 series.
1M
Input context
131K
Output context
$1.475
Official input
$4.425
Official output
n/a
AA index
01 · Model Overview
Everything that matters, in one table
Context, pricing, cache, modalities and tooling, from the model registry and Artificial Analysis.
| Model | Qwen3.7 Max |
| Model ID | qwen/qwen3.7-max |
| Provider | Qwen |
| Release date | 21 May 2026 |
| Status | Generally available |
| Input context | 1,000,000 tokens |
| Output context | 131,072 tokens |
| Official input pricing | $1.475 per 1M tokens |
| Official output pricing | $4.425 per 1M tokens |
| Cache read pricing | $0.5 per 1M tokens (80% off input) |
| Market input pricing | $1.475 per 1M (cheapest route) |
| Market output pricing | $4.425 per 1M (cheapest route) |
| Highest route pricing | $2 in, $6 out per 1M |
| Input modalities | text |
| Output modalities | text |
| Reasoning control | Not exposed |
| Tool support | Text generation only |
| Tokenizer | Qwen |
| Provider routes | 2 endpoints |
| Artificial Analysis index | Not published |
| Speed | 161 tokens/s, 14.52s to first token |
| Knowledge cutoff | Not publicly stated |
Input and output support
| Modality | Input | Output | Billed at |
|---|---|---|---|
| Text | ✓ yes | ✓ yes | $1.475 in |
| Image | no | no | not supported |
| Audio | no | no | not supported |
| Video | no | no | not supported |
| File (PDF) | no | no | not supported |
02 · Overview
What is Qwen3.7 Max?
Qwen3.7-Max is the flagship model in Alibaba's Qwen3.7 series.
It supports text input and output and is designed for agent-centric workloads, with particular strengths in coding, office and productivity tasks,...
Qwen3.7 Max carries a 1M token window, uses the Qwen tokenizer and is served by Qwen. On Hoodgen it sits in the Coding tier of the model menu next to its siblings, so you can switch mid conversation without losing the thread.
03 · Release
Release and what changed from the previous version
Released21 May 2026
| Property | Qwen3.6 Flash | Qwen3.7 Max | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Released | 2026 | 2026 | Same release window |
| Context | 1M | 1M | Unchanged |
| Max output | 66K | 131K | Changed |
| Input price | $0.188 | $1.475 | Higher |
| Output price | $1.125 | $4.425 | Higher |
| Input modalities | text, image, video | text | Unchanged |
| AA index | n/a | n/a | Newer benchmark run |
04 · Capabilities
Features and capabilities
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Prompt caching
Cached input costs $0.5 per million instead of $1.475, so stable prefixes get cheaper.
07 · Use cases
What can you do with Qwen3.7 Max?
Code generation
New modules, tests and migrations from a written spec.
Refactoring
Cross file renames and API migrations with the whole repo in context.
Code review
Diff review with reasons, not just lint output.
Pairing
In editor loops inside the Hoodgen Coding workspace.
08 · Cost levers
Prompt caching and how to cut the bill
Cached input bills at $0.5 per million instead of $1.475, a 80% discount. Keep the system prompt and documents first and the changing question last, so every call hits the cache.
09 · Pricing
Qwen3.7 Max pricing
Official pricing
List price
$1.475 / 1M in
$4.425 / 1M out
- $0.5 cached input
- 1M context
- text input
Cheapest route
$1.475 / 1M in
$4.425 / 1M out
- 2 routes on OpenRouter
- What Hoodgen routes to first
- Same model, lower bill
Highest route
$2 / 1M in
$6 / 1M out
- Priority or premium tier
- Best under load
- Use for latency critical calls
Market pricing, every route
| Provider | Tier | Input | Output | Cache read | Uptime 24h |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alibaba | standard | $1.475 | $4.425 | $0.295 | 100.0% |
| Alibaba | standard | $2 | $6 | $0.4 | n/a |
API pricing and cost calculator
| Rate | Per call | Total | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheapest route | $0.0220 | $10.99 | 10440 |
| List price | $0.0244 | $12.22 | 11608 |
| Highest route | $0.0490 | $24.50 | 23275 |
10 · Developers
API and developer information
| Model ID | qwen/qwen3.7-max |
| Endpoint | https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions |
| Parameters | prompt and max_tokens |
| Streaming | Yes, server sent events |
| Modality string | text->text |
| Max prompt tokens | 1,000,000 |
| Max completion tokens | 131,072 |
curl https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENROUTER_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "qwen/qwen3.7-max",
"messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Summarise this document." }],
"max_tokens": 1024
}'11 · Limitations
Model limitations
| Text only output | It cannot generate images, audio or video. Pair it with an image model on Hoodgen when you need visuals. |
| Output cap | 131,072 tokens per request. Long deliverables have to be chunked. |
| Benchmarks not published | Artificial Analysis does not publish an Intelligence Index for this release, so no benchmark score is claimed here. |
| Knowledge cutoff | The provider does not state a fixed cutoff for every release. Verify very recent events against search. |
12 · Comparison
Qwen3.7 Max vs other Qwen models
| Model | Context | Input /1M | Output /1M | AA index | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3.7 Max | 1M | $1.475 | $4.425 | n/a | 2026 |
| Qwen3.8 Max Prime | 1M | $4 | $12 | n/a | Sep 2026 |
| Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B | 1.05M | $2 | $6 | n/a | 2026 |
| Qwen3.8 Max | n/a | $2 | $6 | 34 | 2026 |
| Qwen3.8 Max (0902) | 1M | $2 | $6 | n/a | Sep 2026 |
| Qwen3.7 Plus | 1M | $0.32 | $1.28 | n/a | 2026 |
13 · Privacy
Privacy and data policy
- On Hoodgen, prompts and attachments answer that request and stay in your conversation history so you can reopen it. They are not used to train models.
- Requests route through OpenRouter to Qwen and are covered by that provider's API terms.
- Do not paste secrets or personal data you would not send to any hosted model.
14 · FAQ
Qwen3.7 Max questions, answered
Qwen3.7 Max is a coding model from Qwen, released 21 May 2026. Qwen3.7-Max is the flagship model in Alibaba's Qwen3.7 series.
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