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AI Tools · Aug 4, 2026 · 14 min read

Qwen3.8-Max went GA on 3 August 2026 at $2 and $6 per million tokens, and it is more expensive than Qwen3.7-Max is today

Qwen3.8-Max shipped on 3 August 2026 at $2 input and $6 output per million tokens, with a 1M context and 15,000 requests per minute. But Qwen3.7-Max is on a 50% discount at $1.25 and $3.75, so the newer flagship costs

Manu Shukla

#qwen #open weights #LLM cost

Editorial hero graphic on 2026 budget vision model cost tiers

AI Tools · Aug 1, 2026 · 13 min read

Qwen3.7 Flash vs Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite: the 2026 cost math for 1M-context vision agents

Alibaba's Qwen3.7 Flash is the cheapest way into a 1M-token vision model, until you fill the window. Here is the tier-by-tier cost math against Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and GPT-5.6 Luna for high-volume agents.

Manu Shukla

#qwen #Gemini #gpt-5.6

3D render of a glowing server rack beside a downward cost curve on a dark studio background

AI & Cloud Infrastructure · Jul 9, 2026 · 10 min read

3 Chinese open models that cut enterprise AI bills 60-90% in 2026

US firms routed up to 46% of their OpenRouter tokens to Chinese open models in 2026 because they cost 60-90% less. Here is how DeepSeek, Qwen and GLM compare with OpenAI and Google on price, quality and risk.

Manu Shukla

#chinese ai models #DeepSeek #qwen