expectedAlibabaExpected: Q2 2026

Qwen 3 Max API

Alibaba's next flagship Qwen model. Expected to remain among the strongest open-weight models, especially for Chinese and multilingual tasks.

What we know

Alibaba's next flagship Qwen model. Expected to remain among the strongest open-weight models, especially for Chinese and multilingual tasks.

Why it matters: Qwen is the #1 Chinese LLM family by search volume — Qwen 3 Max will be widely adopted.

Expected pricing: ~$1.60 / $6.40 per 1M tokens

Current best equivalent

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Qwen Max

Current Qwen flagship — same API, auto-upgrade on launch.

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We'll auto-switch your API calls to Qwen 3 Max the moment it launches — no code changes required.

Call it with curl

curl -X POST https://api.skillboss.co/v1/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SKILLBOSS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "skill_id": "qwen/qwen-max",
    "input": {
      "prompt": "Say hello from Qwen 3 Max — routed via SkillBoss"
    }
  }'

Alternate options

ModelSkill IDTradeoff
Qwen Plusqwen/qwen-plusCheaper tier
DeepSeek V3.2deepseek/deepseek-v3.2Alternative Chinese frontier

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