| Model | Score | Status | Released | Price in/out | Context | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3.7-Max 1M-context multimodal agent flagship | 8.3 | GA | 2026-05-20 | $2.50 / $7.50 | 1M | Review → |
Qwen3.7-Max is Alibaba Cloud's proprietary flagship — a deliberate break from the Qwen line's open-weights tradition — released 2026-05-21 with a 1M-token context window (up from 256K on Qwen3.6-Max), thinking mode on by default, and a June 10 snapshot that added visual understanding for "multimodal interactive hybrid agent" work: reading screens, operating GUIs, and coding from visual references. At $2.50/$7.50 per 1M tokens it undercuts the Western flagships above it while ranking among the top proprietary models on the Artificial Analysis Index (46, #13 of 162 tracked). Buyers who chose Qwen for its Apache-2.0 freedom should note: this one is closed, API-only, and sold through Alibaba Cloud Model Studio.
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