The short answer
Qwen3.8 Max Prime is a Qwen model priced at $4 per million input tokens and $12 per million output tokens, with a 1M token context window. One standard answer, meaning 1,000 tokens in and 500 tokens out, costs $0.0100. Inside Whizi it costs 15 credits per message and needs the Powerhouse plan or above.
That makes it one of the more expensive models in the catalogue: 14 of the 136 priced models cost more per answer, and 121 cost less.
What Qwen3.8 Max Prime costs
List rates are what the provider charges per token. The cost of one standard answer is the more useful number, because it prices the same unit of work across every model regardless of how each one is billed.
| Input, per million tokens | $4 |
| Output, per million tokens | $12 |
| One standard answer | $0.0100 |
| One thousand answers | $10.00 |
| Context window | 1M tokens |
| Credits per message in Whizi | 15 |
| Minimum Whizi plan | Powerhouse |
| Rank by cost, of 136 priced models | 122 |
Prices are the published Qwen rates as carried by OpenRouter, last refreshed 2026-09-26. The full dataset covering all 160 models from 42 providers is the AI model cost index, which is free to reuse with attribution.
What it costs inside Whizi
Whizi meters messages in credits rather than tokens, and Qwen3.8 Max Prime is charged at 15 credits per message. The cost does not change with the length of your message or the length of the answer, so a one line question and a long document analysis cost the same.
| Plan | Price per month | Monthly credits | Messages on this model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Powerhouse | $49.99, or $34.99 billed yearly | 10,000 | 666 |
Qwen3.8 Max Prime is part of the Powerhouse catalogue. Anything not explicitly listed on the Starter or Pro tiers resolves to Powerhouse, which is the deliberate default for the frontier and specialist models. See plans and limits.
How it compares on price
Against the cheapest model in the index, Ling-3.0-flash at $0.000053 per answer, Qwen3.8 Max Prime costs 189 times more. Against the median, Kimi K2 0711 at $0.0017, it costs 5.8 times more.
Its nearest neighbours from Qwen:
| Model | One answer | Context | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3.8 27B | $0.0021 | 1M | 3 |
| Qwen3.7 Max | $0.0037 | 1M | 5 |
| Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B | $0.0050 | 1M | 8 |
| Qwen3.8 Max Prime (this page) | $0.0100 | 1M | 15 |
If Qwen3.8 Max Prime is more model than a given task needs, Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B is the cheaper Qwen option at $0.0050 per answer and 8 credits per message. Routing routine work down a tier is the single biggest thing you can do to make an allowance last.
The context window in practice
Qwen3.8 Max Prime accepts 1M tokens of context, which is roughly 1500 pages of text. That is around the median for the priced catalogue.
Advertised context and usable context are not the same thing. Recall tends to degrade before the stated limit is reached, particularly for material in the middle of a long input, so the practical test is to upload a long document and ask about something buried halfway through rather than trusting the number.
The number matters most when you are working from your own files. If a document is too long for the model you picked, switching to a larger-context model in the same conversation carries the thread across, so you are not starting over. See switching models mid-conversation.
- Input $4 and output $12 per million tokens
- $0.0100 for one standard answer, $10.00 for a thousand
- 1M token context window
- 15 credits per message inside Whizi
- Requires the Powerhouse plan or above
- Ranks 122 of 136 priced models by cost per answer
Frequently asked questions
How much does Qwen3.8 Max Prime cost?
$4 per million input tokens and $12 per million output tokens at list rates, which works out to $0.0100 for one standard answer of 1,000 tokens in and 500 out, or $10.00 for a thousand of them. Inside Whizi it is 15 credits per message on a monthly allowance, rather than metered per token.
Which Whizi plan includes Qwen3.8 Max Prime?
Powerhouse and above, which is $49.99 per month or $34.99 billed yearly. At 15 credits per message, a Powerhouse allowance of 10,000 credits covers 666 messages on this model if you spend the whole allowance here, and most people mix in a 1 credit model for routine work so it goes further.
What is the context window of Qwen3.8 Max Prime?
1M tokens, which is roughly 1500 pages of text and sits around the median for the priced catalogue. Treat that as the ceiling rather than the working figure: recall usually degrades before the stated limit, especially for content in the middle of a long input.
Is Qwen3.8 Max Prime expensive compared to other models?
It ranks 122 of 136 priced models by cost per answer, so 14 cost more and 121 cost less. The spread across the whole catalogue is about 2000 times from cheapest to priciest, which is far wider than most people assume, so "expensive" only means anything relative to the specific alternative you would otherwise use.
