Price cut: alibaba/qwen3.8-max on alibaba
| Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input | 2.00 | 1.78 | -11.1% |
| Output | 6.00 | 5.33 | -11.1% |
| Cache read | 0.25 | 0.22 | -11.1% |
| Cache write | 2.50 | 2.22 | -11.1% |
What this means by workload
Illustrative monthly cost of the changed field(s) alone, at a representative 10M tokens/month split per workload preset. Not a substitute for the calculator, which uses your own volume and every price field.
| Workload | Before / month | After / month |
|---|---|---|
| Coding agent | $22.00 | $19.55 |
| RAG chat | $26.00 | $23.11 |
| Summarisation (batch) | $24.00 | $21.33 |
| Classification | $20.80 | $18.49 |
| Chat assistant | $36.00 | $31.99 |
| Content generation | $52.00 | $46.21 |