Alibaba

Large language model

Qwen3.8 Max

Near-FrontierProprietaryReasoningProprietary
Input Price
$2.00
/M tokens
Output Price
$6.00
/M tokens
Intelligence
40
/100
Arena Rank
#22
Overall
Coding Rank
#16
Arena
Context
1M
tokens
Parameters
2.4T MoE (~95B active)

Verdict

One9Founders Verdictgood

Alibaba's 2.4T multimodal flagship. Intelligence 40 on Index v4.3, Arena text #22. Flat $2/$6 across 1M context. 0902 post-train is the current OpenRouter SKU.

“Serious multimodal frontier from Alibaba.”

Best For

  • ✓multimodal at frontier-adjacent quality
  • ✓long context at flat price

Not Great For

  • ✗DPDP without Alibaba Cloud region review

Startup Recommendation

Use if you already run on Alibaba Cloud; otherwise Grok 4.6 is simpler globally.

Pricing Details

Input
$2.00
per 1M tokens
Output
$6.00
per 1M tokens

Capabilities

✓Function Calling
✓Structured Output
✓Vision
-Web Search
-Code Execution
-MCP
✗Audio Input
✓Video Input
✓Reasoning
✓Streaming
-Batch API
-Computer Use

Chatbot Arena Rankings

Overall
#22
Coding
#16

Security & Compliance

✗SOC 2 Type II
✗GDPR
✗HIPAA
✗Enterprise SSO
✗Audit Logs

Training data policy: Unclear — Chinese data laws apply. Self-host open weights when possible.

DPDP Act (India): Data may be processed in China. Self-host in India for DPDP control.

Data residency: China

India Availability

API available globally

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