Vikshy is not being updated. Updates were paused on 20 October 2026, so the news, the Score, prices and rankings here are out of date and will stay as they are. Check the labs' own sites for anything newer.
Get the Brief

Alibaba timeline

Every model launch, feature release, outage, usage-limit change and price move we have tracked, newest first. Each links to its sources.

Models, 90 days6Confirmed launches
Features, 90 days3Products and updates
Incidents, 90 days0From status pages and reports
Limits and pricing0Changes in 90 days

Model lineup

Every Alibaba model in our catalogue, newest first, with context and list price per million tokens (input / output). Compare all prices

Sep 2026Qwen3.8 Max PrimeFrontier · 1M ctx$4.00 / $12.00
Sep 2026Qwen3.8 Omni FlashEfficient · 1M ctx$0.15 / $0.47
Sep 2026Qwen3.8 MaxFlagship · 1M ctx$2.00 / $6.00
Aug 2026Qwen3.8 FlashEfficient · 1M ctx$0.15 / $0.47
Aug 2026Qwen3.8 27BOpen · 1M ctx$0.42 / $2.55
Aug 2026Qwen3.8 2.4T A95BFrontier · 1M ctx$2.00 / $6.00
Jul 2026Qwen3.7 FlashEfficient · 1M ctx$0.03 / $0.13
2026Qwen3-Coder-NextOpen · 256K ctxOpen weights
2026Qwen3.6-27BOpen · 256K ctxOpen weights
Sep 2025Qwen3-MaxFlagship · 256K ctx$0.78 / $3.90
Sep 2025Qwen-PlusBalanced · 1M ctx$0.26 / $0.78
Jul 2025Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35BOpen · 256K ctxOpen weights
Apr 2025Qwen3-235B-A22BOpen · 256K ctxOpen weights
Jan 2025Qwen2.5-MaxLegacy · 32K ctxSee pricing
2025Qwen-FlashEfficient · 1M ctx$0.05 / $0.40
2025Qwen3-VLOpen · 256K ctxOpen weights

Timeline

Milestones first. Minor items (small updates, brief status-page incidents, posts without news) are one tap away.

October 2026

  1. 15 Oct
    Alibaba opens invite beta for QwenWork e-commerce editionFeatures · New product or feature
  2. 9 Oct
    Alibaba publishes Qwen-Image-2.1-Turbo on Hugging FaceFeatures · New product or feature

September 2026

  1. 24 Sep
    Alibaba Cloud debuts Qwen Book AI agent PC at Apsara 2026Features · New product or feature
  2. 17 Sep
    Qwen releases Qwen3.8-Omni-Flash multimodal agent modelModels · New-generation model · 1M context · $0.15 in / $0.47 out per 1M
  3. 14 Sep
    Alibaba publishes Qwen-Image-2.1 on Hugging FaceModels · Open-weight model
  4. Sep
    Qwen3.8 Max Prime releasedFrontier · 1M context · $4.00 in / $12.00 out per 1M

August 2026

  1. 27 Aug
    Qwen releases Qwen-Drive-1.0-4B on Hugging FaceModels · Open-weight model
  2. 24 Aug
    Qwen3.8-Flash-Next released on Hugging FaceModels · Open-weight model · 1M context · $0.15 in / $0.47 out per 1M
  3. 13 Aug
    Alibaba releases Qwen 3.8 models with open weightsModels · Open-weight model · 1M context · $0.42 in / $2.55 out per 1M
  4. 3 Aug
    Alibaba announces Qwen3.8-Max flagship model with 2.4 trillion parametersModels · Frontier-class model launch · 1M context · $2.00 in / $6.00 out per 1M
  5. Aug
    Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B releasedFrontier · 1M context · $2.00 in / $6.00 out per 1M

July 2026

  1. Jul
    Qwen3.7 Flash releasedEfficient · 1M context · $0.03 in / $0.13 out per 1M

2026, month not published

  1. Qwen3-Coder-Next releasedOpen · 256K context
  2. Qwen3.6-27B releasedOpen · 256K context

September 2025

  1. Sep
    Qwen3-Max releasedFlagship · 256K context · $0.78 in / $3.90 out per 1M
  2. Sep
    Qwen-Plus releasedBalanced · 1M context · $0.26 in / $0.78 out per 1M

July 2025

  1. Jul
    Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B releasedOpen · 256K context

April 2025

  1. Apr
    Qwen3-235B-A22B releasedOpen · 256K context

January 2025

  1. Jan
    Qwen2.5-Max releasedLegacy · 32K context

2025, month not published

  1. Qwen-Flash releasedEfficient · 1M context · $0.05 in / $0.40 out per 1M
  2. Qwen3-VL releasedOpen · 256K context

Stories come from the Wire from July 2026 on; earlier model releases come from our catalogue and are dated to the month. Alibaba on the Vikshy Score