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Qwen 4 (2026): not released yet — the Max preview, the rumours, and what to use now
As of November 13, 2026, Alibaba has not officially released Qwen 4: only qwen4-max-preview is out, as a preview on Alibaba’s Token Plan from November 11 to November 25 with no pay-as-you-go price, and it is not on OpenRouter, so the closest models you can use now are Qwen3.8-Max ($2 / $6 per million tokens) and Qwen3.8 Flash ($0.15 / $0.47).
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Qwen 4 release date
Confirmed: no date for a full release. Alibaba’s Model Studio runs qwen4-max-preview from November 11 to November 25, 2026 (UTC+8) and retires it afterwards. Rumoured: an attendee reported on October 29 that Alibaba Cloud’s CTO said “Qwen4 next week”; that is not an Alibaba statement.
Rumours, not confirmed
What people are saying about Qwen 4
Each item is what someone said, with who said it, where and when. None of it is confirmed by the maker; claims we found no source for are left out.
- UnconfirmedAt the Apsara Conference on September 22, 2026, Alibaba’s LLM lead is reported to have shown four names on stage — Qwen 4 Max, Qwen 4 Flash, Qwen 4 Plus and Qwen 4 27B — with no specs, price or date, saying only that they would arrive “soon”. We could not read Alibaba’s own record of the talk.Apsara Conference talk, reported by OrcaRouter · said 2026-09-22 · orcarouter.ai · checked 2026-11-13
- UnconfirmedA “5 to 10 trillion parameters” figure circulated with the Qwen 4 news; OrcaRouter says it refers to later generations (Qwen 4.5 and Qwen 5), not to Qwen 4.News coverage, read by OrcaRouter · said 2026-09-22 · orcarouter.ai · checked 2026-11-13
- UnconfirmedAn attendee at Alibaba Cloud’s Amsterdam event posted that CTO Feifei Li said “Qwen4 next week”; a photographed slide read “Qwen4 Series Coming Soon”.@jtdavies (X), reported by CellCog · said 2026-10-29 · cellcog.ai · checked 2026-11-13
- UnconfirmedA pull request in Alibaba’s qwen-code repository was titled “size the qwen4 generation at 1M”, setting a 1M-token context for qwen4 models in the coding tool.QwenLM/qwen-code PR #15762, reported by CellCog · said 2026-10-28 · cellcog.ai · checked 2026-11-13
- UnconfirmedUsers guessed that “Qoduck”, a stealth model in the Qoder coding tool, is Qwen 4; neither Alibaba nor Qoder has said so.Community posts, reported by CellCog · said 2026-11-07 · cellcog.ai · checked 2026-11-13
- UnconfirmedUnnamed sources linked the anonymous Arena model “Kalmia” to Qwen 4; Alibaba has not confirmed it.Unnamed sources, reported by Yotta Labs · said 2026-11-12 · yottalabs.ai · checked 2026-11-13
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Qwen 4: confirmed so far
- Only a preview is out: Alibaba Cloud Model Studio says qwen4-max-preview is "currently in preview and is available through Token Plan only", from 10:00 on November 11 to 24:00 on November 25, 2026 (UTC+8), and that the model will be retired after the preview ends. Pay-as-you-go access is not supported.Source: alibabacloud.com · checked 2026-11-13
- qwen4-max-preview: 1M-token context; maximum output 393,216 tokens, shared by thinking and the final answer.Source: alibabacloud.com · checked 2026-11-13
- Alibaba’s QwenCloud documentation lists qwen4-max-preview, described as "Complex reasoning and coding".Source: docs.qwencloud.com · checked 2026-11-13
- Alibaba has published no per-token price for Qwen 4: the QwenCloud price page has no Qwen 4 row, and the preview page lists no price.Source: docs.qwencloud.com · checked 2026-11-13
- Qwen 4 is not on OpenRouter’s model list (checked November 13, 2026).Source: openrouter.ai · checked 2026-11-13
Nearest available
Models you can use now instead of Qwen 4
Qwen3.8-Max
Alibaba$2 / $6 (per million tokens)
- Alibaba’s price for qwen3.8-max is $2 / $6 per million input / output tokens (Singapore region).Source: docs.qwencloud.com · checked 2026-11-13
- Alibaba describes qwen3.8-max as a 2.4-trillion-parameter mixture-of-experts model.Source: docs.qwencloud.com · checked 2026-11-13
- Listed on OpenRouter as qwen/qwen3.8-max-0902 at $2 / $6 per million tokens.Source: openrouter.ai · checked 2026-11-13
Qwen3.8 Flash
Alibaba$0.15 / $0.47 (per million tokens)
- Alibaba’s price for qwen3.8-flash is $0.15 / $0.47 per million input / output tokens (Singapore, EU, Hong Kong and US regions).Source: docs.qwencloud.com · checked 2026-11-13
- Listed on OpenRouter as qwen/qwen3.8-flash at $0.15 / $0.47 per million tokens.Source: openrouter.ai · checked 2026-11-13
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Qwen 4 FAQ
What is the Qwen 4 release date?
Confirmed: no date for a full release. Alibaba’s Model Studio runs qwen4-max-preview from November 11 to November 25, 2026 (UTC+8) and retires it afterwards. Rumoured: an attendee reported on October 29 that Alibaba Cloud’s CTO said “Qwen4 next week”; that is not an Alibaba statement.
How can I use Qwen4-Max Preview?
Confirmed: only through Alibaba’s Token Plan (a Token Plan API key and base URL), during the preview window; pay-as-you-go is not supported and it is not on OpenRouter, so it cannot be used on this site.
How much does Qwen 4 cost?
Confirmed: Alibaba has published no per-token price; the preview is part of Token Plan subscriptions. Rumoured: we found no price claim with a named source. Qwen3.8-Max costs $2 / $6 per million tokens today.
Are there Qwen 4 benchmarks?
Confirmed: none from Alibaba. Rumoured: scores posted on X and Reddit have no traceable source, so this page does not list them; Yotta Labs reported on November 12 that it found no independent lab results either.
Will Qwen 4 have open weights?
Confirmed: no weights have been published for any Qwen 4 model. Rumoured: OrcaRouter predicts the 27B tier is the most likely open-weight release, based on earlier Qwen generations; that is a prediction.
What can I use now instead?
Qwen3.8-Max ($2 / $6 per million tokens) or the cheaper Qwen3.8 Flash ($0.15 / $0.47), both on OpenRouter; each card above opens the chat with that model.
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No. This page is unofficial and not affiliated with or endorsed by Alibaba.