Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Qwen 3.7 Max
Anthropic against Alibaba (Qwen), costed on the same three workloads. Qwen 3.7 Max is cheaper on all three workloads.
Monthly bill, side by side
| Workload | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Qwen 3.7 Max | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Support chatbot 2,500 six-turn conversations a day |
$12,083 | $8,044 | $4,039 (1.5×) |
| Document summariser 1,000 single-shot summaries a day |
$1,458 | $1,095 | $363 (+33%) |
| Coding agent 200 twelve-turn sessions a day |
$8,424 | $6,120 | $2,304 (+38%) |
No prompt caching and no batch discount on either side, so the comparison is like for like. Both figures assume 30 days a month.
The rate cards
| Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Qwen 3.7 Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Input, per 1M tokens | $3 | $2.5 |
| Output, per 1M tokens | $15 | $7.5 |
| Cached input | $0.3 | $0.5 |
| Context window | 1M | 992K |
| Maximum output | 64K | 66K |
| Reasoning model | yes | yes |
| Vision | yes | no |
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Full detail: Claude Sonnet 4.6 pricing · Qwen 3.7 Max pricing