Alternatives
Best cheaper alternatives to Qwen Image MAX
Looking for a cheaper or smarter replacement for Qwen Image MAX by Alibaba Cloud? We compared every LLM model with verifiable pricing on real input/output cost, context window, intelligence and modalities. 8 options are meaningfully cheaper.
Category: LLM
Palmyra Vision95% CHEAPER
Writer
Same category
$0.005 in · $0 out / 1M Tokens 76%
Qwen Image Plus60% CHEAPER
Alibaba Cloud
Same category
$0.03 in · $0.03 out / image 78%
Imagen 447% CHEAPER
Google
Same category
$0.04 in · $0.04 out / image 80%
Llama 3.1 8B27% CHEAPER
Meta
Same category
$0.055 in · $0.055 out / 1M Tokens 34 128K ctx 85%
Llama 3.2 11B Vision27% CHEAPER
Meta
Same category
$0.055 in · $0.055 out / 1M Tokens 38 128K ctx 85%
Llama 3.1 8B Instant 128k23% CHEAPER
Groq
Same category
$0.05 in · $0.08 out / 1M Tokens 128K ctx 98%
Gemini 1.5 Flash-8B13% CHEAPER
Google
Same category
$0.0375 in · $0.15 out / 1M Tokens 36 1.0M ctx 98%
Qwen2.5 3B Instruct13% CHEAPER
Alibaba Cloud
Same category
$0.044 in · $0.13 out / 1M Tokens 78%
Ministral 3 3B
Mistral AI
Same category
$0.1 in · $0.1 out / 1M Tokens 128K ctx 98%
Qwen3.5 9B
Together AI
Same category
$0.1 in · $0.15 out / 1M Tokens 262K ctx 98%
OpenAI GPT OSS 20B
Fireworks AI
Same category
$0.07 in · $0.3 out / 1M Tokens 128K ctx 98%
Gemini 1.5 Flash
Google
Same category
$0.075 in · $0.3 out / 1M Tokens 48 1.0M ctx 98%
GPT OSS 20B 128k
Groq
Same category
$0.075 in · $0.3 out / 1M Tokens 128K ctx 98%
Ministral 3 8B
Mistral AI
Same category
$0.15 in · $0.15 out / 1M Tokens 37 128K ctx 98%
Llama 4 Scout 17Bx16E 128k
Groq
Same category
$0.11 in · $0.34 out / 1M Tokens 128K ctx 98%
DeepSeek V4 Flash
DeepSeek
Same category
$0.14 in · $0.28 out / 1M Tokens 128K ctx 98%
Ministral 3 14B
Mistral AI
Same category
$0.2 in · $0.2 out / 1M Tokens 128K ctx 98%
Jamba Mini
AI21 Labs
Same category
$0.2 in · $0.4 out / 1M Tokens 256K ctx 98%
Costs are normalised to a blended 1M-token workload (or per-unit price for non-token models) using each model's latest verified pricing. Models with pricing under review are excluded from recommendations.