Qwen3-Max vs Command A
Side-by-side specs, pricing and capabilities. Both models run on Clade under one subscription, so you can switch between them in the same conversation.
Qwen3-Max comes from Alibaba and Command A from Cohere. The practical difference for most people is context, price, and which input types each one accepts.
Qwen3-Max is the cheaper of the two on input tokens at $1.20 / 1M tokens.
| Specification | Qwen3-Max | Command A |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba | Cohere |
| Model ID | qwen3-max | command-a-03-2025 |
| Context window | 256K | 256K |
| Max output | 80K | 8K |
| Input price | $1.20 / 1M tokens | $2.50 / 1M tokens |
| Output price | $6.00 / 1M tokens | $10.00 / 1M tokens |
| Knowledge cutoff | — | — |
| Input types | text | text |
| Output types | text | text |
| Plan | Premium | Premium |
Which should you use?
Pick Qwen3-Max when…
- Cost matters: input runs at $1.20 / 1M tokens versus $2.50 / 1M tokens.
- You want longer single responses — up to 80K output tokens.
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Try both on Clade
You do not have to choose. One Clade subscription gives you Qwen3-Max, Command A, and every other model on the platform.