Grok 4.7 vs Qwen3.8 Max
Grok 4.7 from xAI and Qwen3.8 Max from Alibaba Cloud (Qwen), side by side. Every figure comes from the model registry. No markup on model usage: you pay the provider's list price.
| Attribute | ||
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Alibaba Cloud (Qwen) |
| Model id | xai/grok-4.7 | qwen/qwen3.8-max |
| Status | Available via Safeguard | Available via Safeguard |
| Input / 1M tokens | $2 | $2 |
| Output / 1M tokens | $6 | $6 |
| Price notes | Prompts <200K tokens. At or above 200K: $4 in / $12 out for the whole request. Cached input $0.50. No batch API. US regional endpoint 1.1x. | International (Singapore) deployment, 0 to 1M input tokens, both modes. |
| Context | 500K | 1M |
| Parameters | Not published | Not published |
| Max output | Not published | Not published |
| Modality | Text and image | Text and image |
| Weights | Closed | Closed |
| Zero data retention | Available | Not stated |
| Prompts go to | xAI (SpaceXAI) | Alibaba Cloud Model Studio (prices shown are for the Singapore / International deployment) |
| Retention | API requests and responses stored encrypted for 30 days for abuse auditing, then deleted, never used for training without explicit permission | Alibaba Cloud states it never uses your data for model training, Model Studio stores data generated from model calls as required by law (no period stated) |
| Region | No region guarantee on the default endpoint, US regional endpoint (grok-4.7 and grok-4.6 only) at 1.1x pricing | Singapore (International) for these prices, other regions such as China (Beijing), Hong Kong, Frankfurt, Virginia and Tokyo have separate price lists |
| Price checked | 2026-10-08 | 2026-10-08 |
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