# DeepSeek V4 vs Qwen3.7 Max

On provider list prices, Qwen3.7 Max costs $1.25 per million input tokens against $1.74 for DeepSeek V4: 1.4x apart. Output is $3.75 against $3.48. On Allocate both bill at list plus the 7% transaction fee.

## Specifications

| | DeepSeek V4 | Qwen3.7 Max |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lab | Deepseek | Qwen |
| Access | API only | API only |
| Context window | 512K tokens | 1M tokens |
| List price, input | $1.74 / M tokens | $1.25 / M tokens |
| List price, output | $3.48 / M tokens | $3.75 / M tokens |
| Cached input | $0.20 / M tokens | $0.13 / M tokens |
| License | Proprietary API | Proprietary API |
| Fine-tunable | No | No |

Specifications and provider list prices from the Allocate catalog, checked 2026-07-08. Billed price is list plus the 7% transaction fee.

## What the numbers say

Take 1,000,000 requests a month at 1,200 input and 350 output tokens each. That workload costs $2,813 a month on Qwen3.7 Max and $3,306 on DeepSeek V4 at list: a gap of $493.50, or 1.2x.

Qwen3.7 Max reads 1M tokens per request against 512K for DeepSeek V4, 2.0x the window. That decides which one can take whole documents without splitting them.

## Choose DeepSeek V4 for

- Reasoning-heavy agents
- Long-document analysis
- Cost-sensitive production routes

## Choose Qwen3.7 Max for

- The lower list price ($1.25 in / $3.75 out per M tokens)
- The longer context window (1M vs 512K tokens)

## Common questions

### Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4 or Qwen3.7 Max?

Qwen3.7 Max, on this workload shape. At list prices it is $1.25/$3.75 per million tokens in and out against $1.74/$3.48 for DeepSeek V4. Billed on Allocate: $1.34/$4.01 against $1.86/$3.72, list plus 7%.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3.7 Max: 1,000,000 tokens (1M) against 512,000 (512K) for DeepSeek V4.

### Can I fine-tune DeepSeek V4 or Qwen3.7 Max?

No. Both are closed models served over API. If you want a model you can train and own, start from an open-weights base in the catalog.

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