Qwen 3.6 Max API Pricing
Qwen 3.6 Max by Alibaba costs $1.30 per million input tokens and $7.80 per million output tokens.
Price verified from Alibaba's pricing page.
Rates and limits
- Input / 1M
- $1.30
- Output / 1M
- $7.80
- Cached input / 1M
- Not listed
- Batch discount
- None
- Context window
- 262K tokens
- Released
- February 2026
Pricing note: Priced as qwen3.6-max-preview, International (Singapore) deployment. 0-128K input tokens shown; 128K-256K $2 in / $12 out.
What Qwen 3.6 Max costs per month
Token volume split 3:1 between input and output, with no prompt caching.
| Tokens per month | Input / output | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| 1M | 750K / 250K | $2.93 |
| 10M | 7.5M / 2.5M | $29.25 |
| 100M | 75M / 25M | $292.50 |
Where to run Qwen 3.6 Max
Prices above are Alibaba's direct rates. Cloud platforms can charge differently; the cloud platform view compares them.
- Alibaba DashScope (Model Studio)Direct API
- OpenRouterCloud / platform
Qwen 3.6 Max pricing FAQ
How much does Qwen 3.6 Max cost per million tokens?
Qwen 3.6 Max costs $1.30 per million input tokens and $7.80 per million output tokens, as listed on Alibaba's pricing page on September 30, 2026.
How much does Qwen 3.6 Max cost for 10 million tokens a month?
About $29.25 a month, assuming 7.5 million input and 2.5 million output tokens with no prompt caching.
What is the context window of Qwen 3.6 Max?
Qwen 3.6 Max accepts up to 262,144 tokens of context.
Does Qwen 3.6 Max support prompt caching?
No cached-input price is listed for Qwen 3.6 Max, so repeated prompt prefixes are billed at the standard input rate.
Is there a batch discount for Qwen 3.6 Max?
No batch API price is listed for Qwen 3.6 Max.
Where can I use the Qwen 3.6 Max API?
Qwen 3.6 Max is available through Alibaba DashScope (Model Studio) and OpenRouter.
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