Qwen3.6 Max Preview pricing.

prices as of · 15 providers · 15 prices

Alibaba Cloud's Qwen3.6 Max Preview holds 262k tokens of context and has a reasoning mode. Closed weights: only Alibaba Cloud and its licensed partners run it, so every other price below resells the same service.

Qwen3.6 Max Preview costs $1.30 in and $7.80 out per million tokens from Alibaba Cloud; the cheapest price we can explain is $7.61 at Eden AI, checked 16 Sept 2026.

tool callingreasoning262k contextreleased 20 Apr 2026

Alibaba Cloud list price

$11.70/M tokens

$1.30 in · $7.80 out

read · 230% above the market median

Cheapest price we can explain

$7.61/M tokens

$0.84 in · $5.07 out · 35% under list

Eden AI
View at Eden AI

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What it costs for your work

pages a month

Alibaba Cloud list price

$1.25a month

cheapest we can explain · Eden AI

$0.811a month

difference

$0.437saved

A page is about 600 tokens in and 60 out, a support reply 200 in and 300 out, an email 150 in and 250 out. Nothing else is counted: no cache discount, no batch rate, no free tier.

Every provider selling Qwen3.6 Max Preview

Four groups, decided by the price and by what the provider publishes about it. Prices are per million tokens, and the share is that row against Alibaba Cloud's price.

The maker's list price

1 price

What the lab that trained the model charges on its own API.

  • Alibaba Cloud

    The price Alibaba Cloud charges for the model it trained. Every row below is measured against it.

    $1.30 / $7.80in / out per M

    1.00×of list price

Cheaper, and we know why

2 prices

Below list, with a published reason: hosting the open weights, a regional price list, credits, a stated discount.

  • Eden AI

    Alibaba's China-region price list, which is lower than the international one. A region, not a deal.

    $0.84 / $5.07in / out per M

    0.65×of list price

  • Nous Portal

    Resells OpenRouter's catalog at 0.80× the listed price, funded by a subscription whose credits carry a 10% bonus.

    $1.03 / $6.16in / out per M

    0.79×of list price

Same price as the maker

9 prices

The same price the maker charges, sold by someone else.

  • AIHubMix

    The same price Alibaba Cloud charges.

    240k context here

    $1.27 / $7.61in / out per M

    0.98×of list price

  • LLM Gateway

    The same price Alibaba Cloud charges.

    $1.30 / $7.80in / out per M

    1.00×of list price

  • Pioneer

    The same price Alibaba Cloud charges.

    240k context herePioneer

    $1.30 / $7.80in / out per M

    1.00×of list price

  • Empirio Labs

    The same price Alibaba Cloud charges.

    256k context hereEmpirio Labs

    $1.31 / $7.88in / out per M

    1.01×of list price

  • Merge Gateway

    The same price Alibaba Cloud charges.

    256k context here

    $1.31 / $7.88in / out per M

    1.01×of list price

  • Poe

    The same price Alibaba Cloud charges.

    256k context herePoe

    $1.31 / $7.88in / out per M

    1.01×of list price

  • Alibaba Cloud (China)

    The same price Alibaba Cloud charges.

    246k context hereAlibaba Cloud (China)

    $1.32 / $7.90in / out per M

    1.01×of list price

  • Charm Hyper

    54% above Alibaba Cloud's price.

    256k context here

    $2 / $12in / out per M

    1.54×of list price

  • Ofox

    54% above Alibaba Cloud's price.

    256k context hereOfox

    $2 / $12in / out per M

    1.54×of list price

Cheaper, and nobody says why

3 prices · never ranked

Below list on a closed model with nothing to account for it. Shown, never ranked, never a pick.

  • OpenRouter

    0.79× Alibaba Cloud's list price on a closed model, and nobody says why. Listed, never ranked.

    $1.03 / $6.16in / out per M

    0.79×of list price

  • Kilo Gateway

    0.79× Alibaba Cloud's list price on a closed model, and nobody says why. Listed, never ranked.

    $1.03 / $6.16in / out per M

    0.79×of list price

  • NanoGPT

    0.80× Alibaba Cloud's list price on a closed model, and nobody says why. Listed, never ranked.

    246k context hereNanoGPT

    $1.04 / $6.24in / out per M

    0.80×of list price

Frequently asked

Who sells Qwen3.6 Max Preview cheapest?
Eden AI, at $0.84 in and $5.07 out per million tokens, read on 16 Sept 2026. Alibaba's China-region price list, which is lower than the international one. A region, not a deal.
Is Qwen3.6 Max Preview open weights?
No. Alibaba Cloud keeps the weights, so every price on this page is Alibaba Cloud's own or a resale of it. A price below list here needs a published reason, or it is listed and never ranked.
How much context does Qwen3.6 Max Preview hold?
262,144 tokens in one call, which is about 262k, and it can call your own functions.
How does Qwen3.6 Max Preview compare with the rest of the market?
At $11.70 per million tokens, Alibaba Cloud's price is 230% above the $3.55 median across the 337 text models we track.
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