Qwen3.6 27B is a dense 27-billion-parameter language model from the Qwen Team at Alibaba, released in April 2026.
Ways to buy 7
| Way to buy | Input | Output | In / out per 1M | Cached | Vs list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
fp8, cheapest · cached $0.025 | $0.25 | $2 | $0.25 / $2-32% vs list | $0.025 | -32% vs list |
| Phala Default region · cached $0.15 | $0.32 | $2.7 | $0.32 / $2.7-10% vs list | $0.15 | -10% vs list |
| Reka Default region · cached $0.035 | $0.3 | $3 | $0.3 / $3-4% vs list | $0.035 | -4% vs list |
The lab's own API | $0.45 | $2.7 | $0.45 / $2.7List price | n/a | List price |
fp8 | $0.3 | $3.2 | $0.3 / $3.2+1% vs list | n/a | +1% vs list |
fp8 | $0.32 | $3.2 | $0.32 / $3.2+3% vs list | n/a | +3% vs list |
fp8 | $0.325 | $3.25 | $0.325 / $3.25+4% vs list | n/a | +4% vs list |
USD per 1M tokens. Regions are separate routes.
Through a gateway
Your own numbers100M input and 20M output tokens a month: $99.00 direct.
Kong AI Gateway$99.00+0%
LiteLLM$99.00+0%
Vercel AI Gateway$99.00+0%
Eden AI$104.44+5.5%
OpenRouter$104.44+5.5%
Cloudflare AI GatewayNot offeredNot offered
HeliconeNot offeredNot offered
Neon AI GatewayNot offeredNot offered
RequestyNot offeredNot offered
TrueFoundry AI GatewayNot offeredNot offered
A dash: not on that gateway's own model list. No published token fee: Martian Gateway, Portkey.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Qwen (Alibaba) · 1M | $4 | $12 | $4 / $12 | $6 | 1M | Lab list price | · | Qwen3.8 Max Prime is a higher-throughput variant of Qwen3.8 Max from Alibaba's Qwen team, served as a separate SKU at a higher price point. |
Qwen (Alibaba) · 1M | $0.15 | $0.47 | $0.15 / $0.47 | $0.23 | 1M | Lab list price | · | Qwen3.8 Omni Flash is an omni-modal reasoning model from Alibaba, the first Qwen model built around agentic capabilities with native audio-video understanding. |
Qwen (Alibaba) · 1M | $2 | $6 | $2 / $6 | $3 | 1M | Lab list price | · | Qwen3.8 Max 0902 is an updated snapshot of Qwen3.8 Max from Alibaba's Qwen team. |
Qwen (Alibaba) · 1M | $0.15 | $0.47 | $0.15 / $0.47 | $0.23 | 1M | Lab list price | · | Qwen3.8 Flash is a multimodal reasoning model from Alibaba. |
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Google · 1MCheapest: $0.75 on Google Gemini API (flex) | $0.75 | $3.75 | $0.75 / $3.75 | $1.5 | 1M | $0.75 on Google Gemini API (flex) | · | Gemini 3.8 Flash is Google's most intelligent Flash model with significant gains from 3.7 Flash across software engineering, agentic tasks, and multi-step reasoning. |
Meta · 1M | $1.25 | $4.25 | $1.25 / $4.25 | $2 | 1M | Lab list price | · | Muse Spark 1.1 is a multimodal reasoning model from Meta, built for agentic tasks. |
Google · 1MCheapest: $0.75 on Google Vertex AI (global-flex) | $0.75 | $3.75 | $0.75 / $3.75 | $1.5 | 1M | $0.75 on Google Vertex AI (global-flex) | · | Gemini 3.7 Flash is a multimodal model from Google for fast agentic workflows, coding, and complex multi-step reasoning. |
About Qwen3.6 27B
Takes text, image, video in and returns text. First listed Sep 23, 2026. Up to 82K output tokens. Blended price $1.01 per 1M tokens at 3 input to 1 output. Model id qwen3-6-27b.
Price history
List price since Sep 23, 2026, from daily reads of the OpenRouter catalog.
Qwen3.6 27B
Reka raised its price: input $0.29 to $0.3 and output $2.5 to $3 per 1M tokens.
Qwen3.6 27B
Chutes (fp8) cut its price: input $0.3 to $0.25 per 1M tokens.
Qwen3.6 27B
Reka raised its price: output $1.95 to $2.5 per 1M tokens.
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Questions
How much does Qwen3.6 27B cost?
$0.45 per million input tokens and $2.7 per million output tokens.
What is the context window of Qwen3.6 27B?
262K tokens, with up to 82K tokens of output.
Where is Qwen3.6 27B cheapest?
Of 7 routes tracked, Chutes is cheapest at $0.25 input and $2 output per million tokens.
Has Qwen3.6 27B's price changed?
Yes. The output price went from $2.5 to $3, first seen Oct 20, 2026.