Pricingby GlyphQwen3.6 Max Preview
Qwen (Alibaba) · Reasoning · 262K context · released Apr 27, 2026 · checked 32d ago
Qwen3.6-Max-Preview is a proprietary frontier model from Alibaba Cloud built on a sparse mixture-of-experts architecture with approximately 1 trillion total parameters.
Ways to buy 1
| Way to buy | Input | Output | In / out per 1M | Cached | Vs list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The lab's own API | $1.03 | $6.16 | $1.03 / $6.16List price | n/a | List price |
USD per 1M tokens. Regions are separate routes.
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Your own numbers100M input and 20M output tokens a month: $225.94 direct.
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About Qwen3.6 Max Preview
Takes text in and returns text. First listed Apr 27, 2026. Up to 66K output tokens. Blended price $2.31 per 1M tokens at 3 input to 1 output. Model id qwen3-6-max-preview.
Price history
List price since Apr 27, 2026, from Internet Archive snapshots of the OpenRouter catalog, then daily reads.
Qwen3.6 Max Preview
Qwen (Alibaba) cut its API price: input $1.04 to $1.03 and output $6.24 to $6.16 per 1M tokens.
Qwen (Alibaba) cut its API price: input $1.3 to $1.04 and output $7.8 to $6.24 per 1M tokens.
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Questions
How much does Qwen3.6 Max Preview cost?
$1.03 per million input tokens and $6.16 per million output tokens.
What is the context window of Qwen3.6 Max Preview?
262K tokens, with up to 66K tokens of output.
Has Qwen3.6 Max Preview's price changed?
Yes. The output price went from $6.24 to $6.16, first seen Jul 31, 2026.