Qwen

Qwen3.6-Plus

The balanced prior-generation Qwen tier, available first-party and via inference gateways.

ActiveAvailable from 2 providers
Tool callingCan invoke external tools and APIs (function calling) mid-response.Structured outputCan return JSON or schema-constrained responses instead of free text.ReasoningUses extended thinking / chain-of-thought for harder multi-step problems.Effort controlLets you dial thinking depth (low / medium / high) to trade cost for quality.Fine-tuningSupports training a custom variant on your own data.

Source: Qwen (Alibaba Model Studio) pricing, Qwen models

Price per 1M tokens via Alibaba (OpenRouter)
$0.325 in / $1.95 out
Context window262,144
Max output32,768
ModalitiesText → Text
Priced across2 providers

Pricing

Every billing leg from the live catalog, in USD per 1M tokens.

Billing legRate
Input$0.325 / M
Output$1.95 / M

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Billing-grade math over the rate card above, including the thinking tokens most estimates miss.

Hidden reasoning tokens bill as output. 1.0x = thinking off. Medium-effort reasoning typically lands near 3x; heavy reasoning runs 6x to 8x. Set it to match your workload.

Estimated monthly cost
$182
at current list prices
Fresh input$65.00
Output incl. thinking$117
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Compare providers

The same model, priced across every platform that serves it. Lowest combined in/out rate is flagged.

PlatformInput / MOutput / MBatchAccess
AlibabaLowest
$0.325$1.95—via OpenRouter
Together AI
$0.5$3—Direct

Price history

Has this model gotten cheaper or more expensive?

No changePriced at $0.325 / $1.95 per 1M since July 10, 2026.

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$0.3 / $1.8 in / out per 1M
Qwen3.5-Flash
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$0.065 / $0.26 in / out per 1M

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