How much does Qwen3.6 Max Preview cost per month?

For a chatbot handling 10,000 requests a day with 1,000 input and 500 output tokens each, Qwen3.6 Max Preview costs about $1,560 per month at Alibaba's list prices ($1.30 per 1M input tokens, $7.80 per 1M output tokens).

Does Qwen3.6 Max Preview support prompt caching?

Yes. Cached input costs $0.13 per 1M tokens, compared with $1.30 for regular input. Writing to the cache costs $1.625 per 1M tokens.

How long is Qwen3.6 Max Preview's context window?

Qwen3.6 Max Preview accepts up to 262,144 tokens (262K) of context and returns up to 65,536 tokens per response.

Qwen3.6 Max Preview API Pricing

Alibaba · released Apr 20, 2026 · 262K context · API model ID qwen3.6-max-preview

Qwen3.6 Max Preview by Alibaba API pricing: $1.30 per 1M input tokens and $7.80 per 1M output tokens (provider list price via models.dev, Oct 10, 2026).

Prices

Qwen3.6 Max Preview prices, USD per 1M tokens
Price	USD per 1M tokens
Input	$1.30
Output	$7.80
Cache read	$0.13
Cache write	$1.625

Alibaba's list price for its own API, as compiled by models.dev and checked Oct 10, 2026, 09:00 UTC. Prices on cloud platforms and resellers can differ. Provider documentation

Estimated monthly cost

$1,560

per month

per day: $52.00
per request: $0.0052

Cost = input tokens × input price + output tokens × output price, 30 days a month. Cached input uses the cache read price. Cache write fees are not included.

Compare this workload across models

Monthly cost by workload

Workload	Per month
Chatbot1,000 in / 500 out tokens, 10,000 requests a day	$1,560/mo
RAG8,000 in / 500 out tokens, 5,000 requests a day	$2,145/mo
Coding agent50,000 in / 2,000 out tokens, 1,000 requests a day, 80% cached input	$1,014/mo

Context and capabilities

Context: 262,144 tokens
Max output: 65,536 tokens
Input: text
Output: text
Knowledge cutoff: April 2025
Open weights: No
Tool calling: Yes
Reasoning: Yes
Structured outputs: No

Capabilities and limits as listed by models.dev.

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Price history

No price changes since we started tracking on Oct 8, 2026.

Questions

How much does Qwen3.6 Max Preview cost per month?: For a chatbot handling 10,000 requests a day with 1,000 input and 500 output tokens each, Qwen3.6 Max Preview costs about $1,560 per month at Alibaba's list prices ($1.30 per 1M input tokens, $7.80 per 1M output tokens).
Does Qwen3.6 Max Preview support prompt caching?: Yes. Cached input costs $0.13 per 1M tokens, compared with $1.30 for regular input. Writing to the cache costs $1.625 per 1M tokens.
How long is Qwen3.6 Max Preview's context window?: Qwen3.6 Max Preview accepts up to 262,144 tokens (262K) of context and returns up to 65,536 tokens per response.