Model

Qwen3.6 Max Preview

Name: Qwen3.6 Max Preview
Brand: alibaba

Flagship Qwen model for complex reasoning, coding, and agentic workflows

14 providers · 15 listingsreleased Apr 20, 2026knowledge cutoff 2025-04closed weights

$1.03

lowest input /M · Kilo Gateway

$6.16

lowest output /M · Kilo Gateway

262K

context window

66K

max output

Compare providers (sorted by listed input price)

14 providers list Qwen3.6 Max Preview. The cheapest full-context option is Pioneer at $1.04/$6.24 per M — 19% below Alibaba's own price. Listed prices span 2.0× for identical weights.

			Cache read /M	Cache write /M		Capabilities
Kilo Gateway qwen/qwen3.6-max-preview	$1.03	$6.16	—	$1.28	262K	reasoningtoolsstructuredno vision	Apr 20, 2026
OpenRouter qwen/qwen3.6-max-preview	$1.03	$6.16	—	$1.28	262K	reasoningtoolsstructuredno vision	Apr 20, 2026
NanoGPT qwen3.6-max-preview	$1.04	$6.24	$0.52	—	246K	no reasoningno toolsno structuredno vision	Apr 20, 2026
Pioneer qwen3.6-max-preview	$1.04	$6.24	$0.208	$1.30	240K	reasoningtoolsno structuredno vision	Apr 20, 2026
AIHubMix qwen3.6-max-preview	$1.27	$7.61	$0.127	$1.58	240K	reasoningtoolsstructuredno vision	May 9, 2026
LLM Gateway alibaba/qwen3.6-max-preview	$1.30	$7.80	$0.13	—	262K	reasoningtoolsno structuredno vision	Apr 20, 2026
Alibaba qwen3.6-max-preview	$1.30	$7.80	$0.13	$1.63	262K	reasoningtoolsno structuredno vision	Apr 20, 2026
Vercel AI Gateway alibaba/qwen-3.6-max-preview	$1.30	$7.80	$0.26	$1.63	240K	reasoningtoolsno structuredvision	Apr 24, 2026
DevPass (LLM Gateway) qwen3.6-max-preview	$1.30	$7.80	$0.13	$1.63	262K	reasoningtoolsno structuredno vision	Apr 20, 2026
EmpirioLabs AI qwen3-6-max-preview	$1.31	$7.88	$1.31	—	256K	reasoningtoolsstructuredno vision	Apr 20, 2026
Merge Gateway qwen/qwen3.6-max-preview	$1.31	$7.88	—	—	256K	reasoningtoolsstructuredno vision	Apr 20, 2026
Alibaba (China) qwen3.6-max-preview	$1.32	$7.90	$0.132	—	246K	reasoningtoolsstructuredno vision	Apr 21, 2026
Charm Hyper qwen3.6-max	$2	$12	$0.2	$2.50	256K	reasoningtoolsno structuredno vision	Jul 22, 2026
Ofoxvariant qwen/qwen3.6-max-preview	$2.15	$12.86	$0.2	$1.17	256K	reasoningtoolsno structuredno vision	Apr 20, 2026
Ofoxvariant bailian/qwen3.6-max-preview	$2.15	$12.86	$0.2	$1.17	262K	reasoningtoolsno structuredno vision	Apr 20, 2026

Best price history

Daily lowest published price across live providers. A lower line is better for the buyer.

Best input /M: $1.04▲ 1.3%
Best output /M: $6.24▲ 1.3%
Provider coverage: 15; 14 at the start · 24 snapshots

Best input priceBest output priceAug 21, 2026 → Sep 14, 2026

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Recent changes

Changelog →

new modelvia ofox · Sep 11, 2026
capabilityvia merge-gateway · Sep 5, 2026
- structured_output: false → true

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