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QWEN3.6 27B256K CONTEXTTEXT + VISIONINTERNATIONAL PRICEUSD LIST PRICE

Qwen3.6 27B API Pricing

Qwen3.6 27B is an Alibaba Qwen3.6 model listed in the official International/Singapore pricing table. Alibaba publishes that table in US dollars, and the verified 0-256K row is $0.6/M input and $3.6/M output.

Input - per 1M tokens
$0.60/M
Source Alibaba Model Studio International
Output - per 1M tokens
$3.60/M
Base row 0-256K International
Cache N/A
n/a
Cache not on Alibaba's list not offered
Effective - agentic blend
$0.84/M
92/8 split - no cache
§ 01 / TERMINAL

Qwen3.6 27B API cost calculator.

Live calculator pre-loaded with Qwen3.6 27B's verified Alibaba International rates. Alibaba lists this model for neither explicit nor implicit context cache, so every input token bills at the standard rate.

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§ 02 / SCENARIOS

Qwen3.6 27B cost on real workloads.

CODING

Agent implementation

$0.038/task
28,000 in - 6,000 out~2,604 units/$100
RAG

Long-doc answer

$0.072/answer
90,000 in - 5,000 out~1,388 units/$100
CHATBOT

Product assistant

$0.0066/turn
5,000 in - 1,000 out~15,151 units/$100
BATCH

Knowledge summary

$0.026/doc
32,000 in - 1,800 out~3,894 units/$100
§ 03 / TOKENIZER

Qwen3.6 27B token counter and cost.

What's a token →
Calibrated · measured on the vendor's tokenizer · 2026-06-10 Auto-counts as you type

Counts use a chars-per-token calibration measured on the vendor's own published tokenizer (Qwen/Qwen3.5-397B-A17B, 2026-06-10). English prose is typically within a few percent; code and non-Latin scripts tokenize heavier. For billing-exact counts use the vendor's count-tokens API.

Characters 389
Words 58
Tokens (estimated) 74 tokens
Cost as input · uncached $0.00004 USD
Cost as output · uncached $0.00027 USD
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Qwen3.6 27B vs similar models.

All models →
Model Input /M Output /M Effective blended Context Best for
Qwen3.6 27B Current $0.60 $3.60 $0.84 agentic 92/8 256K Dense multimodal reasoning
Qwen3.6 Flash $0.25 cache $0.025 $1.50 $0.191 −4.4× 1M Fast multimodal agents
Qwen3.6 35B A3B $0.375 $2.25 $0.525 −37% 256K MoE reasoning and coding

Qwen3.6 27B API pricing FAQ.

Practical Qwen3.6 27B pricing questions, based on the single International band Alibaba publishes for this model.

Q · 01 What is Qwen3.6 27B priced at? +
Qwen3.6 27B is listed at $0.6/M input and $3.6/M output in Alibaba Model Studio's International/Singapore table. Alibaba publishes that table in US dollars.
Q · 02 Is there a separate long-context price? +
No. Alibaba's International table lists one band for this model, 0-256K tokens, so the rate on this page applies across the whole context window.
Q · 03 Is prompt caching priced separately? +
No, because there is none to price. Alibaba's Context Cache page lists Qwen3.6 27B for neither explicit nor implicit cache, and its row on the price list carries no context-cache tag, so every input token bills at $0.6/M.
Q · 04 Which API model ID should I use? +
Use qwen3.6-27b unless Alibaba's model catalogue tells you to pin a dated snapshot. Re-check the official Model Studio page before production deployment.
Q · 05 What is this model best for? +
It is a dense Qwen3.6 multimodal model for stronger reasoning, coding, OCR, visual understanding, and visual-agent workflows. The page uses the International 0-256K row, which is the only band Alibaba publishes for this model.
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Reviewed by Yaroslav Vikhariev Founder · AI//COST · Prices checked by hand against alibabacloud.com · Last verified Oct 30, 2026
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