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Qwen3.6 Flash API Pricing

Qwen3.6 Flash 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 $0.25/M input and $1.5/M output.

Input - per 1M tokens
$0.25/M
Source Alibaba Model Studio International
Output - per 1M tokens
$1.50/M
Long row $4/M output International
Cached input - per 1M tokens
$0.025/M
Explicit cache, creation 125% 90% off
Effective - agentic blend
$0.191/M
92/8 split - 82% cache
§ 01 / TERMINAL

Qwen3.6 Flash API cost calculator.

Live calculator pre-loaded with Qwen3.6 Flash's verified Alibaba International rates. Cache hits use Alibaba's published explicit-cache rule: 10% of standard input on a hit and 125% on creation, for blocks kept 5 minutes after the last hit.

$ /mo
Workload split
Prompt cache hit rate
Tokens you can process
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§ 02 / SCENARIOS

Qwen3.6 Flash cost on real workloads.

CODING

Agent implementation

$0.011/task
28,000 in - 6,000 out~8,969 units/$100
RAG

Long-doc answer

$0.014/answer
90,000 in - 5,000 out~6,940 units/$100
CHATBOT

Product assistant

$0.00188/turn
5,000 in - 1,000 out~53,085 units/$100
BATCH

Knowledge summary

$0.00516/doc
32,000 in - 1,800 out~19,394 units/$100
§ 03 / TOKENIZER

Qwen3.6 Flash 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 364
Words 56
Tokens (estimated) 70 tokens
Cost as input · uncached $0.00002 USD
Cost as output · uncached $0.00011 USD
Cost as cached input $0.000002 USD
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Qwen3.6 Flash vs similar models.

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Model Input /M Output /M Effective blended Context Best for
Qwen3.6 Flash Current $0.25 cache $0.025 $1.50 $0.191 agentic 92/8 1M Fast multimodal Qwen agents
Qwen3.6 35B A3B $0.375 $2.25 $0.525 +2.8× 256K MoE reasoning and coding
Qwen3.6 27B $0.60 $3.60 $0.84 +4.4× 256K Dense multimodal reasoning

Qwen3.6 Flash API pricing FAQ.

Practical Qwen3.6 Flash pricing questions, with the base International row kept separate from the long-context band.

Q · 01 What is Qwen3.6 Flash priced at? +
Qwen3.6 Flash is listed at $0.25/M input and $1.5/M output in Alibaba Model Studio's International/Singapore table, for prompts up to 256K tokens. Alibaba publishes that table in US dollars.
Q · 02 What happens above 256K tokens? +
Alibaba moves the request to a higher band: the 256K-1M International row is $1/M input and $4/M output, four times the base rate on input.
Q · 03 Is prompt caching priced separately? +
Yes. Alibaba's Context Cache page lists Qwen3.6 Flash for explicit cache: a hit bills at $0.025/M, 10% of standard input, and creating a cache block bills at $0.313/M, 125% of it. Blocks last 5 minutes and the timer resets on a hit. The model is not on the implicit-cache list, so nothing is discounted until you mark blocks yourself.
Q · 04 Which API model ID should I use? +
Use qwen3.6-flash 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 the lower-priced Qwen3.6 Flash tier for fast multimodal, coding, math, and agent workloads. The page uses the base 0-256K International row; prompts above 256K tokens bill at the higher $1/$4 band.
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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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