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Alibaba · deprecated

Qwen3.6 Max Preview

Qwen3.6 Max Preview is attributed to Alibaba in the catalog. It accepts text input and produces text output. Reported capabilities include reasoning and tool calling.

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Modalities

Hosted provider token rates

$1.04 / $6.24

USD per 1M input / output tokens · NanoGPT

Context

262K

Released

2026-04-20

Knowledge cutoff

Apr 2025

No recent lab-operated provider rate is available. Showing the third-party host with the lowest input rate + ¼ output rate. This is one offering, not an average; other providers, modalities, tiers, and fees may differ.

Where to use it

14 observed offerings · token prices in USD per million where available

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EmpirioLabs AI

qwen3-6-max-preview

current

Input

$1.31

Output

$7.88

Cache

$1.31

Context

256K

Max output

66K
Reasoning
Yes
Tool calling
Yes
Structured output
Yes
Temperature
Unknown

Historical price

AIHubMix

qwen3.6-max-preview

deprecated

Input

$1.27

Output

$7.61

Cache

$0.1268

Context

240K

Max output

64K
Reasoning
Yes
Tool calling
Yes
Structured output
Yes
Temperature
Yes

Not a current offering

Kilo Gateway

qwen/qwen3.6-max-preview

current

Input

$1.027

Output

$6.162

Cache

—

Context

262K

Max output

66K
Reasoning
Yes
Tool calling
Yes
Structured output
Yes
Temperature
Unknown

Historical price

Ofox

bailian/qwen3.6-max-preview

current

Input

$2.15

Output

$12.86

Cache

$0.20

Context

262K

Max output

66K
Reasoning
Yes
Tool calling
Yes
Structured output
Unknown
Temperature
Yes

Recent price

Merge Gateway

qwen/qwen3.6-max-preview

current

Input

$1.31

Output

$7.88

Cache

—

Context

256K

Max output

66K
Reasoning
Yes
Tool calling
Yes
Structured output
Yes
Temperature
Yes

Recent price

Pioneer

qwen3.6-max-preview

deprecated

Input

$1.04

Output

$6.24

Cache

$0.208

Context

240K

Max output

64K
Reasoning
Yes
Tool calling
Yes
Structured output
Unknown
Temperature
Yes

Historical price

Alibaba (China)

qwen3.6-max-preview

deprecated

Input

$1.32

Output

$7.90

Cache

$0.132

Context

246K

Max output

66K
Reasoning
Yes
Tool calling
Yes
Structured output
Yes
Temperature
Yes

Not a current offering

NanoGPT

qwen/qwen3.6-max-preview

current

Input

$1.04

Output

$6.24

Cache

$0.52

Context

246K

Max output

66K
Reasoning
No
Tool calling
No
Structured output
No
Temperature
Yes

Recent price

OpenRouter

qwen/qwen3.6-max-preview

current

Input

$1.027

Output

$6.162

Cache

—

Context

262K

Max output

66K
Reasoning
Yes
Tool calling
Yes
Structured output
Yes
Temperature
Unknown

Historical price

Ofox

qwen/qwen3.6-max-preview

current

Input

$2.15

Output

$12.86

Cache

$0.20

Context

256K

Max output

64K
Reasoning
Yes
Tool calling
Yes
Structured output
Unknown
Temperature
Yes

Recent price

DevPass (LLM Gateway)

qwen3.6-max-preview

current

Input

$1.30

Output

$7.80

Cache

$0.13

Context

262K

Max output

66K
Reasoning
Yes
Tool calling
Yes
Structured output
No
Temperature
Unknown

Historical price

Alibaba

qwen3.6-max-preview

deprecated

Input

$1.30

Output

$7.80

Cache

$0.13

Context

262K

Max output

66K
Reasoning
Yes
Tool calling
Yes
Structured output
Unknown
Temperature
Yes

Not a current offering

LLM Gateway

alibaba/qwen3.6-max-preview

current

Input

$1.30

Output

$7.80

Cache

$0.13

Context

262K

Max output

66K
Reasoning
Yes
Tool calling
Yes
Structured output
No
Temperature
Unknown

Historical price

Vercel AI Gateway

alibaba/qwen-3.6-max-preview

current

Input

$1.30

Output

$7.80

Cache

$0.13

Context

240K

Max output

64K
Reasoning
Yes
Tool calling
Yes
Structured output
No
Temperature
Unknown

Historical price

Limits and capabilities reflect each provider’s listed offering. Unknown means support was not reported.

Capabilities and limits

Input
text
Output
text
Max output
66K
Weights
Closed (source-reported)
Release
2026-04-20
Knowledge cutoff
Apr 2025
Family
qwen

Reasoning · Tool calling

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Model and price history

Latest recorded change: source refresh · 2026-10-20

Model changes (2)
  • source refresh · 2026-10-20
    {
      "before": {
        "status": "current"
      },
      "after": {
        "status": "deprecated"
      }
    }
  • source refresh · 2026-10-12
    {
      "before": {
        "knowledge_cutoff_reported": null
      },
      "after": {
        "knowledge_cutoff_reported": "2025-04"
      }
    }
Price history (344 observations)
DateProviderInput / output
2026-11-02Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-11-02Alibaba (China)$1.32 / $7.90
2026-11-02Alibaba$1.30 / $7.80
2026-11-02Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-11-02NanoGPT$1.04 / $6.24
2026-11-02AIHubMix$1.27 / $7.61
2026-11-02Merge Gateway$1.31 / $7.88
2026-11-01Alibaba (China)$1.32 / $7.90
2026-11-01Alibaba$1.30 / $7.80
2026-11-01Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-11-01Merge Gateway$1.31 / $7.88
2026-11-01AIHubMix$1.27 / $7.61
2026-11-01NanoGPT$1.04 / $6.24
2026-11-01Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-31Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-31Merge Gateway$1.31 / $7.88
2026-10-31Alibaba (China)$1.32 / $7.90
2026-10-31Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-31AIHubMix$1.27 / $7.61
2026-10-31NanoGPT$1.04 / $6.24
2026-10-31Alibaba$1.30 / $7.80
2026-10-30Alibaba$1.30 / $7.80
2026-10-30Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-30Alibaba (China)$1.32 / $7.90
2026-10-30Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-30Merge Gateway$1.31 / $7.88
2026-10-30AIHubMix$1.27 / $7.61
2026-10-30NanoGPT$1.04 / $6.24
2026-10-29Alibaba$1.30 / $7.80
2026-10-29AIHubMix$1.27 / $7.61
2026-10-29NanoGPT$1.04 / $6.24
2026-10-29Merge Gateway$1.31 / $7.88
2026-10-29Alibaba (China)$1.32 / $7.90
2026-10-29Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-29Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-28Alibaba$1.30 / $7.80
2026-10-28Merge Gateway$1.31 / $7.88
2026-10-28Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-28Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-28Alibaba (China)$1.32 / $7.90
2026-10-28AIHubMix$1.27 / $7.61
2026-10-28NanoGPT$1.04 / $6.24
2026-10-27Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-27Alibaba (China)$1.32 / $7.90
2026-10-27NanoGPT$1.04 / $6.24
2026-10-27Merge Gateway$1.31 / $7.88
2026-10-27AIHubMix$1.27 / $7.61
2026-10-27Alibaba$1.30 / $7.80
2026-10-27Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-27Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-27Merge Gateway$1.31 / $7.88
2026-10-27NanoGPT$1.04 / $6.24
2026-10-27AIHubMix$1.27 / $7.61
2026-10-27Alibaba$1.30 / $7.80
2026-10-27Alibaba (China)$1.32 / $7.90
2026-10-27Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-27Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-27AIHubMix$1.27 / $7.61
2026-10-27Alibaba (China)$1.32 / $7.90
2026-10-27Alibaba$1.30 / $7.80
2026-10-27Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-27NanoGPT$1.04 / $6.24
2026-10-27Merge Gateway$1.31 / $7.88
2026-10-27Merge Gateway$1.31 / $7.88
2026-10-27Alibaba (China)$1.32 / $7.90
2026-10-27AIHubMix$1.27 / $7.61
2026-10-27Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-27Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-27Alibaba$1.30 / $7.80
2026-10-27NanoGPT$1.04 / $6.24
2026-10-26Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-26AIHubMix$1.27 / $7.61
2026-10-26Alibaba$1.30 / $7.80
2026-10-26Merge Gateway$1.31 / $7.88
2026-10-26Alibaba (China)$1.32 / $7.90
2026-10-26NanoGPT$1.04 / $6.24
2026-10-26Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-25AIHubMix$1.27 / $7.61
2026-10-25Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-25Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-25Alibaba (China)$1.32 / $7.90
2026-10-25NanoGPT$1.04 / $6.24
2026-10-25Merge Gateway$1.31 / $7.88
2026-10-25Alibaba$1.30 / $7.80
2026-10-24Alibaba (China)$1.32 / $7.90
2026-10-24Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-24NanoGPT$1.04 / $6.24
2026-10-24Merge Gateway$1.31 / $7.88
2026-10-24Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-24Alibaba$1.30 / $7.80
2026-10-24AIHubMix$1.27 / $7.61
2026-10-24Merge Gateway$1.31 / $7.88
2026-10-24AIHubMix$1.27 / $7.61
2026-10-24Alibaba$1.30 / $7.80
2026-10-24Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-24Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-24NanoGPT$1.04 / $6.24
2026-10-24Alibaba (China)$1.32 / $7.90
2026-10-24Merge Gateway$1.31 / $7.88
2026-10-24NanoGPT$1.04 / $6.24
2026-10-24Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-24Alibaba$1.30 / $7.80
2026-10-24AIHubMix$1.27 / $7.61
2026-10-24Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-24Alibaba (China)$1.32 / $7.90
2026-10-23Alibaba (China)$1.32 / $7.90
2026-10-23Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-23NanoGPT$1.04 / $6.24
2026-10-23AIHubMix$1.27 / $7.61
2026-10-23Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-23Merge Gateway$1.31 / $7.88
2026-10-23Alibaba$1.30 / $7.80
2026-10-23AIHubMix$1.27 / $7.61
2026-10-23Alibaba (China)$1.32 / $7.90
2026-10-23Merge Gateway$1.31 / $7.88
2026-10-23Alibaba$1.30 / $7.80
2026-10-23NanoGPT$1.04 / $6.24
2026-10-23Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-23Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-23Alibaba (China)$1.32 / $7.90
2026-10-23Merge Gateway$1.31 / $7.88
2026-10-23Alibaba$1.30 / $7.80
2026-10-23NanoGPT$1.04 / $6.24
2026-10-23Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-23AIHubMix$1.27 / $7.61
2026-10-23Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-23Merge Gateway$1.31 / $7.88
2026-10-23Alibaba$1.30 / $7.80
2026-10-23Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-23Alibaba (China)$1.32 / $7.90
2026-10-23Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-23NanoGPT$1.04 / $6.24
2026-10-23AIHubMix$1.27 / $7.61
2026-10-23Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-23NanoGPT$1.04 / $6.24
2026-10-23Merge Gateway$1.31 / $7.88
2026-10-23AIHubMix$1.27 / $7.61
2026-10-23Alibaba (China)$1.32 / $7.90
2026-10-23Alibaba$1.30 / $7.80
2026-10-23Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-22Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-22Alibaba$1.30 / $7.80
2026-10-22AIHubMix$1.27 / $7.61
2026-10-22Pioneer$1.04 / $6.24
2026-10-22NanoGPT$1.04 / $6.24
2026-10-22Merge Gateway$1.31 / $7.88
2026-10-22Alibaba (China)$1.32 / $7.90
2026-10-22Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-21Pioneer$1.04 / $6.24
2026-10-21Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-21NanoGPT$1.04 / $6.24
2026-10-21Merge Gateway$1.31 / $7.88
2026-10-21Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-21Alibaba$1.30 / $7.80
2026-10-21Alibaba (China)$1.32 / $7.90
2026-10-20Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-20Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-20Pioneer$1.04 / $6.24
2026-10-20NanoGPT$1.04 / $6.24
2026-10-20Merge Gateway$1.31 / $7.88
2026-10-20Alibaba$1.30 / $7.80
2026-10-20Alibaba (China)$1.32 / $7.90
2026-10-19Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-19Alibaba (China)$1.32 / $7.90
2026-10-19NanoGPT$1.04 / $6.24
2026-10-19Pioneer$1.04 / $6.24
2026-10-19Alibaba$1.30 / $7.80
2026-10-19Merge Gateway$1.31 / $7.88
2026-10-19Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-18Alibaba (China)$1.32 / $7.90
2026-10-18Pioneer$1.04 / $6.24
2026-10-18Alibaba$1.30 / $7.80
2026-10-18Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-18Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-18NanoGPT$1.04 / $6.24
2026-10-18Merge Gateway$1.31 / $7.88
2026-10-17NanoGPT$1.04 / $6.24
2026-10-17Alibaba$1.30 / $7.80
2026-10-17Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-17Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-17Merge Gateway$1.31 / $7.88
2026-10-17Alibaba (China)$1.32 / $7.90
2026-10-17Pioneer$1.04 / $6.24
2026-10-12Merge Gateway$1.31 / $7.88
2026-10-12Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-12Pioneer$1.04 / $6.24
2026-10-12Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-12Alibaba (China)$1.32 / $7.90
2026-10-12Alibaba$1.30 / $7.80
2026-10-12NanoGPT$1.04 / $6.24
2026-10-12Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-12Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-12Alibaba$1.30 / $7.80
2026-10-12NanoGPT$1.04 / $6.24
2026-10-12Merge Gateway$1.31 / $7.88
2026-10-12Pioneer$1.04 / $6.24
2026-10-12Alibaba (China)$1.32 / $7.90
2026-10-11Vercel AI Gateway$1.30 / $7.80
2026-10-11Merge Gateway$1.31 / $7.88
2026-10-11Alibaba (China)$1.32 / $7.90
2026-10-11Pioneer$1.04 / $6.24
2026-10-11Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-11NanoGPT$1.04 / $6.24
2026-10-11Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-11Alibaba$1.30 / $7.80
2026-10-10Vercel AI Gateway$1.30 / $7.80
2026-10-10Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-10Pioneer$1.04 / $6.24
2026-10-10Alibaba$1.30 / $7.80
2026-10-10Merge Gateway$1.31 / $7.88
2026-10-10EmpirioLabs AI$1.31 / $7.88
2026-10-10Alibaba (China)$1.32 / $7.90
2026-10-10NanoGPT$1.04 / $6.24
2026-10-10Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-09Vercel AI Gateway$1.30 / $7.80
2026-10-09Alibaba (China)$1.32 / $7.90
2026-10-09Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-09Merge Gateway$1.31 / $7.88
2026-10-09Pioneer$1.04 / $6.24
2026-10-09Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-09EmpirioLabs AI$1.31 / $7.88
2026-10-09OpenRouter$1.027 / $6.162
2026-10-09NanoGPT$1.04 / $6.24
2026-10-09DevPass (LLM Gateway)$1.30 / $7.80
2026-10-09Kilo Gateway$1.027 / $6.162
2026-10-09Alibaba$1.30 / $7.80
2026-10-09LLM Gateway$1.30 / $7.80
2026-10-09Vercel AI Gateway$1.30 / $7.80
2026-10-09Pioneer$1.04 / $6.24
2026-10-09Merge Gateway$1.31 / $7.88
2026-10-09DevPass (LLM Gateway)$1.30 / $7.80
2026-10-09Alibaba$1.30 / $7.80
2026-10-09EmpirioLabs AI$1.31 / $7.88
2026-10-09NanoGPT$1.04 / $6.24
2026-10-09Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-09Alibaba (China)$1.32 / $7.90
2026-10-09OpenRouter$1.027 / $6.162
2026-10-09Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-09Kilo Gateway$1.027 / $6.162
2026-10-09LLM Gateway$1.30 / $7.80
2026-10-08Vercel AI Gateway$1.30 / $7.80
2026-10-08Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-08NanoGPT$1.04 / $6.24
2026-10-08DevPass (LLM Gateway)$1.30 / $7.80
2026-10-08Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-08OpenRouter$1.027 / $6.162
2026-10-08Alibaba (China)$1.32 / $7.90
2026-10-08Kilo Gateway$1.027 / $6.162
2026-10-08EmpirioLabs AI$1.31 / $7.88
2026-10-08Merge Gateway$1.31 / $7.88
2026-10-08Alibaba$1.30 / $7.80
2026-10-08Pioneer$1.04 / $6.24
2026-10-08LLM Gateway$1.30 / $7.80
2026-10-07Vercel AI Gateway$1.30 / $7.80
2026-10-07Kilo Gateway$1.027 / $6.162
2026-10-07OpenRouter$1.027 / $6.162
2026-10-07Alibaba$1.30 / $7.80
2026-10-07DevPass (LLM Gateway)$1.30 / $7.80
2026-10-07Merge Gateway$1.31 / $7.88
2026-10-07NanoGPT$1.04 / $6.24
2026-10-07Pioneer$1.04 / $6.24
2026-10-07Alibaba (China)$1.32 / $7.90
2026-10-07EmpirioLabs AI$1.31 / $7.88
2026-10-07Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-07Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-10-07LLM Gateway$1.30 / $7.80
2026-09-22Vercel AI Gateway$1.30 / $7.80
2026-09-22Alibaba (China)$1.32 / $7.90
2026-09-22DevPass (LLM Gateway)$1.30 / $7.80
2026-09-22Alibaba$1.30 / $7.80
2026-09-22Merge Gateway$1.31 / $7.88
2026-09-22EmpirioLabs AI$1.31 / $7.88
2026-09-22Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-09-22Kilo Gateway$1.027 / $6.162
2026-09-22OpenRouter$1.027 / $6.162
2026-09-22Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-09-22Pioneer$1.04 / $6.24
2026-09-22NanoGPT$1.04 / $6.24
2026-09-22LLM Gateway$1.30 / $7.80
2026-09-21Vercel AI Gateway$1.30 / $7.80
2026-09-21Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-09-21Pioneer$1.04 / $6.24
2026-09-21Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-09-21Merge Gateway$1.31 / $7.88
2026-09-21EmpirioLabs AI$1.31 / $7.88
2026-09-21Kilo Gateway$1.027 / $6.162
2026-09-21Alibaba$1.30 / $7.80
2026-09-21DevPass (LLM Gateway)$1.30 / $7.80
2026-09-21NanoGPT$1.04 / $6.24
2026-09-21Alibaba (China)$1.32 / $7.90
2026-09-21OpenRouter$1.027 / $6.162
2026-09-21LLM Gateway$1.30 / $7.80
2026-09-20Vercel AI Gateway$1.30 / $7.80
2026-09-20DevPass (LLM Gateway)$1.30 / $7.80
2026-09-20Kilo Gateway$1.027 / $6.162
2026-09-20Alibaba$1.30 / $7.80
2026-09-20EmpirioLabs AI$1.31 / $7.88
2026-09-20Merge Gateway$1.31 / $7.88
2026-09-20OpenRouter$1.027 / $6.162
2026-09-20Pioneer$1.04 / $6.24
2026-09-20Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-09-20Alibaba (China)$1.32 / $7.90
2026-09-20NanoGPT$1.04 / $6.24
2026-09-20Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-09-20LLM Gateway$1.30 / $7.80
2026-09-19Vercel AI Gateway$1.30 / $7.80
2026-09-19DevPass (LLM Gateway)$1.30 / $7.80
2026-09-19Kilo Gateway$1.027 / $6.162
2026-09-19Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-09-19Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-09-19OpenRouter$1.027 / $6.162
2026-09-19Pioneer$1.04 / $6.24
2026-09-19Merge Gateway$1.31 / $7.88
2026-09-19NanoGPT$1.04 / $6.24
2026-09-19Alibaba$1.30 / $7.80
2026-09-19EmpirioLabs AI$1.31 / $7.88
2026-09-19Alibaba (China)$1.32 / $7.90
2026-09-19LLM Gateway$1.30 / $7.80
2026-09-18Vercel AI Gateway$1.30 / $7.80
2026-09-18Kilo Gateway$1.027 / $6.162
2026-09-18Alibaba$1.30 / $7.80
2026-09-18DevPass (LLM Gateway)$1.30 / $7.80
2026-09-18OpenRouter$1.027 / $6.162
2026-09-18NanoGPT$1.04 / $6.24
2026-09-18Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-09-18Alibaba (China)$1.32 / $7.90
2026-09-18Merge Gateway$1.31 / $7.88
2026-09-18Pioneer$1.04 / $6.24
2026-09-18Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-09-18EmpirioLabs AI$1.31 / $7.88
2026-09-18LLM Gateway$1.30 / $7.80
2026-09-17Vercel AI Gateway$1.30 / $7.80
2026-09-17NanoGPT$1.04 / $6.24
2026-09-17Kilo Gateway$1.027 / $6.162
2026-09-17Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-09-17Alibaba (China)$1.32 / $7.90
2026-09-17Merge Gateway$1.31 / $7.88
2026-09-17Pioneer$1.04 / $6.24
2026-09-17EmpirioLabs AI$1.31 / $7.88
2026-09-17Alibaba$1.30 / $7.80
2026-09-17Ofox$2.15 / $12.86
2026-09-17DevPass (LLM Gateway)$1.30 / $7.80
2026-09-17OpenRouter$1.027 / $6.162
2026-09-17LLM Gateway$1.30 / $7.80