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Qwen3.6 Max Preview

Qwen · Model Studio (Intl)Direct API

Fresh input / cached input / output cost breakdown, active and scheduled rates, provenance, same-model deployment markup, and cost-comparable alternatives for this purchasable lane.

Start with a pattern

Illustrative workloads

Pick a useful starting shape, then fine-tune every input below.

Fine-tune

Workload and pricing scenario

Adjust the token shape, cache behavior, time window, and service tier. Every number below updates immediately.

Interactive

Workload cost calculator

60M
210K
90%

Share of input tokens served from cache. Applied only to models with a cache meter.

Time

Rows with a rate that changes by time of day, promo window or service tier are priced for this scenario instead of their flat listed rate; a brand-colored label under the model name names which one applies. Context size for band-priced rows uses the input-token count below.

Picking a specific hour also previews time-of-day rates that are scheduled but have not started billing yet; those rows are labelled · preview with their start instant. Now only ever shows rates that are billable at this moment.

Rate state

What this lane charges right now

Priced under the workload and scenario above. The full published schedule below always shows every variant regardless of which scenario is selected.

Input / 1M
$1.30
CHF 1.05
Cached input / 1M
$0.13
CHF 0.105
Output / 1M
$7.80
CHF 6.28
Cost anatomy

Where this workload's cost goes

60M input tokens (90% cache hit) and 210K output tokens, at the resolved rate above.

$7.80
Fresh input · CHF 6.28
$7.02
Cached input · CHF 5.65
$1.64
Output · CHF 1.32
$16.46
Workload total · CHF 13.25

$7.80 + $7.02 + $1.64 = $16.46

Provenance

How much to trust these numbers

InputofficialCached inputderivedOutputofficial

Thinking-only preview; rates shown are the ≤128K tier (128K-256K bills $2/$12). Scheduled for deprecation on 2026-10-10; Alibaba lists Qwen3.7 Max as the replacement.

Alibaba Cloud Model Studio pricing page, International endpoint, re-verified 2026-08-01. Cached input derived as 10% of input per the official context-cache doc, which lists this model as supported. Alibaba's official model-lifecycle page schedules qwen3.6-max-preview for deprecation on 2026-10-10 and names qwen3.7-max as the replacement.

Direct vs Foundry

Same-model deployment markup

How much more Microsoft Foundry charges for this exact model, over this Direct rate.

Not available — no Microsoft Foundry listing exists for this exact model in the catalog.

Cost-comparable

Other lanes within ±25% of this workload's cost

Same provider first, then ranked by cost proximity, for 60M in / 210K out. This is a cost ranking only — never a quality recommendation.

  • Kimi K2.6
    Kimi · Fireworks-hosted
    Foundry ·Data Zone
    $16.70
    CHF 13.44
    +$0.24 (+1%) vs this lane
  • Kimi K2.7 Code
    Kimi
    Foundry ·Global
    $16.80
    CHF 13.52
    +$0.342 (+2%) vs this lane
  • GLM-5
    GLM · Z.ai direct API
    Direct API
    $17.47
    CHF 14.06
    +$1.01 (+6%) vs this lane
  • Kimi K2.6
    Kimi
    Foundry ·Global
    $15.18
    CHF 12.22
    -$1.28 (-8%) vs this lane
  • GLM 5.2
    GLM · Fireworks-hosted
    Foundry ·Data Zone
    $18.36
    CHF 14.78
    +$1.90 (+12%) vs this lane
  • Mistral Medium 3.5
    Mistral · Mistral direct API
    Direct API
    $18.68
    CHF 15.03
    +$2.22 (+13%) vs this lane