Qwen3.6 Flash: API pricing, context window and capabilities

Prices from official vendor price lists · October 2026

Qwen3.6 Flash costs $0.188 per 1M input tokens and $1.13 per 1M output tokens, with a 1M context window. Mid-priced: dearer than 32% of this rating, with Qwen3.7 Plus as the nearest cheaper Alibaba option. Recorded for vision, reasoning, adjustable thinking.

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Capabilities

API $/1M (in / out)

$0.1875 / $1.125

Context window

1M tokens

Price / mo

API only

Overview Reviews

Qwen3.6 Flash is an AI model from Alibaba (Qwen), priced at $0.1875 input and $1.125 output per 1M tokens. That places it in the budget tier of this rating — cheaper than 68% of the 205 priced models listed.

It holds 1M tokens in a single conversation, enough for a full codebase or a contract bundle in one pass. Capabilities recorded in this rating: text & chat, vision, video, reasoning, adjustable thinking. Access is through the API rather than a consumer subscription.

API price$0.1875 / $1.125per 1M tokens, in / out

Context1M tokenstokens per conversation

VendorAlibaba (Qwen)all models from this vendor

TierBudgetcheaper than 68% of models

Cost calculator

1M tokens/mo10M tokens/mo50M tokens/mo200M tokens/mo

Standard$0.89~~AED 3 per month~~

With batch −50%$0.45~~AED 2 per month~~

With caching on input$0.85~~AED 3 per month~~

Standard$8.91~~AED 33 per month~~

With batch −50%$4.45~~AED 16 per month~~

With caching on input$8.48~~AED 31 per month~~

Standard$44.53~~AED 164 per month~~

With batch −50%$22.27~~AED 82 per month~~

With caching on input$42.42~~AED 156 per month~~

Standard$178~~AED 654 per month~~

With batch −50%$89.06~~AED 327 per month~~

With caching on input$170~~AED 623 per month~~

Assumes a 1:3 input-to-output ratio, which is typical for chat and generation. Dirham figures use 3.6725 per dollar. Batch and caching discounts apply where the vendor offers them.

Compared with alternatives

How Qwen3.6 Flash sits against its neighbours in this rating. Tap a card to open that model.

Qwen3.7 Plus

Cheaper

Alibaba (Qwen)

$0.276 / $1.1011M tokens

Step 3.7 Flash

Closest match

Stepfun

$0.2 / $1.15262.1K tokens

Step 3.7 Flash

Step up

Stepfun

$0.2 / $1.15262.1K tokens

Good and poor fit

Good fit

Multi-step analysis, planning and code review, where the first plausible answer is often wrong.
Reading screenshots, charts, scanned documents and photos.
Whole codebases, contract bundles and long transcripts in a single pass.

Poor fit

Long multi-step reasoning, where a larger model finishes in fewer attempts.

Related filters

Text & chat234 models for text generation and chat

Vision159 models that read images

Reasoning175 models that think before answering

Adjustable thinking85 models with a reasoning depth dial

Tool calling172 models that call your functions

Alibaba (Qwen)40 models from this vendor

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Frequently asked questions

How much does Qwen3.6 Flash cost?

$0.1875 / $1.125 per 1M tokens, input and output. In dirhams that is roughly AED 0.69 per 1M input tokens. Batch processing halves it where the vendor offers it.

What is the context window of Qwen3.6 Flash?

1M tokens in a single conversation.

What can Qwen3.6 Flash do?

In this rating it is recorded with: text & chat, vision, video, reasoning, adjustable thinking, tool calling, structured JSON output, long context 1M+, prompt caching, batch API, free tier, low latency, multilingual, open weights.

Is Qwen3.6 Flash a good choice?

It depends on the job. See the good-fit and poor-fit lists above, and compare against the neighbouring models before committing.

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