One agent session
1M input tokens and 100K output tokens, no caching.
- Input1M x $0.60 = $0.60
- Output0.1M x $3.60 = $0.36
$0.96per session
Alibaba Cloud (Qwen) - Open weights
Qwen3.6-27B pricing and specs
Qwen3.6-27B is an open-weights model from Alibaba Cloud (Qwen) that costs $0.60 per 1M input tokens and $3.60 per 1M output tokens on the first-party API, with a 262K-token context window.
Last verified from alibabacloud.com. All sources
- Input / 1M
- $0.60
- Output / 1M
- $3.60
- Context
- 262K tokens
- Weights
- Open
Pricing per 1M tokens
| Item | Price / 1M tokens |
|---|---|
| Input | $0.60 |
| Output | $3.60 |
Note: International (Singapore) list prices. Open-weights dense vision-language model served on Model Studio. One tier up to 256K input tokens; thinking output costs the same. No cache or batch price listed. The console states context 256K and max output 64K; recorded as 262,144 and 65,536.
Specs
- Context window
- 262,144 tokens
- Max output
- 65,536 tokens
- Release date
- Provider
- Alibaba Cloud (Qwen)
- API model id
qwen3.6-27b- Vercel AI Gateway id
alibaba/qwen3.6-27b- Weights
- Open weights
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Weights download
- huggingface.co
What Qwen3.6-27B costs in practice
Worked from the standard list rates above, with the math shown so you can swap in your own token counts.
A chat app
10,000 requests a day at 2K input and 500 output tokens each.
- Input20M x $0.60 = $12.00
- Output5M x $3.60 = $18.00
$30.00per day
$900.00 per 30-day month
Compare with
| Model | Input / 1M | Output / 1M |
|---|---|---|
| Qwen3.6-27B (this page) | $0.60 | $3.60 |
| Qwen3.5-397B-A17BAlibaba Cloud (Qwen) | $0.60 | $3.60 |
| Gemini 3.6 FlashGoogle | $0.75 | $3.75 |
| Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogle | $0.75 | $3.75 |
| ERNIE 5.0Baidu | $0.84 | $3.38 |
| Qwen3.5-122B-A10BAlibaba Cloud (Qwen) | $0.40 | $3.20 |
| Qwen3.6-PlusAlibaba Cloud (Qwen) | $0.50 | $3 |
| Qwen3.8-27BAlibaba Cloud (Qwen) | $0.50 | $3 |
| Qwen3.5-27BAlibaba Cloud (Qwen) | $0.30 | $2.40 |
| Qwen3.5-PlusAlibaba Cloud (Qwen) | $0.40 | $2.40 |
Compare
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Related reading
- Qwen3.6-27B Is the Local Coding Model to Test FirstQwen3.6-27B is the local coding model to benchmark first: what hardware it needs, which jobs it should take over, and where a frontier API still wins.
- Run Qwen3.8-Flash-Next on a Gaming PC With StrataRun Qwen3.8-Flash-Next locally with Strata on a 12 GB GPU: hardware needs, speeds by quant, the license catch, and when the hosted API is the better call.
- Terminal-Universe Turns Agent Traces Into Training EnvironmentsTerminal-Universe, Qwen's paper on rebuilding terminal-agent trajectories into reusable environments, and why agent teams should keep replayable workspaces.
- Qwen3.8-27B vs Opus 4.6 Max: Local Agentic Coding BenchmarksQwen3.8-27B is a 27B dense Apache-2.0 model that beats Opus 4.6 Max on SWE-bench Pro (61.7 vs 53.4). Benchmarks, hardware, cost and when to run it.
- Qwen 3.8 Max Ships: 2.4T MoE, 1M Context, $2/$6 per MTok, Open Weights Next WeekQwen 3.8 Max is a 2.4T-parameter MoE with 95B active, a 1M context window and $2/$6 per million tokens on QwenCloud, with open weights promised next week.
- Qwen-UI-Agent Points at the Next GUI Agent RuntimeQwen-UI-Agent, Alibaba's GUI agent report, reads best as a product spec: mobile, desktop, browser, CLI and DeepSearch combined in one stateful agent runtime.
FAQ
How much does Qwen3.6-27B cost per million tokens?
Qwen3.6-27B costs $0.60 per 1M input tokens and $3.60 per 1M output tokens on Alibaba Cloud (Qwen)'s first-party API, per alibabacloud.com on October 17, 2026.
What is Qwen3.6-27B's context window?
Qwen3.6-27B has a 262,144-token context window and returns up to 65,536 output tokens per response.
Are Qwen3.6-27B's weights open?
Yes. Qwen3.6-27B's weights are published at https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B under the Apache-2.0.
When was Qwen3.6-27B released?
Alibaba Cloud (Qwen) released Qwen3.6-27B on April 22, 2026.
Sources
Last verified from alibabacloud.com.
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