Qwen3.6 27B: API pricing, providers and specs
Qwen3.6 27B is a text model by Alibaba. 18 providers serve it, from $2 to $3.60 /1M; the lowest price is at SiliconFlow.
A newer version is out: Qwen3.8 27B · released Aug 5, 2026
How Qwen3.6 27B compares
Against the 737 text models on the site priced the same way.
- Mid-priced: its lowest price is $2 /1M against a median of $1.10; 62% of comparable models cost less.
- Its 262K-token context window is larger than 45% of them (median 262K), about 390 pages of text.
- 18 providers serve it; 87% of comparable models have fewer.
- Its weights are open under the Apache 2.0 license: commercial use allowed.
Qwen3.6 27B prices by provider
Every provider's list price, read from its own price page or API. A price marked “from” changes with context length, resolution or mode.
| Provider | Input | Output | Prompt caching | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter | $0.25/1M | From$2/1M | $0.025/1M | 262K |
 SiliconFlow | $0.25/1M | $2/1M | — | — |
 EmpirioLabs AI | $0.413/1M | $2.48/1M | $0.413/1M | 256K |
 APIYI | $0.42/1M | $2.52/1M | — | — |
 AIHubMix | $0.422/1M | $2.53/1M | — | 262K |
 Ofox | $0.43/1M | $2.57/1M | — | 256K |
 LaoZhang API | $0.429/1M | $2.57/1M | — | — |
 Cortecs | $0.448/1M | $3.02/1M | — | — |
 Hugging Face | $0.47/1M | From$3.19/1M | — | — |
 Deep Infra | $0.32/1M | From$3.20/1M | — | — |
| SiliconFlow | $0.30/1M | $3.20/1M | — | — |
 Venice AI | $0.325/1M | $3.25/1M | — | — |
| AlibabaOfficial | $0.60/1M | From$3.60/1M | — | — |
 Novita AI | $0.60/1M | $3.60/1M | — | — |
| Vercel AI Gateway | $0.60/1M | $3.60/1M | — | 256K |
 Prime Inference | $0.60/1M | $3.60/1M | — | — |
| AI/ML API | $0.60/1M | $3.60/1M | — | — |
 Impossibl | $0.60/1M | $3.60/1M | — | — |
- SiliconFlow$2
- OpenRouterFrom$2
- EmpirioLabs AI$2.48
- APIYI$2.52
- AIHubMix$2.53
- Ofox$2.57
- LaoZhang API$2.57
- Cortecs$3.02
- Hugging FaceFrom$3.19
- SiliconFlow$3.20
- Deep InfraFrom$3.20
- Venice AI$3.25
Specs
- Type
- Text
- Maker
- Alibaba
- Inputs
- Image, Text, Video
- Outputs
- Text
- Context
- 262K≈ 390 pages of text
- Max output
- 66K
- Capabilities
- JSON, Reasoning, Tool calling, Vision
- Released
- Apr 21, 2026
- License
- Apache 2.0commercial use allowed
- Open weights
- Yes, downloadable
- Parameters
- 28B
- Monthly searches
- 4K
6 uncensored versions · See them
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3.6 27Bthis model | $2/1M | 262K | — | 18 |
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| GLM-5.2 | $1.80/1M | 1M | 1604 | 44 |
| Grok Build 0.1 | $1.60/1M | 256K | — | 18 |
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Alibaba charges $3.60 /1M for Qwen3.6 27B. The lowest price across providers is $2 /1M, at SiliconFlow.
SiliconFlow, at $2 /1M. 18 providers serve Qwen3.6 27B; the table above lists every one with its price.
Qwen3.6 27B reads up to 262K tokens per request and writes up to 66K.
Yes. Qwen3.6 27B's weights can be downloaded from its maker's Hugging Face page, under the Apache 2.0 license.
About 28B, as the safetensors metadata of its official Hugging Face repo states.
18 API providers serve Qwen3.6 27B. Compare their prices above, or open a provider to see everything it offers.
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