Alibaba / Qwen API model

Alibaba: qwen3.6-flash

Qwen vision-language model for visual reasoning, documents, and agent tasks

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Specs

Pricing and API details.

Transparent USD pricing. No mainland-China account or phone required. Standard model rates follow providers' international list prices at 100%; some models have a separate Paid rate after the first top-up.

Context window

Modalities

Text, image input

Input $/1M

Output $/1M

Endpoint

OpenAI-compatible /v1/chat/completions

About qwen3.6-flash

Qwen vision-language model for visual reasoning, documents, and agent tasks

Pricing

Transparent USD pricing.

qwen3.6-flash

$1/M input, $4/M output tokens. Paid in USD. Standard model rates follow providers' international list prices at 100%; some models have a separate Paid rate after the first top-up. View live pricing

Price by tier

Tier	Standard price (input / output per 1M tokens)
Over 256K input tokens	$1 / $4
Up to 256K input tokens	$0.25 / $1.5

Quickstart

Copy-paste API request.

curl -X POST https://api.chinaapi.ai/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CHINAAPI_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "qwen3.6-flash",
    "messages": [
      {"role": "user", "content": "Summarize the main tradeoffs for this API workload."}
    ]
  }'

import os
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key=os.environ["CHINAAPI_API_KEY"],
    base_url="https://api.chinaapi.ai/v1",
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="qwen3.6-flash",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Summarize the main tradeoffs for this API workload."}
    ],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Internal links

Related model pages and guides.

Model directoryBrowse all models Live pricingCurrent dashboard pricing Qwen API access guideOpen guide qwen3.7-plus1M context, $1.2/M input, $4.8/M output tokens qwen3.6-plus1M context, $2/M input, $6/M output tokens qwen3.7-max1M context, $2.5/M input, $7.5/M output tokens qwen3.8-flash1M context, $0.15/M input, $0.47/M output tokens

How do I use qwen3.6-flash?

Use qwen3.6-flash through ChinaAPI with an API key and the OpenAI-compatible endpoint shown above.

How much does qwen3.6-flash cost?

qwen3.6-flash is $1/M input, $4/M output tokens, paid in USD. The live pricing page is authoritative. Standard model rates follow providers' international list prices at 100%; some models have a separate Paid rate after the first top-up.

Does qwen3.6-flash need a Chinese account?

No. ChinaAPI provides access without a mainland-China account or phone number and includes a $2 free trial. Check live pricing for the displayed USD rate.