Alibaba / Qwen API model

Alibaba: qwen3.6-plus

Alibaba Qwen3.6-Plus — native vision-language model with agentic coding, OCR, and object grounding, and 1M context.

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

1M

Modalities

Text, image input

Input $/1M

$2

Output $/1M

$6

Endpoint

OpenAI-compatible /v1/chat/completions

About qwen3.6-plus

Alibaba Qwen3.6-Plus — native vision-language model with agentic coding, OCR, and object grounding, and 1M context.

Pricing

Transparent USD pricing.

qwen3.6-plus

$2/M input, $6/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

TierStandard price (input / output per 1M tokens)Paid price after first top-up
Over 256K input tokens$2 / $6$1.7 / $5.1 (−15%)
Up to 256K input tokens$0.5 / $3$0.425 / $2.55 (−15%)

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-plus",
    "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-plus",
    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.

How do I use qwen3.6-plus?

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

How much does qwen3.6-plus cost?

qwen3.6-plus is $2/M input, $6/M output tokens, paid in USD. The live pricing page is authoritative. After the first top-up, the Paid price is $1.7/M input, $5.1/M output tokens (−15%). 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-plus 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.