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Qwen3.6-27B on Vercel AI Gateway

Qwen3.6 · Alibaba

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Last refreshed 2026-05-22. Next refresh: weekly.

Why use Qwen3.6-27B on Vercel AI Gateway?

Vercel AI Gateway offers Qwen3.6-27B with pay-as-you-go pricing at $0.60/1M input tokens. Vercel AI Gateway is a unified AI proxy providing a single OpenAI-compatible API endpoint to 275+ models from 25+ providers including Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Meta, Mistral, DeepSeek, xAI, Alibaba, Amazon, ByteDance, Cohere, MiniMax, MoonshotAI, KwaiPilot, Black Forest Labs, Recraft, Voyage AI, NVIDIA, and more.

Compare Qwen3.6-27B across 4 providers to find the best fit for your use case
Input / 1M
$0.60
Output / 1M
$3.60
Cache
Not sourced
Batch
Not sourced

Setup recipe

Python + curl
Install
pip install openai
Auth
export AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY=...
Call
import os
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
    api_key=os.environ["AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY"],
Model ID
alibaba/qwen3.6-27b

Request example

import os
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key=os.environ["AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY"],
    base_url="https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1"
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="alibaba/qwen3.6-27b",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Gotchas

  • Use provider model ID "alibaba/qwen3.6-27b", not the LLMReference slug "qwen3.6-27b".
  • creator/model-name e.g. kwaipilot/kat-coder-pro-v2
  • The examples expect AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY; rename it only if your application config maps the new variable.

Compare Qwen3.6-27B Across Providers

ProviderInput (per 1M)Output (per 1M)
OpenRouter$0.32$3.20
Alibaba Cloud PAI-EAS$0.32$3.20
Vercel AI Gateway$0.60$3.60
Novita AI$0.60$3.60

Pricing

TypePrice (per 1M)
Input tokens$0.60
Output tokens$3.60

Capabilities

VisionMultimodalReasoningFunction CallingTool Use

About Qwen3.6-27B

Open-weight dense Qwen3.6 27B model with native multimodal support across text, image, and video. Apache 2.0.

FAQ

What does Qwen3.6-27B cost on Vercel AI Gateway?

On Vercel AI Gateway, Qwen3.6-27B costs $0.6 per 1M input tokens and $3.6 per 1M output tokens.

What is the context window for Qwen3.6-27B on Vercel AI Gateway?

Qwen3.6-27B supports a 256,000 token context window on Vercel AI Gateway.

How does Vercel AI Gateway compare to other Qwen3.6-27B providers?

Qwen3.6-27B is available from 4 providers. The cheapest input pricing is $0.32/1M tokens from OpenRouter.

What API model ID do I use for Qwen3.6-27B on Vercel AI Gateway?

Use the model ID alibaba/qwen3.6-27b when calling Vercel AI Gateway's API.

Who created Qwen3.6-27B?

Qwen3.6-27B was created by Alibaba as part of the Qwen3.6 model family.

Is Qwen3.6-27B open source?

Qwen3.6-27B is open source according to the seed data.

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Model Specs

Released2026-04-27
Parameters27B
Context262K
ArchitectureDense

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