Last refreshed 2026-06-29. Next refresh: weekly.
Why use Qwen3.6 Max Preview on Vercel AI Gateway?
Vercel AI Gateway offers Qwen3.6 Max Preview with pay-as-you-go pricing at $1.30/1M 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 Max Preview across 3 providers to find the best fit for your use caseInput / 1M
$1.30
Output / 1M
$7.80
Cache
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Batch
Not sourced
Setup recipe
Python + curlInstall
pip install openaiAuth
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/qwen-3.6-max-previewRequest 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/qwen-3.6-max-preview",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)Gotchas
- Use provider model ID "alibaba/qwen-3.6-max-preview", not the LLMReference slug "qwen3.6-max-preview".
- 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 Max Preview Across Providers
| Provider | Input (per 1M) | Output (per 1M) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter | $1.04 | $6.24 |
| Alibaba Cloud PAI-EAS | $1.04 | $6.24 |
| Vercel AI Gateway | $1.30 | $7.80 |
Pricing
| Type | Price (per 1M) |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $1.30 |
| Output tokens | $7.80 |
Capabilities
VisionMultimodalReasoningJSON / Tool useStructured Outputs
About Qwen3.6 Max Preview
Qwen3.6-Max-Preview is a proprietary frontier model from Alibaba Cloud built on a sparse MoE architecture, available for preview as part of the Qwen3.6 series.
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Model Specs
Released2026-04-20
Context256k
ArchitectureMixture of Experts