Last refreshed 2026-06-29. Next refresh: weekly.
Why use Qwen3.6-Plus on Vercel AI Gateway?
Vercel AI Gateway offers Qwen3.6-Plus with pay-as-you-go pricing at $0.50/1M 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-Plus across 3 providers to find the best fit for your use caseInput / 1M
$0.50
Output / 1M
$3.00
Cache
read $0.10
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/qwen3.6-plusRequest 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-plus",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)Gotchas
- Use provider model ID "alibaba/qwen3.6-plus", not the LLMReference slug "qwen3.6-plus".
- 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-Plus Across Providers
| Provider | Input (per 1M) | Output (per 1M) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter | $0.33 | $1.95 |
| Alibaba Cloud PAI-EAS | $0.33 | $1.95 |
| Vercel AI Gateway | $0.50 | $3.00 |
Pricing
| Type | Price (per 1M) |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $0.50 |
| Output tokens | $3.00 |
Capabilities
VisionMultimodalJSON / Tool useStructured Outputs
About Qwen3.6-Plus
Qwen3.6-Plus is Alibaba Cloud's GA Qwen3.6 flagship for long-context reasoning, coding, tool use, and multimodal workflows. DashScope lists it with a 1M-token context window, structured output support, and standard public token pricing.
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Model Specs
Released2026-04-01
Context1m
ArchitectureDecoder Only