Qwen 3.6 Plus

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Alibaba’s April 2026 Plus-tier model on Model Studio: major upgrade in agentic coding (frontend through repo-level work), sharper multimodal perception and reasoning, and a 1M-token default context. Supports enable_thinking for hybrid reasoning and preserve_thinking for multi-turn agents so prior reasoning traces stay in context. Strong on coding-agent, tool-use, STEM, and long-context benchmarks.
Alibaba’s April 2026 Plus-tier model on Model Studio: major upgrade in agentic coding (frontend through repo-level work), sharper multimodal perception and reasoning, and a 1M-token default context. Supports enable_thinking for hybrid reasoning and preserve_thinking for multi-turn agents so prior reasoning traces stay in context. Strong on coding-agent, tool-use, STEM, and long-context benchmarks.

Qwen 3.6 Plus is an AI model from Qwen, available on ZeroTwo. It costs $0.50 per million input tokens and $3.00 per million output tokens, has a 1,000,000-token context window, can return up to 65,536 output tokens, and has a knowledge cutoff of Early 2026.

Intelligence
Excellent
Speed
Fast
Price
$0.50 • $3.00
Input • Output
Input
Text, Image
Output
Text

Alibaba’s April 2026 Plus-tier model on Model Studio: major upgrade in agentic coding (frontend through repo-level work), sharper multimodal perception and reasoning, and a 1M-token default context. Supports enable_thinking for hybrid reasoning and preserve_thinking for multi-turn agents so prior reasoning traces stay in context. Strong on coding-agent, tool-use, STEM, and long-context benchmarks.

1,000,000 context window
65,536 max output tokens
Early 2026 knowledge cutoff
Reasoning token support
Pricing
Pricing is based on the number of tokens used. For tool-specific models, like search and computer use, there's a fee per tool call. See details in the pricing page.

Requests above 256,000 input tokens move the whole request to long-context rates: $2.00 input and $6.00 output per million tokens.

Text tokens
Per 1M tokens
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Batch API price
Input
$0.50
Cached input
$0.05
Output
$3.00
Quick comparison
Input
Cached input
Output
Qwen 3.6 Plus
$0.50
Modalities
Text
Input and output
Image
Input only
Audio
Not supported
Endpoints
Chat Completions
v1/chat/completions
Responses
v1/responses
Batch
v1/batch
Realtime
v1/realtime
Assistants
v1/assistants
Fine-tuning
v1/fine-tuning
Embeddings
v1/embeddings
Image Generation
v1/images/generations
Image Edit
v1/images/edits
Speech Generation
v1/audio/speech
Transcription
v1/audio/transcriptions
Translation
v1/translations
Moderation
v1/moderations
Completions (legacy)
v1/completions
Features
Streaming
Supported
Function calling
Supported
Structured outputs
Not supported
Fine-tuning
Not supported
Distillation
Not supported
Fast response
Not supported
Cost efficient
Not supported
Tools
Tools supported by this model when using the Responses API.
Web search
Not supported
Code interpreter
Not supported
File search
Not supported
Image generation
Not supported
MCP
Not supported
Snapshots
Snapshots let you lock in a specific version of the model so that performance and behavior remain consistent. Below is a list of all available snapshots and aliases for Qwen 3.6 Plus.
qwen3.6-plus

Questions

How much does Qwen 3.6 Plus cost?

Qwen 3.6 Plus is priced at $0.50 per million input tokens and $3.00 per million output tokens, with cached input at $0.05 per million. On ZeroTwo it is included in your plan's credits rather than billed per token.

What is Qwen 3.6 Plus's context window?

Qwen 3.6 Plus accepts up to 1,000,000 tokens of context and can return up to 65,536 output tokens.

What is Qwen 3.6 Plus's knowledge cutoff date?

Qwen 3.6 Plus has a training knowledge cutoff of Early 2026. For anything later than that, use a model with web search enabled.

Can I use Qwen 3.6 Plus for free?

You can try Qwen 3.6 Plus on ZeroTwo's free plan, which includes a monthly credit allowance across every model in the catalogue. Heavier use moves to a paid plan rather than a per-token bill.