Qwen3.6 27B API pricing
$0.18 in, $1.20 out per million tokens, 40% under Qwen's list price.
qwen3.6-27bmanaged routeOpenAI SDK
Price · per million tokens, USD
| Tokens | Qwen list price | UplinkSwitch | Saving |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.30 | $0.18 | -40% |
| Cached input | $0.03 | $0.018 | -40% |
| Output | $2.00 | $1.20 | -40% |
List price: Qwen's published rate, read October 2026. Same price on every host.
Real-model check: Same fingerprint since Oct 19
Qwen3.6 27B specs
- Context window
- 262,144 tokens
- Max output
- 65,536 tokens
- Input
- text, image and video
- Released
- April 22, 2026
Qwen3.6 27B API · base URL and key
Python · OpenAI SDK
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1",
api_key="sk-uplink-live-...",
)
completion = client.chat.completions.create(
model="qwen3.6-27b",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Summarize this in one line."}],
)
print(completion.choices[0].message.content)TypeScript · OpenAI SDK
import OpenAI from 'openai';
const client = new OpenAI({
baseURL: 'https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1',
apiKey: 'sk-uplink-live-...',
});
const completion = await client.chat.completions.create({
model: 'qwen3.6-27b',
messages: [{ role: 'user', content: 'Summarize this in one line.' }],
});
console.log(completion.choices[0].message.content);curl
curl https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1/chat/completions \
-H "authorization: Bearer sk-uplink-live-..." \
-H "content-type: application/json" \
-d '{"model":"qwen3.6-27b","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello"}]}'What would it cost? · paste a prompt, priced before you send it
Input is counted at about 4 characters per token.
Cheapest first. A real request is billed on the provider's own token count. Same estimate as JSON: POST https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1/estimate, no key needed.
Qwen3.6 27B questions
- How much does the Qwen3.6 27B API cost?
- $0.18 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens, with cached input at $0.018. Qwen's list price is $0.30 and $2.00, so this is 40% under Qwen's list price.
- Is Qwen3.6 27B free?
- It is pay as you go: prepaid credit from $10, with no subscription or monthly fee, billed per token. A 1,000-token prompt with a 500-token reply costs about $0.0008.
- What is the Qwen3.6 27B context window?
- Qwen3.6 27B has a 262,144-token context window, with up to 65,536 output tokens per request. It takes text, image and video input.
- What is the Qwen3.6 27B model id?
- qwen3.6-27b. Send it as the model through the OpenAI SDK with base URL https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1.
- Is it the real Qwen3.6 27B?
- Every day each model gets the same test prompt, and a model always counts that prompt the same way; a swapped one would not. Qwen3.6 27B's latest result: Same fingerprint since Oct 19.