Price cut: alibaba/qwen3.6-max-preview on alibaba
| Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input | 1.32 | 1.30 | -1.5% |
| Output | 7.90 | 7.80 | -1.3% |
| Cache read | 0.13 | 0.13 | -1.5% |
| Cache write | – | 1.63 | – |
What this means by workload
Illustrative monthly cost of the changed field(s) alone, at a representative 10M tokens/month split per workload preset. Not a substitute for the calculator, which uses your own volume and every price field.
| Workload | Before / month | After / month |
|---|---|---|
| Coding agent | $16.49 | $16.25 |
| RAG chat | $23.07 | $22.75 |
| Summarisation (batch) | $19.78 | $19.50 |
| Classification | $14.52 | $14.30 |
| Chat assistant | $39.52 | $39.00 |
| Content generation | $65.84 | $65.00 |