Qwen3.6 Plus vs DeepSeek Chat: API price and specs
DeepSeek Chat is 57% cheaper than Qwen3.6 Plus on input price.
DeepSeek Chat is 83% cheaper than Qwen3.6 Plus on output price.
DeepSeek Chat is 71% cheaper than Qwen3.6 Plus on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.
| Field | Qwen3.6 Plus | DeepSeek Chat |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest input, per 1M | $0.28 +130% | $0.12 |
| Median input, per 1M | $0.50 +109.5% | $0.24 |
| Lowest output, per 1M | $1.65 +489.6% | $0.28 |
| Median output, per 1M | $3.00 +376.2% | $0.63 |
| Lowest unit price | — | — |
| Cost of 1M in + 200k out | $0.61 +244.4% | $0.18 |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Max output | 66K +82.9% | 384K |
| Providers | 20 | 8 +60% |
| Regions | GLOBAL | APAC |
| Accepts | image, image/bmp, image/heic, image/jpeg, image/png, image/tiff, image/webp, pdf, text, video, video/mp4, video/quicktime, video/x-flv, video/x-matroska, video/x-ms-wmv, video/x-msvideo | text |
| Returns | text | text |
| Type | Text models | Text models |
| Free option | yes | no |
| Cheapest provider | empiriolabs | cometapi |
Your own workload: how many tokens the model gets (input) and gives back (output) - for example, in a month. The "Cost" row of the table above is recalculated for these numbers, for each model.
Computed from current offers each time the page opens; the best value of a row is bold, the percent is how far behind the best.
Providers selling both
aiml, cometapi, edenai, kilo, openrouter, orcarouter, requesty, zenmux
Frequently asked questions
Which is cheaper, Qwen3.6 Plus or DeepSeek Chat?
DeepSeek Chat is 57% cheaper than Qwen3.6 Plus on input price. DeepSeek Chat is 83% cheaper than Qwen3.6 Plus on output price. DeepSeek Chat is 71% cheaper than Qwen3.6 Plus on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.
Which has the larger context, Qwen3.6 Plus or DeepSeek Chat?
Qwen3.6 Plus: 1M tokens; DeepSeek Chat: 1M tokens.
Where can I use both Qwen3.6 Plus and DeepSeek Chat?
aiml, cometapi, edenai, kilo, openrouter, orcarouter, requesty, zenmux