Qwen3.6 Plus is $0.11 cheaper per 1M input tokens (25.3% lower; 1.34x difference).
API cost decision in 10 seconds
🔥DeepSeek V4 Pro vs 🔥Qwen3.6 Plus
Pick DeepSeek V4 Pro when budget and context both matter.
Pricing data updated:
Prices normalized to USD per 1M tokens
Sample workload: 1M input + 500K output
Budget verdict
Pick DeepSeek V4 Pro when budget and context both matter.
On the standard 1M input plus 500K output workload, DeepSeek V4 Pro is estimated at $0.87 vs $1.3 for Qwen3.6 Plus, saving $0.43 (33.1% lower).
Cost-first pickDeepSeek V4 Pro
Context-first pickDeepSeek V4 Pro
Sample savings$0.4333.1%
10x traffic gap$4.3
DeepSeek V4 Pro is cheaper on the standard workload and also has the larger context window. At 10x that traffic, the same price gap is about $4.3. Use the calculator below to replace the sample workload with your own token volume.
DeepSeek V4 Pro is $1.08 cheaper per 1M output tokens (55.4% lower; 2.24x difference).
DeepSeek V4 Pro has 48.58K more context (1.05x larger).
DeepSeek V4 Pro is $0.43 cheaper on the standard workload (33.1% lower).
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Quick Decision
Qwen3.6 Plus has the lower input price; DeepSeek V4 Pro has the lower output price; DeepSeek V4 Pro offers the larger context window. For the 1M input plus 500K output sample, DeepSeek V4 Pro is cheaper for the standard workload.
For a 1M input token plus 500K output token workload, the estimated API cost is $0.87 for DeepSeek V4 Pro and $1.3 for Qwen3.6 Plus.
Choose DeepSeek V4 Pro when you care most about lower output-token price, and larger context window.
Choose Qwen3.6 Plus when you care most about lower input-token price.
- On the standard 1M input plus 500K output workload, DeepSeek V4 Pro is estimated at $0.87 vs $1.3 for Qwen3.6 Plus, saving $0.43 (33.1% lower).
- DeepSeek V4 Pro is $0.43 cheaper on the standard workload (33.1% lower).
- Qwen3.6 Plus is $0.11 cheaper per 1M input tokens (25.3% lower; 1.34x difference).
- DeepSeek V4 Pro is $1.08 cheaper per 1M output tokens (55.4% lower; 2.24x difference).
- DeepSeek V4 Pro has 48.58K more context (1.05x larger).
| Feature | 🔥DeepSeek V4 Pro (DeepSeek) | 🔥Qwen3.6 Plus (Qwen) |
|---|---|---|
| Input Price prompt tokens per 1M | $0.435 | $0.325 |
| Completion Price per 1M tokens | $0.87 | $1.95 |
| Sample Workload Cost 1M input + 500K output | $0.87 | $1.3 |
| Context Window | 1.05M | 1M |
| Release Date | 2026-04-24 | 2026-04-02 |
| Popularity Rank current rank | #8 | #10 |
Use-Case Decision Matrix
| Use case | Better pick | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Budget-constrained production | DeepSeek V4 Pro | On the standard 1M input plus 500K output workload, DeepSeek V4 Pro is estimated at $0.87 vs $1.3 for Qwen3.6 Plus, saving $0.43 (33.1% lower). |
| High-volume input processing | Qwen3.6 Plus | Lower prompt-token price matters most when prompts, retrieved passages, or documents dominate the bill. |
| Long responses and chatbots | DeepSeek V4 Pro | Lower output-token price matters most when assistants generate many completion tokens. |
| RAG or long-document work | DeepSeek V4 Pro | A larger context window leaves more room for retrieved passages, conversation history, or source files. |
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