Comparisons

Qwen3.6 Plus vs Grok 4.3

On provider list prices, Qwen3.6 Plus costs $0.50 per million input tokens against $1.25 for Grok 4.3: 2.5x apart. Output is $3 against $2.50.

Qwen3.6 Plus Grok 4.3
LabQwenSpaceXAI
AccessAPI onlyAPI only
Context window1M tokens1M tokens
List price, input$0.5 / M tokens$1.25 / M tokens
List price, output$3 / M tokens$2.5 / M tokens
Cached inputn/a$0.2 / M tokens
LicenseProprietary APIProprietary API
Fine-tunableNoNo

Specifications and provider list prices from the Allocate catalog, checked 2026-07-21.

What the numbers say

Take 1,000,000 requests a month at 1,200 input and 350 output tokens each. That workload costs $1,650 a month on Qwen3.6 Plus and $2,375 on Grok 4.3 at list: a gap of $725, or 1.4x.

Qwen3.6 Plus$0.50$3
Grok 4.3$1.25$2.50
InputOutput

Choose Qwen3.6 Plus for

  • The lower list price ($0.50 in / $3 out per M tokens)
Qwen3.6 Plus details

Choose Grok 4.3 for

  • Published cached-input pricing ($0.20 per M tokens)
Grok 4.3 details

Common questions

Which is cheaper, Qwen3.6 Plus or Grok 4.3?

Qwen3.6 Plus, on this workload shape. At list prices it is $0.50/$3 per million tokens in and out against $1.25/$2.50 for Grok 4.3. Billed on Allocate: $0.54/$3.21 against $1.34/$2.67.

Which has the bigger context window?

They match: both read 1,000,000 tokens (1M) per request.

Can I fine-tune Qwen3.6 Plus or Grok 4.3?

No. Both are closed models served over API. If you want a model you can train and own, start from an open-weights base in the catalog.

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Run the numbers on your workload

Or don’t choose. On Allocate a route name is the contract: point yours at one model today, swap to the other tomorrow, and compare them on your live traffic with per-token metering.