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Qwen 2.5 Coder

State-of-the-art open coding model

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★4.5ratingPricing · FreeHot
The FalcoScan Intel PanelQwen 2.5 Coder · AI Models
Data updated 2 November 2026
Opportunity
High
Band
Saturation
Open
Band
Wrapper risk
Low
Band
Momentum
Hot
Market trend
Rating
4.5
of 5 · FalcoScan rating

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The Brief

What Qwen 2.5 Coder does

Alibaba's code-specialized model outperforms GPT-4o on multiple coding benchmarks at 32B parameters.

How Qwen 2.5 Coder compares with its closest alternatives

4 of the 5 closest alternatives have a free plan, as Qwen 2.5 Coder does. All 5 offer an API, as Qwen 2.5 Coder does. Qwen 2.5 Coder offers a command-line tool. Of the 3 alternatives with platforms on record, 1 offers a command-line tool. Qwen 2.5 Coder was founded in 2024; the alternatives were founded between 2023 and 2024, 3 of them earlier. Qwen 2.5 Coder is based in Hangzhou, China; 1 of the 4 alternatives with a known headquarters is in China too, and the others in the United States.

Market position · AI Models

How Qwen 2.5 Coder compares in AI Models

Qwen 2.5 Coder has high opportunity and sits in the bottom third of 455 live AI Models tools on FalcoScan. Across AI Models, the average opportunity score is 74.6 and the average saturation score 30.5. FalcoScan rates Qwen 2.5 Coder's own market position as open. 200 of the 455 operating AI Models tools have hot momentum, and FalcoScan has recorded 13 shutdowns in the category.

Qwen 2.5 Coder compared with its closest alternatives
ProductOpportunitySaturationPricingPricing fromFree planAPIPlatformsMomentum
Qwen 2.5 CoderFounded 2024 · Hangzhou, ChinaHighOpenFree—YesYesAPI, CLIHot
Claude 3.7 SonnetFounded 2023 · San Francisco, United StatesHighOpenFreemium—YesYesWeb, APIHot
DeepSeek R1Founded 2023HighContestedFreemium—YesYesAPIHot
DeepSeek V3Founded 2023 · Hangzhou, ChinaHighOpenFreemium—YesYesWeb, APIHot
Llama 3.3Founded 2024 · San Francisco, United StatesHighOpenFree—YesYesAPI, CLIHot
o3 miniFounded 2024 · San Francisco, United StatesHighOpenPaid—NoYesAPIHot

Exact opportunity and saturation scores for all 6 of these, and where each ranks in AI Models.

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What it ships with

Capabilities & who uses it

The capabilities Qwen 2.5 Coder exposes to builders and the verticals it currently serves.

AI Capabilities
Code GenerationReasoning
Industry Verticals
Software
Tagged

Qwen 2.5 Coder shows up when builders search for these

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Questions

Qwen 2.5 Coder: common questions

Is Qwen 2.5 Coder free?

Yes. FalcoScan lists Qwen 2.5 Coder as free to use.

What are the best alternatives to Qwen 2.5 Coder?

The closest alternatives to Qwen 2.5 Coder that are still running, matched on the AI capabilities, uses and audience they share, are Claude 3.7 Sonnet, DeepSeek R1, DeepSeek V3, Llama 3.3, and o3 mini.

Is Qwen 2.5 Coder still running?

Yes. As of 2 November 2026, FalcoScan lists Qwen 2.5 Coder as operating at qwenlm.github.io.

Where is Qwen 2.5 Coder based?

Qwen 2.5 Coder is headquartered in Hangzhou, China.

Does Qwen 2.5 Coder have an API?

Yes. Qwen 2.5 Coder offers an API.

Who is Qwen 2.5 Coder for?

Qwen 2.5 Coder is built for developers and researchers.

How do I sign in to Qwen 2.5 Coder?

Sign in on Qwen 2.5 Coder's own website, qwenlm.github.io. FalcoScan reviews Qwen 2.5 Coder but does not run its accounts, so logins, passwords and billing are handled by Qwen 2.5 Coder directly.

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