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Qwen 2.5 Alibaba

Alibaba frontier AI model series with strong multilingual support

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★4.5ratingPricing · FreemiumHot
The FalcoScan Intel PanelQwen 2.5 Alibaba · 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 Alibaba does

Qwen 2.5 from Alibaba provides frontier-level AI performance with exceptional Chinese language support and competitive English capabilities. Available as open weights and via API with multiple sizes for different use cases.

How Qwen 2.5 Alibaba compares with its closest alternatives

All 5 closest alternatives have a free plan, as Qwen 2.5 Alibaba does. All 5 offer an API, as Qwen 2.5 Alibaba does. Qwen 2.5 Alibaba offers a self-hosted version. Of the 3 alternatives with platforms on record, all 3 offer a self-hosted version. Qwen 2.5 Alibaba was founded in 2024; the alternatives were founded between 2016 and 2024, 2 of them earlier. Qwen 2.5 Alibaba is based in Hangzhou, China; none of its 5 alternatives is in China. They are in the United States.

Market position · AI Models

How Qwen 2.5 Alibaba compares in AI Models

Qwen 2.5 Alibaba has high opportunity and sits in the top 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 Alibaba'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 Alibaba compared with its closest alternatives
ProductOpportunitySaturationPricingPricing fromFree planAPIPlatformsMomentum
Qwen 2.5 AlibabaFounded 2024 · Hangzhou, ChinaHighOpenFreemium—YesYesAPI, Self-hostedHot
Llama 3.3 70BFounded 2024 · Menlo Park, United StatesHighOpenFree—YesYesAPI, Self-hostedHot
Llama 3.3 MetaFounded 2024 · Menlo Park, United StatesHighOpenFree—YesYesAPI, Self-hostedHot
Llama 3 Meta AIFounded 2024 · Menlo Park, United StatesHighOpenFree—YesYesAPI, Self-hostedHot
Cerebras Fast InferenceFounded 2016 · Sunnyvale, United StatesHighOpenFreemium—YesYesAPIHot
Groq LPUFounded 2016 · Mountain View, United StatesHighOpenFreemium—YesYesAPIHot

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 Alibaba exposes to builders and the verticals it currently serves.

AI Capabilities
Text GenerationCode GenerationNlp
Industry Verticals
TechnologyEnterpriseResearch
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Questions

Qwen 2.5 Alibaba: common questions

Is Qwen 2.5 Alibaba free?

Qwen 2.5 Alibaba has a free tier, with paid plans.

What are the best alternatives to Qwen 2.5 Alibaba?

The closest alternatives to Qwen 2.5 Alibaba that are still running, matched on the AI capabilities, uses and audience they share, are Llama 3.3 70B, Llama 3.3 Meta, Llama 3 Meta AI, Cerebras Fast Inference, and Groq LPU.

Is Qwen 2.5 Alibaba still running?

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

Where is Qwen 2.5 Alibaba based?

Qwen 2.5 Alibaba is headquartered in Hangzhou, China.

Does Qwen 2.5 Alibaba have an API?

Yes. Qwen 2.5 Alibaba offers an API.

Who is Qwen 2.5 Alibaba for?

Qwen 2.5 Alibaba is built for developers, chinese market, and researchers.

How do I sign in to Qwen 2.5 Alibaba?

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

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