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Qwen 2.5 72B

Alibaba flagship open-source LLM

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★4.5ratingPricing · FreeHot
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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 72B does

Qwen 2.5 72B achieves top benchmark scores on math, coding, and long-context tasks fully open.

How Qwen 2.5 72B compares with its closest alternatives

All 5 closest alternatives have a free plan, as Qwen 2.5 72B does. All 5 offer an API, as Qwen 2.5 72B does. Qwen 2.5 72B offers a command-line tool. Of the 3 alternatives with platforms on record, 2 offer a command-line tool. Qwen 2.5 72B was founded in 2023; the alternatives were founded between 2020 and 2024, 1 of them earlier. Qwen 2.5 72B is based in Hangzhou, China; 2 of the 4 alternatives with a known headquarters are in China too, and the others in the United States.

Market position · AI Models

How Qwen 2.5 72B compares in AI Models

Qwen 2.5 72B has high opportunity and sits in the middle 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 72B'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 72B compared with its closest alternatives
ProductOpportunitySaturationPricingPricing fromFree planAPIPlatformsMomentum
Qwen 2.5 72BFounded 2023 · Hangzhou, ChinaHighOpenFree—YesYesAPI, CLIHot
DeepSeek R1Founded 2023HighContestedFreemium—YesYesAPIHot
DeepSeek V3Founded 2023 · Hangzhou, ChinaHighOpenFreemium—YesYesWeb, APIHot
Llama 3.3Founded 2024 · San Francisco, United StatesHighOpenFree—YesYesAPI, CLIHot
Gemma by GoogleFounded 2024 · San Francisco, United StatesModerateContestedFree—YesYesAPI, CLIHot
Yi LargeFounded 2020 · Beijing, ChinaModerateContestedFreemium—YesYesAPIHot

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What it ships with

Capabilities & who uses it

The capabilities Qwen 2.5 72B exposes to builders and the verticals it currently serves.

AI Capabilities
Text GenerationReasoningCode Generation
Industry Verticals
Software
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Questions

Qwen 2.5 72B: common questions

Is Qwen 2.5 72B free?

Yes. FalcoScan lists Qwen 2.5 72B as free to use.

What are the best alternatives to Qwen 2.5 72B?

The closest alternatives to Qwen 2.5 72B that are still running, matched on the AI capabilities, uses and audience they share, are DeepSeek R1, DeepSeek V3, Llama 3.3, Gemma by Google, and Yi Large.

Is Qwen 2.5 72B still running?

Yes. As of 2 November 2026, FalcoScan lists Qwen 2.5 72B as operating at qwenlm.github.io.

Where is Qwen 2.5 72B based?

Qwen 2.5 72B is headquartered in Hangzhou, China.

Does Qwen 2.5 72B have an API?

Yes. Qwen 2.5 72B offers an API.

Who is Qwen 2.5 72B for?

Qwen 2.5 72B is built for developers and researchers.

How do I sign in to Qwen 2.5 72B?

Sign in on Qwen 2.5 72B's own website, qwenlm.github.io. FalcoScan reviews Qwen 2.5 72B but does not run its accounts, so logins, passwords and billing are handled by Qwen 2.5 72B directly.

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