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Qwen 2.5 Max

Alibaba top-performing open-source language model

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★4.3ratingPricing · FreemiumHot
The FalcoScan Intel PanelQwen 2.5 Max · AI Models
Data updated 2 November 2026
Opportunity
High
Band
Saturation
Open
Band
Wrapper risk
Low
Band
Momentum
Hot
Market trend
Rating
4.3
of 5 · FalcoScan rating

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The Brief

What Qwen 2.5 Max does

Qwen 2.5 Max from Alibaba achieves GPT-4 level performance on coding and math benchmarks. Available via API and as open weights for self-hosting. Particularly strong multilingual support including Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. Enterprise teams in Asia use Qwen as their primary model for cost and compliance reasons.

How Qwen 2.5 Max compares with its closest alternatives

2 of the 5 closest alternatives have a free plan, as Qwen 2.5 Max does. All 5 offer an API, as Qwen 2.5 Max does. Qwen 2.5 Max was founded in 2023; the alternatives were founded between 2021 and 2023, 1 of them earlier. The alternatives with a known headquarters are in the United States, China and France.

Market position · AI Models

How Qwen 2.5 Max compares in AI Models

Qwen 2.5 Max 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 Max'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 Max compared with its closest alternatives
ProductOpportunitySaturationPricingPricing fromFree planAPIPlatformsMomentum
Qwen 2.5 MaxFounded 2023HighOpenFreemium—YesYesAPIHot
Google PaLM 2Founded 2023 · San Francisco, United StatesModerateContestedPaid—NoYesAPIDeclining
QwenFounded 2023 · Hangzhou, ChinaHighOpenFreemium—YesYesAPIHot
Qwen APIFounded 2023 · Hangzhou, ChinaModerateContestedPaid—NoYesAPIHot
Anthropic APIFounded 2021 · San Francisco, United StatesHighContestedPaid—NoYesWeb, APIHot
Mistral LargeFounded 2023 · Paris, FranceHighOpenFreemium—YesYesAPIStable

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 Max exposes to builders and the verticals it currently serves.

AI Capabilities
Text GenerationReasoningCode Generation
Industry Verticals
TechnologyEnterprise
Tagged

Qwen 2.5 Max shows up when builders search for these

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Questions

Qwen 2.5 Max: common questions

Is Qwen 2.5 Max free?

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

What are the best alternatives to Qwen 2.5 Max?

The closest alternatives to Qwen 2.5 Max that are still running, matched on the AI capabilities, uses and audience they share, are Google PaLM 2, Qwen, Qwen API, Anthropic API, and Mistral Large.

Is Qwen 2.5 Max still running?

Yes. As of 2 November 2026, FalcoScan lists Qwen 2.5 Max as operating at qwen.ai.

Does Qwen 2.5 Max have an API?

Yes. Qwen 2.5 Max offers an API.

Who is Qwen 2.5 Max for?

Qwen 2.5 Max is built for developers, enterprises, and asian markets.

How do I sign in to Qwen 2.5 Max?

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

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