Qwen

Name: Qwen
Rating: 3.8

Alibaba's free AI with excellent Chinese support and very low API costs.

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Provider: Alibaba CloudFree tier: YesAPI: YesStarting price: $0

76/100

Strong coding • Excellent Chinese • Free & open-source • Low API cost

How we rate

Pros

Free and open-source
Strong coding capabilities
Excellent Chinese language support
Very low API costs

Cons

English quality behind leaders
Data concerns (Chinese company)
Less polished UX
Limited ecosystem

What Real Users Say

Mixed (55% positive)

Qwen is praised for Chinese language quality and API pricing. English users find it behind Claude/GPT. Privacy concerns for Chinese company are common. Popular in Asian developer communities.

“Qwen2.5 for Chinese is unmatched. Better than GPT-4 for 中文 tasks.”
r/LocalLLaMA↑ 756

“API costs are ridiculously low. Perfect for high-volume applications.”
r/MachineLearning↑ 423

“English output feels off compared to Claude. Use it for Chinese, something else for English.”
r/LocalLLaMA↑ 389

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Last updated: 2026-03-15

Specifications

Context Window	128K tokens
Max Output	64K tokens
Models	Qwen2.5, Qwen2.5-Coder

Features

Text Generation

Image Input

Image Generation

Voice Mode

Web Search

Code Execution

Api Access

File Upload

Memory

Custom G P Ts

Pricing

Plan	Price	Limits	Key Features
Free	$0	Generous limits	Qwen2.5 models, Full access, Chinese optimized, Code execution
API	From $0.0003/1K tokens	Pay per use	Qwen2.5-72B, Very low cost, Enterprise support, Dedicated instances

Last verified: 2026-03-15