AI · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Q-Chat

Qwen AI chat with search, thinking, and long context

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

1. 1
   Qwen Chat App▲134

   Qwen's now in mobile chat

   2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Qwen Chat▲157

   New LLM by Alibaba excelling in reasoning w/ "thinking mode"

   2025 · chat.qwen.ai · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Qwen Chat for Desktop▲252

   Qwen Chat are now available for macOS

   2025 · qwen.ai · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Qwen3.6-Plus▲139

   Multimodal AI optimized for real-world coding agents

   Apr 2026 · qwen.ai · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Qwen 2.5▲290

   Alibaba's latest AI model series

   2025 · qwenlm.github.io · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Qwen3.5 Small▲355

   0.8B-9B native multimodal w/ more intelligence, less compute

   Mar 2026 · huggingface.co · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Qwen Chat▲15

   Open foundation models from Alibaba cloud

   2025 · chat.qwenlm.ai · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Qwen3-Coder▲248

   A powerful open model for agentic coding tasks

   2025 · qwenlm.github.io · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Qwen3.8-Max▲277

   Qwen3.8-Max + MCP for coding on your local machine, without paying for Qwen Code. Qwen3.8-Max itself runs in the cloud through Qwen Studio — this setup just gives it access to your local files and terminal through MCP. My take: it is slower than Codex and Claude Code, especially in thinking mode, but it does work well. MCP adds some latency too since there’s an extra layer between the model and your machine. In fast mode, it gets noticeably closer. I wouldn’t put it in the same category as Fable or Opus-5. Personally, I’d place it closer to the next Opus 4.7 level in terms of coding ability.…

   Aug 2026 · qwen.ai · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507▲262

    Qwen's most advanced reasoning model yet

    2025 · huggingface.co · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Qwen2.5-Omni▲165

    The end-to-end model powering multimodal chat

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Locally AI + Qwen▲119

    Run Qwen's latest models locally on your iPhone

    Mar 2026 · locallyai.app · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Qwen3.5▲288

    The 397B native multimodal agent with 17B active params

    Feb 2026 · qwen.ai · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Qwen3▲149

    Think Deeper or Act Faster

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    QwQ-32B▲197

    Matching R1 reasoning yet 20x smaller

    2025 · huggingface.co · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Qwen3.6-Max-Preview▲118

    The flagship Qwen for agentic coding

    Apr 2026 · qwen.ai · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Rix.chat▲258

    The AI search companion, optimized for developers

    2023 · hashnode.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Qwen2.5-Max▲59

    Large language model series developed by Alibaba Cloud

    2025 · qwenlm.github.io · its alternatives →

19. 19
    TypoGraphy AI | Chat2Earn▲57

    A Web3 ChatGPT to make web3 accessible to all.

    2023 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Interviews Chat▲264

    AI wingman for nailing any job interview

    2024 · interviews.chat · its alternatives →

21. 21
    AI Search Engine ChatGPT Plugin▲116

    Search and browse the web from inside ChatGPT

    2023 · aisearchengine.xyz · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B▲124

    The open sparse MoE model for agentic coding

    Apr 2026 · qwen.ai · its alternatives →

23. 23
    QBox▲71

    Test, understand and fix your conversational AI model

    2021 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Qwen3.6-27B▲120

    The sweet-spot open dense model for coding agents

    Apr 2026 · qwen.ai · its alternatives →

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