AI · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Qwen
Qwen is a smart AI assistant
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Qwen3.6-Plus▲139Multimodal AI optimized for real-world coding agents
Apr 2026 · qwen.ai · its alternatives →
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Run Qwen's latest models locally on your iPhone
Mar 2026 · locallyai.app · its alternatives →
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Qwen3-Coder▲248A powerful open model for agentic coding tasks
2025 · qwenlm.github.io · its alternatives →
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Qwen3.5 Small▲3550.8B-9B native multimodal w/ more intelligence, less compute
Mar 2026 · huggingface.co · its alternatives →
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Qwen-Image-2512▲316This is an independent project and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Qwen or Alibaba
Jan 2026 · qwen.ai · its alternatives →
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Qwen's most advanced reasoning model yet
2025 · huggingface.co · its alternatives →
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Qwen3.5▲288The 397B native multimodal agent with 17B active params
Feb 2026 · qwen.ai · its alternatives →
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Qwen2.5-Max▲59Large language model series developed by Alibaba Cloud
2025 · qwenlm.github.io · its alternatives →
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Qwen Chat▲157New LLM by Alibaba excelling in reasoning w/ "thinking mode"
2025 · chat.qwen.ai · its alternatives →
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AI image generation with perfect text rendering
2025 · qwen-image.co · its alternatives →
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Powerful Qwen AI turns text prompts into stunning visuals.
2025 · its alternatives →
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Professional image editing platform powered by 20B parameter Qwen-Image-Edit model, supporting semantic editing, appearance editing, and precise bilingual text processing
2025 · chat.qwen.ai · its alternatives →
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AI image generation from text prompts made simple
Jul 2026 · qwenimage3.org · its alternatives →
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Qwen3.8-Max▲277Qwen3.8-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 →
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