AI · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Qwen3
Hybrid Thinking AI Model
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier.
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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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Qwen3-Coder▲248A powerful open model for agentic coding tasks
2025 · qwenlm.github.io · its alternatives →
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Qwen3.6-35B-A3B▲124The open sparse MoE model for agentic coding
Apr 2026 · qwen.ai · 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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Qwen2.5-Max▲59Large language model series developed by Alibaba Cloud
2025 · qwenlm.github.io · its alternatives →
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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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Qwen3.6-27B▲120The sweet-spot open dense model for coding agents
Apr 2026 · qwen.ai · its alternatives →
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Qwen 1.5 MoE▲100Highly efficient mixture-of-expert (MoE) model from Alibaba
2024 · huggingface.co · 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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Qwen3.8-Flash-Nextfree tier▲108The open-weight preview of Qwen4
Aug 2026 · qwen.ai · its alternatives →
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Claude Opus 4.7 is Anthropic's most capable generally available model, released April 16, 2026. It outperforms Opus 4.6, GPT-5.4, and Gemini 3.1 Pro on key benchmarks including agentic coding, multidisciplinary reasoning, scaled tool use, and agentic computer use. It is benchmarked below Claude Mythos Preview — which remains restricted to Project Glasswing partners. https://vucense.com/ai-intelligence/ai-tools/claude-opus-4-7...
2025 · anthropic.com · its alternatives →
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Google’s best model for logical thinking and understanding
Dec 2025 · blog.google · its alternatives →
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We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.
Sep 2026 · huggingface.co · its alternatives →
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Kimi K3▲442Your AI assistant for deep thinking and productivity
Jul 2026 · kimi.ai · 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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Gemini 3▲1,016Bring any idea to life with multimodal capabilities
Nov 2025 · blog.google · its alternatives →
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Netmind Power▲272Hi HN, We just opened public access to Qwen3‑Coder‑480B‑A35B‑Instruct via a REST/SDK API. Why it might be interesting: - Fully open-source (Apache‑2.0): https://github.com/QwenLM/Qwen3-Coder - 480B params (35B active MoE), long context up to 1M tokens with YaRN - Matches Claude Sonnet/GPT‑4o on SWE-Bench Verified (81.6%) - Free tier: 100K tokens/month
2023 · netmind.ai · its alternatives →
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Metal-first MoE inference for Apple Silicon with bounded SSD expert streaming and local OpenAI Chat, Responses, and Anthropic Messages endpoints. - hebrus-labs/hebrus
Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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