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Qwen Plus
by Alibaba
CLOSEDHOSTEDAPILONG CONTEXTPAIDREASONING
RANKED #97 OF 316 ASSISTANTS · OVERALL #128 OF 493 RANKED · VIBE SCORE 5.9 · 299 VOICES ·
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Qwen-Plus, based on the Qwen2.5 foundation model, is a 131K context model with a balanced performance, speed, and cost combination.
HAPPY8.8
11 mentions
SAD6.2
6 mentions
VIBE TRAJECTORY
26 weeks · 197 voices in this window
HONEYMOON FADING
Early praise is cooling off in recent weeks.
HOW TO USE IT
Closed model. Alibaba hosts it, so you use it through an app or an API.
PREFER OPEN SOURCE? THE CROWD HAS PICKS
Qwen Plus is closed, so you rent it. These open-weight models can genuinely stand in for it. Download once, own forever.
- OPEN WEIGHTS7.2
DeepSeek V4 FlashDeepSeekPick for faster everyday tasks and comparable output quality at a fraction of the cost.🏆 NEAR-PEER QUALITY💸 COST EFFICIENT⚡ FAST15.0k VOICESMATCH★★★ - OPEN WEIGHTS7.3Apertus v1.5 70BInfomaniakPick to self host a high capability 70B open weight model with full data sovereignty.🏆 NEAR-PEER QUALITY🔒 PRIVATE & OFFLINE2.5k VOICESMATCH★★★
WHAT THE INTERNET SAYS
People generally like Qwen Plus, with some gripes. Biggest praise: price. Biggest gripe: getting facts right.
212 POSTS · 87 COMMENTS · GITHUB · X · REDDIT · DEV.TO · HACKER NEWS · LEMMY · BLOG
PEOPLE LOVE
- People feel it is worth the money (6 mentions)
PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT
- Sometimes makes things up (3 mentions)
- Outages, errors, or limits get in the way (2 mentions)
TOPIC BY TOPIC
- PricePEOPLE LOVE THIS
6 thumbs up · 1 thumbs down
- Getting facts rightA SORE SPOT
1 thumbs up · 3 thumbs down
- Working when you need itA SORE SPOT
1 thumbs up · 2 thumbs down
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