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QwenStepFun

Compare AI products	Qwen Visit Site	StepFun Visit Site
Rating	9.5	9.2
Category	Chat models	Chat models
Vendor	Alibaba / Alibaba Cloud	StepFun
Started	2023	2023
Region	China	China
China availability	Works in China	Works in China
Pricing tier	Free tier	Free tier
Current flagship	Qwen2.5-Max / Qwen2.5-Coder	Step-2 Trillion-parameter MoE / Yuewen
Open source	Yes	No
Self-hostable	Yes	No
Capability tags	Strong ChineseMultimodalLow costCoding	ReasoningLong contextStrong Chinese
Latest release	Sep 2026 · Qwen3.8 Max / Flash-Next	Jul 2024 · Step-2 Trillion MoE preview
Notes	Full open-weight range from 0.5B to MoE	—
Strengths	Qwen 2.5-Max tops domestic Arena; rock-solid instruction following and Chinese nuance Full-spectrum open weights (0.5B to 72B & MoE) with top Coder variant for private hosting	StepFun trillion-parameter Step-2 MoE; strong mathematical and long-context reasoning Yuewen provides structured long-form report generation and multimodal charts understanding
Caveats	Web consumer UI is utilitarian; advanced tooling relies heavily on DashScope	Global developer ecosystem and third-party integrations are still expanding

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