Qwen (Alibaba) review
Strongest open Chinese model family
4.6
freemium10M+ usersTop RatedFree Tier
86
ToolHund Score
Excellent
Top 5%
Our verdict
Alibaba's Qwen3 ships dense and MoE variants from 0.5B to 235B parameters with strong multilingual and tool-use performance.
ToolHund Score: 86/100 · Best for: Multilingual workloads and on-device deployment.
Strengths
- Open weights
- Strong fit for multilingual workloads and on-device deployment.
- Real free plan you can ship work with
Weaknesses
- Best features sit behind the paid plan
- Output quality varies with prompt skill
- Limited offline use — internet required
Pricing
Free · API metered
Strong — free plan covers most casual use, paid unlocks pro workflows
Features
- Open weights
- 0.5B–235B sizes
- Strong multilingual
- Tool use