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Compare Alibaba Qwen and Google AI side by side. Both are tools in the Foundation Models category.
| Category | Foundation Models | Foundation Models |
| Pricing | Open Source | Usage-based |
| Best For | Developers building AI applications for Chinese and multilingual markets | Enterprises on Google Cloud and developers building multimodal AI applications |
| Website | qwenlm.github.io | ai.google |
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Alibaba's Qwen (Tongyi Qianwen) is a family of open-source large language models that excel in multilingual tasks, particularly Chinese and English. Qwen models range from 0.5B to 72B+ parameters and include specialized variants for coding (Qwen-Coder), math, and multimodal understanding. Available through Alibaba Cloud and open-source channels, Qwen is one of the most capable model families for Asian language applications.
Google AI develops the Gemini family of multimodal models, capable of processing text, images, audio, and video in a single model. Gemini models power Google's AI products including Bard, Search, and Workspace integrations. Available through Google Cloud's Vertex AI platform, Gemini offers competitive pricing, long context windows (up to 1M tokens), and tight integration with Google's cloud ecosystem. Google also maintains open-source models like Gemma and contributes foundational AI research through Google DeepMind.
Companies that train and release their own large language models and foundation models. These organizations invest in large-scale model training, publish research, and offer API access to their proprietary models.
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