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Qwen 2.5 0.5B alternatives for the EU.

Qwen 2.5 0.5B by Alibaba is available in the EU. Here are 8 similar tools in the same space, 8 of them verified available.

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At a glance

Qwen 2.5 0.5B compared with 8 alternatives: EU status, pricing, licence and release date
ToolEU statusPricingOpen sourceReleasedMentions
Qwen 2.5 0.5B (this)Available in EUOpen sourceNo15 Sept 20241
Qwen 3.5 0.8BAvailable in EUOpen sourceUnknownn/a1
Qwen 3.5 122BAvailable in EUOpen sourceUnknownn/a1
Qwen 3.8 MaxAvailable in EUOpen sourceNon/a8
Qwen 3.8 27BAvailable in EUOpen sourceUnknownn/a3
Qwen 3.8 Flash NextAvailable in EUOpen sourceUnknownn/a2
MiniCPM5 2BAvailable in EUOpen sourceYes6 Sept 20261
LFM2.5-24B-A2BAvailable in EUOpen sourceNo13 Oct 20261
MiniCPM5 1BAvailable in EUOpen sourceNo21 May 20261

The alternatives, closest match first

  1. 01Q3

    Qwen 3.5 0.8B

    Model · Alibaba

    Small 0.8B-parameter open-weights language model in Alibaba's Qwen 3.5 family, aimed at lightweight and on-device use.

    By Alibaba. 1 mention in creator videos.

    Available in EUOpen source21:40
  2. 02Q3

    Qwen 3.5 122B

    Model · Alibaba

    Alibaba's Qwen 3.5 large open-weights language model (~122B parameters) from the Qwen family.

    By Alibaba. 1 mention in creator videos.

    Available in EUOpen source10:41
  3. 03Q3

    Qwen 3.8 Max

    Model · Alibaba

    Alibaba's open-weights 2.4T-parameter MoE language model (95B active) from the Qwen3.8 family, with a hosted Max version.

    By Alibaba. 8 mentions in creator videos.

    Available in EUOpen source30:12
  4. 04Q3

    Qwen 3.8 27B

    Model · Alibaba

    Compact 27B-parameter model from Alibaba's Qwen family, runnable locally on a single high-end consumer GPU.

    By Alibaba. 3 mentions in creator videos.

    Available in EUOpen source16:00
  5. 05Q3

    Qwen 3.8 Flash Next

    Model · Alibaba

    Alibaba's Qwen3.8 Flash Next: a 125B-parameter MoE language model with about 6B active parameters, previewing Qwen 4 design.

    By Alibaba. 2 mentions in creator videos.

    Available in EUOpen source20:40
  6. 06M2

    MiniCPM5 2B

    Model · OpenBMB

    Dense 2B-parameter open-weights language model from OpenBMB for on-device and edge deployment, Apache-2.0 licensed.

    By OpenBMB. 1 mention in creator videos.

    Available in EUOpen sourceOpen source6 Sept 202637:09
  7. 07LF

    LFM2.5-24B-A2B

    Model · Liquid AI

    Liquid AI's 24B-parameter mixture-of-experts LFM with 2B active parameters, built for fast on-device agents.

    By Liquid AI. 1 mention in creator videos.

    Available in EUOpen source13 Oct 202637:45
  8. 08M1

    MiniCPM5 1B

    Model · OpenBMB

    1B-parameter dense open-weights language model from OpenBMB for on-device use, with hybrid thinking and 128K context.

    By OpenBMB. 1 mention in creator videos.

    Available in EUOpen source21 May 202634:24

Frequently asked

Is Qwen 2.5 0.5B available in the EU?
Qwen 2.5 0.5B is available in the EU. Weights are freely downloadable from Hugging Face under Apache 2.0 with no geographic restrictions, so they can be used and self-hosted in the EU/EEA.
What is the best alternative to Qwen 2.5 0.5B in the EU?
Qwen 3.5 0.8B by Alibaba is the closest match we track that EU users can use (available in the eu). Small 0.8B-parameter open-weights language model in Alibaba's Qwen 3.5 family, aimed at lightweight and on-device use.
How are these alternatives chosen?
We compare tools by meaning (embeddings of their descriptions), keep those in the same category, and show only tools whose EU status is available or limited. Closest match first.

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