Seed 2.1 alternatives for the EU.
Seed 2.1 by ByteDance has no verified EU status yet. Here are 8 similar tools in the same space, 8 of them verified available.
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At a glance
| Tool | EU status | Pricing | Open source | Released | Mentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seed 2.1 (this) | Unverified | Freemium | No | n/a | 1 |
| Step 3.7 Flash | Available in EU | Open source | Unknown | n/a | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Available in EU | Open source | Unknown | n/a | 10 |
| DeerFlow | Available in EU | Open source | Yes | 7 May 2025 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | Available in EU | Freemium | No | May 2026 | 5 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Experimental | Available in EU | Open source | No | 31 Aug 2026 | 2 |
| Gemma | Available in EU | Open source | No | Feb 2024 | 2 |
| LongCat 2.5 | Available in EU | Open source | No | 4 Nov 2026 | 2 |
| LFM3 | Available in EU | Open source | No | 27 Oct 2026 | 2 |
The alternatives, closest match first
Open-weights multimodal flash model from StepFun for agentic tasks involving images, interfaces, web search and long runs.
By StepFun. 1 mention in creator videos.
Open-weights multimodal DeepSeek model in the V4 family, offered via API, chat and downloadable weights.
By DeepSeek. 10 mentions in creator videos.
ByteDance's open-source super agent harness that runs sub-agents, memory and sandboxes for long-horizon tasks.
By ByteDance. 1 mention in creator videos.
Google's faster, lower-cost Flash model in the Gemini 3.5 family, aimed at agentic and coding workloads.
By Google. 5 mentions in creator videos.
Experimental vision-enabled version of DeepSeek V4 Flash with image understanding; open weights under MIT, now retired on the API.
By DeepSeek. 2 mentions in creator videos.
Google DeepMind's family of open-weights models built from Gemini technology, from phone-sized to laptop-class variants.
By Google. 2 mentions in creator videos.
Meituan's open-weights 1.6T-parameter multimodal MoE model (48B active) for agentic coding and visual tasks.
By Meituan. 2 mentions in creator videos.
Liquid AI's LFM3 family of small multimodal foundation models for on-device, edge and cloud use.
By Liquid AI. 2 mentions in creator videos.
Frequently asked
- Is Seed 2.1 available in the EU?
- Seed 2.1 has no verified EU status yet. No explicit evidence found.
- What is the best alternative to Seed 2.1 in the EU?
- Step 3.7 Flash by StepFun is the closest match we track that EU users can use (available in the eu). Open-weights multimodal flash model from StepFun for agentic tasks involving images, interfaces, web search and long runs.
- 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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