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Step 5 Preview alternatives for the EU.

Step 5 Preview by StepFun has no verified EU status yet. Here are 8 similar tools in the same space, 8 of them verified available.

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Step 5 Preview compared with 8 alternatives: EU status, pricing, licence and release date
ToolEU statusPricingOpen sourceReleasedMentions
Step 5 Preview (this)UnverifiedAPI pricingUnknownn/a2
Step 3.7 FlashAvailable in EUOpen sourceUnknownn/a1
Qwen 3.8 MaxAvailable in EUOpen sourceNon/a8
GLM 5.3Available in EUOpen sourceNoAug 20268
ERNIE 5.5 FlashAvailable in EUOpen sourceUnknown5 Nov 20261
Ornith 1.5Available in EUOpen sourceUnknownn/a1
LongCat 2.5Available in EUOpen sourceNo4 Nov 20262
Qwen 3.8 Flash NextAvailable in EUOpen sourceUnknownn/a2
MiniMax M3Available in EUOpen sourceNo2 Jun 20264

The alternatives, closest match first

  1. 01S3

    Step 3.7 Flash

    Model · StepFun

    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.

    Available in EUOpen source22:04
  2. 02Q3

    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
  3. 03G5

    GLM 5.3

    Model · Z.ai

    Z.ai's open-weights 753B MoE language model, a post-trained GLM-5.2 aimed at coding, agentic tasks and cybersecurity.

    By Z.ai. 8 mentions in creator videos.

    Available in EUOpen sourceAug 20260:58
  4. 04E5

    ERNIE 5.5 Flash

    Model · Baidu

    Baidu's open-weights 280B-parameter sparse MoE base model (14B active) with 1M-token context, released pre-post-training.

    By Baidu. 1 mention in creator videos.

    Available in EUOpen source5 Nov 202638:40
  5. 05O1

    Ornith 1.5

    Model

    Open model family (9B dense, 35B MoE, 397B MoE) trained with a self-improvement loop for reasoning, coding and agentic tasks.

    Available in EUOpen source7:27
  6. 06L2

    LongCat 2.5

    Model · Meituan

    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.

    Available in EUOpen source4 Nov 20269:58
  7. 07Q3

    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
  8. 08MM

    MiniMax M3

    Model · MiniMax

    Open-weights native multimodal MoE model from MiniMax, ~428B parameters (~23B active) with 1M-token context.

    By MiniMax. 4 mentions in creator videos.

    Available in EUOpen source2 Jun 202621:38

Frequently asked

Is Step 5 Preview available in the EU?
Step 5 Preview has no verified EU status yet. No explicit evidence found.
What is the best alternative to Step 5 Preview 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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