Alternatives

Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct alternatives

Ranked by capability overlap, similar context window, and similar price tier. Cross-vendor options are weighted higher than same-provider alternatives.

See also: Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct model details · Qwen2.5 family · Qwen provider page

Top 15 alternatives

#ModelProviderWhyContextInput price / 1MCompare
1Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)Googleshares structured-output, vision · similar price tier66K
Short/standard context
$0.50
Budget
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2Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview)Googleshares structured-output, vision · similar price tier66K
Short/standard context
$2.00
Standard
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3Z.ai: GLM 4.5VZ Aishares structured-output, vision · similar price tier66K
Short/standard context
$0.60
Budget
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4Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropicshares structured-output, vision · similar price tier200K
Long context (128K+)
$1.00
Standard
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5Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5Anthropicshares structured-output, vision · similar price tier1M
Ultra context (1M+)
$3.00
Standard
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6Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropicshares structured-output, vision · similar price tier1M
Ultra context (1M+)
$3.00
Standard
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7Google: Gemini 2.5 ProGoogleshares structured-output, vision · similar price tier1.0M
Ultra context (1M+)
$1.25
Standard
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8Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06Googleshares structured-output, vision · similar price tier1.0M
Ultra context (1M+)
$1.25
Standard
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9Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05Googleshares structured-output, vision · similar price tier1.0M
Ultra context (1M+)
$1.25
Standard
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10Google: Gemini 3 Flash PreviewGoogleshares structured-output, vision · similar price tier1.0M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.50
Budget
vs →
11Google: Gemini 3 Pro PreviewGoogleshares structured-output, vision · similar price tier1.0M
Ultra context (1M+)
$2.00
Standard
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12Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGoogleshares structured-output, vision · similar price tier1.0M
Ultra context (1M+)
$2.00
Standard
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13Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom ToolsGoogleshares structured-output, vision · similar price tier1.0M
Ultra context (1M+)
$2.00
Standard
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14Mistral: Mistral Large 3 2512Mistral AIshares structured-output, vision · similar price tier262K
Long context (128K+)
$0.50
Budget
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15Mistral: Pixtral Large 2411Mistral AIshares structured-output, vision · similar price tier131K
Long context (128K+)
$2.00
Standard
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Cheaper alternatives to Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

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