Qwen 4 (Alibaba Qwen4) records 35,101,353 monthly visits with -6.2% month-over-month growth and Freemium pricing. Side Reader records 355 monthly visits with -36.5% growth and Freemium pricing.
Alibaba Cloud's 4th-generation multimodal AI assistant and foundation model lineup (Qwen4-Max, Qwen4-Plus, Qwen4-Flash & open-weight Qwen4-27B) with 1M context.
Read and chat with PDFs right beside ChatGPT, Claude and DeepSeek.
| Dimension / Metric | | |
|---|---|---|
| Official Domain | qwen.ai | side-reader.com |
| Pricing Model | Freemium | Freemium |
| Monthly Visits | 35.1M (35,101,353) | 355 (355) |
| MoM Traffic Delta | -2.34M (-6.2%) | -204 (-36.5%) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇷🇺 Russia (37.2%) | 🇻🇳 Vietnam (100%) |
| Direct Visits / mo | 25.02M | 149 |
| User Rating | 4.7 | 2.4 |
| Supported Platforms | Website, API, Open Source | Website |
Alibaba Cloud's 4th-generation multimodal AI assistant and foundation model lineup (Qwen4-Max, Qwen4-Plus, Qwen4-Flash & open-weight Qwen4-27B) with 1M context.
Covers every compute envelope from the multi-trillion-scale Qwen4-Max flagship and Qwen4-Plus/Flash APIs to the local PC-friendly Qwen4-27B open-weight checkpoint, plus qwen4-coder-plus and qwen4-omni-120b-think.
Pioneered in the Qwen3.8-Flash-Next architecture preview, combining ultra-lean active parameter routing (6B active out of 125B) with a 51B n-gram embedding layer that trades compute for instant memorized lookup.
Sizes the Qwen 4 generation at a full 1M-token context window across text, code, images, audio, and video for repository-wide coding and cross-document reasoning.
Trained via multi-cycle automated Recursive Self-Improvement across coding, math, and hardware EDA workflows—demonstrating 10,000+ autonomous tool calls in chip design and software engineering.
Read and chat with PDFs right beside ChatGPT, Claude and DeepSeek.
PDFs render directly in the sidebar next to the chat, so your document and the AI conversation are visible at the same time.
Summarize a whole document, translate it, or have passages explained in simpler terms using the AI you are already signed into.
Built-in buttons cover the common actions, and you can edit their prompts to make the AI respond in the format and tone you need.
Ask about charts, scans or regions that cannot be selected by taking a screenshot question instead.
Free / Open-sourceProvides state-of-the-art open-weight reasoning models and low-cost APIs, but with less emphasis on multimodal Alibaba ecosystem tools.
Free / Open-sourceProvides state-of-the-art open-weight reasoning models and low-cost APIs, but with less emphasis on multimodal Alibaba ecosystem tools.
Provides robust developer tools and multimodal APIs, but relies on Google's closed Gemini models rather than open-weight alternatives.
Provides robust developer tools and multimodal APIs, but relies on Google's closed Gemini models rather than open-weight alternatives.
SpecialistAggregates hundreds of models behind one API gateway, but functions as a router rather than hosting native Qwen infrastructure.
SpecialistAggregates hundreds of models behind one API gateway, but functions as a router rather than hosting native Qwen infrastructure.
Offers competing Chinese foundation model APIs and agent builders, but specializes in Zhipu AI's GLM architecture.
Offers competing Chinese foundation model APIs and agent builders, but specializes in Zhipu AI's GLM architecture.
Free / Open-sourceProvides lightweight open-weight models for local deployment, but offers smaller parameter sizes compared to top-tier Qwen variants.
Free / Open-sourceProvides lightweight open-weight models for local deployment, but offers smaller parameter sizes compared to top-tier Qwen variants.
AI research platform for reading, understanding and writing scientific papers
AI research platform for reading, understanding and writing scientific papers
SpecialistDelivers ultra-fast inference speeds using custom LPU hardware, but supports a more limited selection of open models.
A free, AI-powered PDF editor for every device
AI sidebar and browser agent for reading, writing and research
AI sidebar and browser agent for reading, writing and research
Bilingual AI translation for websites, documents, video and images
Bilingual AI translation for websites, documents, video and images
Free AI-powered PDF editor, converter and reader for every device
Free AI-powered PDF editor, converter and reader for every device
Offers robust serverless APIs for open-source models, but lacks native training integrations specific to Alibaba's ecosystem.
Offers robust serverless APIs for open-source models, but lacks native training integrations specific to Alibaba's ecosystem.
