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Qwen
Qwen, Alibaba’s open-weight models, for teams that want to self-host and work across languages.
Open-weight models you can run yourself
Qwen is a family of open-weight models from Alibaba that we use when a team wants to self-host, keep costs down at scale or work across many languages. The open licences give you control over where and how the models run.
We help you choose the right Qwen variant, from small models for on-device work to larger ones for reasoning, coding and vision, then deploy them on your own infrastructure or a cloud of your choice.
Where Qwen helps
Self-hosted deployment
Run Qwen inside your own environment for full control.
Multilingual work
Strong coverage across Asian and European languages.
Coding and vision
Variants tuned for code and for image understanding.
Cost control
Open weights help manage cost for high-volume workloads.
How we deploy it
On your infrastructure
Self-host with GPU sizing and serving set up for you.
Your cloud of choice
Run on the cloud provider you already use.
Fine-tuning
Adapt a Qwen model to your domain and data.
Qwen’s open weights mean your data stays in your environment and you are not tied to one hosted service.
Control and openness
- Open weights you can inspect, run and adapt
- Full control over where the models run
- No dependency on a single vendor’s hosted service
- Single sign-on and access control on your deployment
- Data stays within your own environment
- Evaluation before rollout
What Idiro delivers
- Model selection across the Qwen family
- Self-hosted serving and GPU sizing
- Fine-tuning and adaptation to your domain
- Retrieval and agent design
- Guardrails and evaluation
- Cost optimisation for high-volume use
Is Qwen the right fit?
Qwen is a strong choice when
- you want to self-host open-weight models
- you work across many languages
- you need cost control on high-volume workloads
We may suggest something else when
- you want a fully managed enterprise service, see Claude Enterprise or OpenAI
- you are standardised on Microsoft 365, see Microsoft Copilot
- European sovereignty is the priority, see Mistral
Common questions
What is Qwen?
A family of open-weight models from Alibaba, covering text, coding and vision, that can be self-hosted.
Why self-host?
For control over data and cost, and to avoid depending on a single hosted service.
Is Qwen good for non-English work?
Yes. Qwen has strong multilingual coverage, including many Asian and European languages.
Can you fine-tune Qwen for us?
Yes. We adapt Qwen models to your domain and data where it helps.
Considering open-weight models?
Tell us about your goals and we will come back with a practical view of how to get there.
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