The closest alternative to Qwen3.7 Plus is Grok 4.3 — comparable intelligence (53.2 vs 53.3); for a cheaper option, MiniMax M3 runs $0.300/M vs $0.320/M; for more speed, MiniMax M2.7 hits 273 t/s; and the best open-weight substitute is MiniMax M3.
Grok 4.3 is the closest alternative to Qwen3.7 Plus, with an Intelligence Index of 53.2 (Qwen3.7 Plus scores 53.3) at $1.25 per million input tokens.
Yes — MiniMax M3 costs $0.300 per million input tokens versus $0.320 for Qwen3.7 Plus, while staying within ~8 points of its Intelligence Index.
MiniMax M3 is the strongest open-weight alternative to Qwen3.7 Plus — downloadable from Hugging Face and self-hostable, scoring 54.7 on intelligence.