# LongCat-2.5 vs OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT (slim)

> OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT scores 56.8 (C) to LongCat-2.5's 50.5 (D) for open-weight models you run yourself. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT scores 56.8 (C) on agent readiness against LongCat-2.5's 50.5 (D), and leads in 2 of 4 scored categories. LongCat-2.5 leads on risk and agent interface. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- LongCat-2.5: D 50.5, rank #145 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/longcat-2-5.min.md
- OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT: C 56.8, rank #111 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/otel-2-0-llm-31b-it.min.md
- LongCat-2.5, good for Operators with NPU clusters, and anyone tracking what the open flagships can do Ahead on Risk, 60 against 55; Agent interface, 75 against 60.
- OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT, good for Telecoms teams that want an open model for standards questions and RAG on their own hardware Ahead on Reach, 50 against 35; Documentation and upkeep, 74 against 46.

| Category | LongCat-2.5 | OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 35 | 50 |
| Risk (20%) | 60 | 55 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 75 | 60 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 46 | 74 |

| Fact (where they differ) | LongCat-2.5 | OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Meituan (LongCat) | AT&T (Open Telco AI) |
| Licence | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | 2026-11-10 | 2026-11-01 |
| Terms last updated | not read yet | no document linked |

Why the edge:
- Documentation and upkeep, OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT +28: LongCat-2.5 46 (Model card 11, Intended use, limitations (the usage considerations), the architecture and the parameter counts are on the card.); OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT 74 (Model card 14, Intended use, a long limitations section, the architecture and training method, the parameters (31B) and the language (English) are on the card.)
- Reach, OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT +15: LongCat-2.5 35 (Memory 0, the smallest build is Meituan's W4A4 repository, 1,336 GB, and 1,336 GB × 1.2 = 1,603 GB, far above 256 GB.); OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT 50 (Memory 10, the publisher's only build is the BF16 safetensors, 62.55 GB for the 15 shards the index names, and 62.55 GB × 1.2 = 75.1 GB, above 64 GB and inside…)
- Agent interface, LongCat-2.5 +15: LongCat-2.5 75 (Chat template 20, chat_template.jinja in the repository (11,823 characters), with a copy in tokenizer_config.json.); OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT 60 (Chat template 20, chat_template.jinja in the repository, 19,300 characters, the publisher's own.)
- Risk, LongCat-2.5 +5: LongCat-2.5 60 (File safety 25, safetensors only, no .bin, .pt or .pth files and no Python in the repository.); OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT 55 (File safety 25, safetensors only, with no .bin, .pt or .pth files and no Python files.)