Side-by-side comparison of IBM Granite 3 (IBM · USA) and LFM2.5-8B-A1B (Liquid AI) for self-hosted deployment of the open-weight model. IBM Granite 3 is rated EU-ready; LFM2.5-8B-A1B is conditional. They part ways on licence: IBM Granite 3 is "Apache 2.0", LFM2.5-8B-A1B is "LFM Open License 1.0".
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| Summary | ||
| Verdict | EU-ready Enterprise-focused Granite 3 family under Apache 2.0, with unusual-for-the-industry training-data disclosure. IBM provides IP indemnification when used via watsonx. Strong default for regulated enterprise pilots. | Conditional Per the published LFM Open License v1.0, Liquid AI's terms are Apache-2.0-derived but cap free commercial use at USD 10M annual company revenue — above that threshold deployers must negotiate a paid licence with [email protected]. The model itself is a strong 8.3B / 1.5B-active MoE built for CPU and edge inference, but the 38-trillion-token training corpus is undisclosed and Liquid AI is a US-based MIT spinoff, so EU regulated buyers should run their own DPIA and document the data-transfer story alongside any commercial-tier negotiation. |
| Last reviewed | 2026-04-15 | 2026-05-30 |
| Open-weight | ||
| Licence | Apache 2.0 | LFM Open License 1.0 |
| Commercial use | Yes | Free under $10M revenue |
| Training data | Disclosed | Undisclosed |
| Origin | USA | USA (Boston) |
| Performance & pricing? | ||
| Quality index | 7/100 | — |
| Speed | 409 tok/s | — |
| Blended price | $0.09/M | — |
| Context window | — | — |
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