GLM-5.3 Flash pricing: 1.9x to 24x cheaper than competitors

PawelHuryn · x · 2026-08-27

GLM-5.3 Flash offers significant cost advantages: 1.9x cheaper than DeepSeek V4-Flash, 11.8x cheaper than Gemini 3.7 Flash, and 24x cheaper than Opus 4.8 (high). While it doesn't dominate DeepSWE, it lands on the Pareto frontier with its performance and open weights.

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