Reddit thread: picking third-party LLM inference providers, GLM Flash cited as best value
inwardPersecution · reddit · 2026-10-29
A developer asked where to buy LLM API access for opencode and plain Python, prioritizing reliability, consistency and price. They currently use GLM's Flash tier pay-as-you-go via opencode and consider it peak cost-to-value, and are open to Qwen, DeepSeek and MiMo — noting these non-frontier models do a decent job with supervision.
The thread also touches on two industry issues: third-party inference provider rankings shift frequently (like dial-up ISPs and web hosts of old), and claims that vendors quietly dumb down older models ahead of new releases as a marketing tactic — which the poster finds troubling given PAYG users expect consistency and transparency.
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