Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and what to use instead
For customer support replies, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite scores 46 and costs $1.45 per 1,000 replies. Here’s what beats it on price, on quality, or on privacy.
Cheaper at similar quality
At least 30% cheaper and within 5 points.
GLM-5.3-FlashZ.ai · open weightsAbout 71% cheaper per reply, and 21 points stronger.$0.43 per 1,000 replies · score 67Compare side by side →
Gemma 4 31B ITGoogle · open weightsAbout 68% cheaper per reply, and 5 points stronger.$0.46 per 1,000 replies · score 51Compare side by side →
MiniMax-M3MiniMax · open weightsAbout 36% cheaper per reply, and 3 points stronger.$0.93 per 1,000 replies · score 49Compare side by side →
Better at a similar price
At least 5 points stronger and no more than 20% dearer.
GLM-5.3-FlashZ.ai · open weightsAbout 71% cheaper per reply, and 21 points stronger.$0.43 per 1,000 replies · score 67Compare side by side →
Gemma 4 31B ITGoogle · open weightsAbout 68% cheaper per reply, and 5 points stronger.$0.46 per 1,000 replies · score 51Compare side by side →
Open weights you can host
Ranked by value: quality for the money.
GLM-5.3-FlashZ.ai · open weightsAbout 71% cheaper per reply, and 21 points stronger.$0.43 per 1,000 replies · score 67Compare side by side →
Kimi K3Moonshot AI · open weightsAbout 624% dearer per reply, and 27 points stronger.$10.50 per 1,000 replies · score 73Compare side by side →
GLM-5.3Z.ai · open weightsAbout 166% dearer per reply, and 21 points stronger.$3.86 per 1,000 replies · score 67Compare side by side →
Scores are provisional (Arena and Epoch AI) and prices are list prices. Rankings never take money into account. Thresholds are in the methodology.