Gemma 4 31B IT and what to use instead
For customer support replies, Gemma 4 31B IT scores 51 and costs $0.46 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.
Nothing we track fits this today.
Better at a similar price
At least 5 points stronger and no more than 20% dearer.
GLM-5.3-FlashZ.ai · open weightsAbout 8% cheaper per reply, and 16 points stronger.$0.43 per 1,000 replies · score 67Compare side by side →
Open weights you can host
Ranked by value: quality for the money.
GLM-5.3-FlashZ.ai · open weightsAbout 8% cheaper per reply, and 16 points stronger.$0.43 per 1,000 replies · score 67Compare side by side →
Kimi K3Moonshot AI · open weightsAbout 2183% dearer per reply, and 22 points stronger.$10.50 per 1,000 replies · score 73Compare side by side →
GLM-5.3Z.ai · open weightsAbout 739% dearer per reply, and 16 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.