GLM-5.3 and what to use instead
For pulling data out of documents, GLM-5.3 scores 67 and costs $5.96 per 1,000 documents. 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 89% cheaper per document, and as strong.$0.65 per 1,000 documents · score 67Compare side by side →
Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogleAbout 37% cheaper per document, and 11 points stronger.$3.75 per 1,000 documents · score 78Compare side by side →
Better at a similar price
At least 5 points stronger and no more than 20% dearer.
Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogleAbout 37% cheaper per document, and 11 points stronger.$3.75 per 1,000 documents · score 78Compare side by side →
Open weights you can host
Ranked by value: quality for the money.
GLM-5.3-FlashZ.ai · open weightsAbout 89% cheaper per document, and as strong.$0.65 per 1,000 documents · score 67Compare side by side →
Kimi K3Moonshot AI · open weightsAbout 152% dearer per document, and 6 points stronger.$15.00 per 1,000 documents · score 73Compare side by side →
Gemma 4 31B ITGoogle · open weightsAbout 87% cheaper per document, and 16 points weaker.$0.76 per 1,000 documents · score 51Compare 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.