GLM-5.3 and what to use instead
For spreadsheets and formulas, GLM-5.3 scores 68 and costs $3.00 per 1,000 formulas. 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 formula, and 1 points stronger.$0.33 per 1,000 formulas · score 69Compare side by side →
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017DeepSeek · open weightsAbout 76% cheaper per formula, and 6 points stronger.$0.72 per 1,000 formulas · score 74Compare side by side →
Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogleAbout 32% cheaper per formula, and 2 points weaker.$2.03 per 1,000 formulas · score 66Compare side by side →
Better at a similar price
At least 5 points stronger and no more than 20% dearer.
Muse Spark 1.3MetaAbout 7% cheaper per formula, and 7 points stronger.$2.78 per 1,000 formulas · score 75Compare side by side →
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017DeepSeek · open weightsAbout 76% cheaper per formula, and 6 points stronger.$0.72 per 1,000 formulas · score 74Compare side by side →
Open weights you can host
Ranked by value: quality for the money.
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017DeepSeek · open weightsAbout 76% cheaper per formula, and 6 points stronger.$0.72 per 1,000 formulas · score 74Compare side by side →
GLM-5.3-FlashZ.ai · open weightsAbout 89% cheaper per formula, and 1 points stronger.$0.33 per 1,000 formulas · score 69Compare side by side →
Kimi K3Moonshot AI · open weightsAbout 170% dearer per formula, and 6 points stronger.$8.10 per 1,000 formulas · score 74Compare 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.