Kimi K3 and what to use instead
For customer support replies, Kimi K3 scores 73 and costs $10.50 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.
Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogleAbout 75% cheaper per reply, and 5 points stronger.$2.63 per 1,000 replies · score 78Compare side by side →
Muse Spark 1.3MetaAbout 66% cheaper per reply, and 2 points weaker.$3.58 per 1,000 replies · score 71Compare side by side →
Qwen3.8 MaxAlibaba (Qwen)About 49% cheaper per reply, and 1 points weaker.$5.40 per 1,000 replies · score 72Compare side by side →
Better at a similar price
At least 5 points stronger and no more than 20% dearer.
Gemini 4 ArgonGoogleAbout 33% cheaper per reply, and 24 points stronger.$7.00 per 1,000 replies · score 97Compare side by side →
Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogleAbout 75% cheaper per reply, and 5 points stronger.$2.63 per 1,000 replies · score 78Compare side by side →
Open weights you can host
Ranked by value: quality for the money.
GLM-5.3-FlashZ.ai · open weightsAbout 96% cheaper per reply, and 6 points weaker.$0.43 per 1,000 replies · score 67Compare side by side →
GLM-5.3Z.ai · open weightsAbout 63% cheaper per reply, and 6 points weaker.$3.86 per 1,000 replies · score 67Compare side by side →
Gemma 4 31B ITGoogle · open weightsAbout 96% cheaper per reply, and 22 points weaker.$0.46 per 1,000 replies · 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.