Alternatives to

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL and what to use instead

For pulling data out of documents, Nemotron 3.5 Super VL scores 34 and costs $0.65 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.

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-flash.app
GLM-5.3-FlashZ.ai · open weightsSame price per document, and 33 points stronger.$0.65 per 1,000 documents · score 67Compare side by side →
gemma-4-31b-it.app
Gemma 4 31B ITGoogle · open weightsAbout 17% dearer per document, and 18 points stronger.$0.76 per 1,000 documents · score 51Compare side by side →

Open weights you can host

Ranked by value: quality for the money.

glm-5.3-flash.app
GLM-5.3-FlashZ.ai · open weightsSame price per document, and 33 points stronger.$0.65 per 1,000 documents · score 67Compare side by side →
kimi-k3.app
Kimi K3Moonshot AI · open weightsAbout 2208% dearer per document, and 39 points stronger.$15.00 per 1,000 documents · score 73Compare side by side →
glm-5.3.app
GLM-5.3Z.ai · open weightsAbout 817% dearer per document, and 33 points stronger.$5.96 per 1,000 documents · 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.

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