Alternatives to

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL and what to use instead

For summarising documents cheaply, Nemotron 3.5 Super VL scores 27 and costs $0.75 per 1,000 summaries. 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 summary, and 29 points stronger.$0.75 per 1,000 summaries · score 55Compare side by side →
claude-haiku-5-5.app
Claude Haiku 5.5AnthropicAbout 27% cheaper per summary, and 18 points stronger.$0.55 per 1,000 summaries · score 44Compare side by side →
gpt-6-luna.app
GPT-6 LunaOpenAIAbout 27% cheaper per summary, and 10 points stronger.$0.55 per 1,000 summaries · score 37Compare 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 summary, and 29 points stronger.$0.75 per 1,000 summaries · score 55Compare side by side →
glm-5.3.app
GLM-5.3Z.ai · open weightsAbout 823% dearer per summary, and 34 points stronger.$6.92 per 1,000 summaries · score 61Compare side by side →
kimi-k3.app
Kimi K3Moonshot AI · open weightsAbout 2100% dearer per summary, and 38 points stronger.$16.50 per 1,000 summaries · score 65Compare 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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