Alternatives

What are the alternatives to GLM-5.3-Flash?

GLM-5.3-Flash ranks 43 of 94 in the overall index and costs $0.24 per million tokens.

Muse Ember 1.0: Ahead in the overall index (110.4 vs. 94.3) at a similar price ($0.20 vs. $0.24 per million tokens).

MiMo V2.6 Flash: Level in the overall index (97.3 vs. 94.3) but cheaper: $0.18 instead of $0.24 per million tokens.

Alternatives: 4
Overall index rank: 43
Data as of: Nov 10, 2026

The alternatives by reason

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Stronger, not much pricier
Muse Ember 1.0
Ahead in the overall index (110.4 vs. 94.3) at a similar price ($0.20 vs. $0.24 per million tokens).
Overall index
110.4
Price (3:1)
$0.20
Speed
n/a
Rank 14 · Middle group
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Similar strength, cheaper
MiMo V2.6 Flash
Level in the overall index (97.3 vs. 94.3) but cheaper: $0.18 instead of $0.24 per million tokens.
Overall index
97.3
Price (3:1)
$0.18
Speed
38
Rank 38 · Middle group
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With open weights
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
The best model with open weights, stronger: 106.7 vs. 94.3 in the overall index.
Overall index
106.7
Price (3:1)
$0.26
Speed
126
Rank 20 · Middle group
Head to head: GLM-5.3-Flash vs. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 Open the profile
Similar strength, faster
GPT-5.6 Luna
Level in the overall index (93.8 vs. 94.3) and faster: 123 instead of 101 tokens per second.
Overall index
93.8
Price (3:1)
$0.45
Speed
123
Rank 44 · Middle group
Head to head: GLM-5.3-Flash vs. GPT-5.6 Luna Open the profile

The models around GLM-5.3-Flash

The nearest generally available models by overall index, with rank, price and speed. Models with limited access and retired models are left out.

Rank	Model	Overall index	Price (3:1)	Speed
39	Step 5 Preview	97.1	$1.43	65
40	GPT-6 Luna	95.8	$0.20	77
41	Claude Opus 4.7	95.1	$10	57
42	Grok 4.5	94.8	$3	52
43	GLM-5.3-Flashthis model	94.3	$0.24	101
44	GPT-5.6 Luna	93.8	$0.45	123
45	Claude Sonnet 5	92.1	$4	77
46	Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview	91.4	$4.50	96

Price in dollars per million tokens, mixed from 3 parts input and 1 part output. Speed in tokens per second.

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