Alternatives

What are the alternatives to GLM-5.3?

GLM-5.3 ranks 30 of 94 in the overall index and costs $2.15 per million tokens.

Muse Ember 1.0: Ahead in the overall index (110.4 vs. 100.6) and cheaper ($0.20 vs. $2.15 per million tokens).

MiMo V2.6 Flash: Level in the overall index (97.3 vs. 100.6) but cheaper: $0.18 instead of $2.15 per million tokens.

Alternatives: 4
Overall index rank: 30
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. 100.6) and cheaper ($0.20 vs. $2.15 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. 100.6) but cheaper: $0.18 instead of $2.15 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. 100.6 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 vs. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 Open the profile
Similar strength, faster
Claude Haiku 5.5
Level in the overall index (102.8 vs. 100.6) and faster: 164 instead of 81 tokens per second.
Overall index
102.8
Price (3:1)
$0.20
Speed
164
Rank 23 · Middle group
Head to head: GLM-5.3 vs. Claude Haiku 5.5 Open the profile

The models around GLM-5.3

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
25	GPT-5.5	101.5	$11.25	87
26	Kimi K3	101.1	$6	61
27	GPT-5.6 Terra	100.8	$4.50	72
28	Mistral Large 4	100.8	$1.05	n/a
29	Qwen 3.8 Max 0902	100.8	$2.48	36
30	GLM-5.3this model	100.6	$2.15	81
31	MiMo V2.6 Pro	100.4	$0.54	32
32	MiniMax M3.1 Flash	100.0	$0.26	n/a

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

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