GLM-5.3-Flash vs Qwen3.8 Flash
Prices checked , Crof's from
Qwen3.8 Flash takes 2 of 5 rounds against GLM-5.3-Flash. GLM-5.3-Flash counters on price: $0.05 per million tokens against $0.19, for 1M context instead of 1M.
Z.aiGLM-5.3-Flash
1M context · tool calling · reads images · open weights
$0.05/M tokensCheapest price, at Pareto Inference · 2.4¢ per 1,000 pages
Alibaba CloudWins 2 roundsQwen3.8 Flash
1M context · tool calling · reads images
$0.19/M tokensCheapest price, at Alibaba Cloud (China) · 9.5¢ per 1,000 pages
Maker's price in (lower wins)
$0.15/M
$0.15/M
Maker's price out (lower wins)
$0.50/M
$0.47/M
Cheapest price (lower wins)
$0.05/M at Pareto Inference
$0.19/M at Alibaba Cloud (China)
Maker's price, blended (lower wins)
$0.24/M
$0.23/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
2.4¢
9.5¢
Context
1M tokens
1M tokens
Open weights
yes
no
Tool calling
yes
yes
Structured output
yes
yes
Reads images
yes
yes
Reasoning
yes
yes
Released
26 Aug 2026
26 Aug 2026
Providers selling it
99
37
Price we measure against
the maker's own
the maker's own
Trains on your prompts (no is better)
not published
not published
Providers selling both · 25
NanoGPT$0.08 / $0.21
Empirio Labs$0.12 / $0.24
GMI Cloud$0.12 / $0.24
LLM Gateway$0.13 / $0.23
Novita$0.13 / $0.23
302.AI$0.12 / $0.28- Standard Compute$0.18 / $0.23
- Boundless$0.19 / $0.23
GLM-5.3-Flash, then Qwen3.8 Flash, per million tokens; the 8 cheapest of 25.
Go further
Add a third or fourth model, or change the weighting, in the tool.
What moved this week
- GMI Cloud · 17% cheaper · 7.5¢ / $0.25 9¢ / $0.30
Eden AI · 0.3% cheaper · $0.12 / $0.49 $0.12 / $0.50
Kenari · 900% dearer · $0.20 / $0.60 2¢ / 6¢
Zhipu AI (China) · 18% cheaper · $0.12 / $0.42 $0.15 / $0.50
Relace · 17% dearer · 7.5¢ / $0.50 4¢ / $0.50
StreamLake · 0.2% cheaper · 7.5¢ / $0.25 7.5¢ / $0.25
io.net Intelligence · 8% cheaper · $0.13 / $0.71 $0.14 / $0.76
NextBit · 24% dearer · $0.25 / $0.70 $0.19 / $0.60
Sail Research · 27% cheaper · 7.8¢ / $0.30 4.5¢ / $0.60
Phala (RedPill) · 13% dearer · $0.13 / $0.42 $0.11 / $0.38
Wafer · 12% cheaper · $0.12 / $0.50 $0.14 / $0.56- Eden AI · 28% dearer · $0.15 / $0.47 $0.11 / $0.38
Inceptron · 8% cheaper · $0.10 / $0.50 $0.11 / $0.55
IteraCompute · 29% cheaper · 9.9¢ / $0.35 $0.14 / $0.49Near AI · 11% dearer ·
8¢ / $0.50 $0.10 / $0.35
LLMTR · 3% cheaper · $0.15 / $0.47 $0.16 / $0.47
NEAR AI Cloud · 22% cheaper · 8¢ / $0.50 $0.15 / $0.50
Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, GLM-5.3-Flash or Qwen3.8 Flash?
- GLM-5.3-Flash, at $0.05 per million tokens against $0.19 for Qwen3.8 Flash, blended 3 in : 1 out, read on 21 Oct 2026.
- Where is each one cheapest?
- GLM-5.3-Flash: $0.05 at Pareto Inference. Qwen3.8 Flash: $0.19 at Alibaba Cloud (China).
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. 25 providers sell both: NanoGPT, Empirio Labs, GMI Cloud, LLM Gateway, Novita, 302.AI, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is NanoGPT.
- Which holds more context?
- Both hold 1M tokens in one call.
Prices exclude tax, read 21 Oct 2026 from each provider's own catalog. They are per M tokens, blended 3 in : 1 out, and a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.
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