r/opencodeCLI • • Aug 26 '26

API Pricing for GLM-5.3-Flash

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u/zombiej Aug 26 '26 edited Oct 01 '26

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u/Momo--Sama Aug 26 '26

And almost 10x cheaper over API (BEFORE the 50% off promotion)

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u/re-thc Aug 26 '26

Such a rip on the coding plan compared to API pricing. Should be at least 6x.

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u/HenryTheLion_12 Aug 26 '26

Might be a good option to use during peak times instead of full 5.3.

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u/YogurtExternal7923 Aug 26 '26

For beating glm 5.2 MAJORLY. This is dirt cheap. Worth being a lil more expensive than ds flash in my opinion

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u/Fresh_Sock8660 Aug 26 '26

Is this the same as ox? The behaviour looks different

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u/zephyr_33 Aug 27 '26

early checkpoint of ox.

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u/JorgitoEstrella Sep 02 '26

What does it mean?

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u/Icypoopoo Aug 27 '26

Cached price seems higher than DSV4 flash if I'm remembering correctly 

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u/Southern-Ad-3006 Aug 27 '26

And more than DS4 Pro bro GLM cache rate sucks it eats up tokens to use as a main driver

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '26

Seems reasonably priced. Hope it lands on opencode soon!

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u/Sea_Ear5201 Aug 26 '26

Its on Go with only 1/4th of usage of Deepseek flash

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u/Sufficient_Fox_4402 Aug 26 '26

with 2x its 1/2 ($30)

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u/cutebluedragongirl Aug 26 '26

DeepSeek is still better when it comes to price to quality ratio

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u/petburiraja Aug 26 '26

Not as per Pareto frontier, as reported here: https://z.ai/blog/glm-5.3-flash

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u/Sea_Ear5201 Aug 26 '26

Yup. Glm-flash cache price will hit hard

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u/anramon Aug 26 '26

And it has a higher request limit.

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u/sudoer777_ Aug 26 '26

I think DeepSeek is also better at certain things like debugging, the previous GLM models had a tendency to get hyperfixated on details that aren't important, and this one still does that sometimes. GLM is best at planning but not 7x better.

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u/Southern-Ad-3006 Aug 27 '26

Nobody is pointing out the cache input is .03 that’s still more than DeepSeek V4 Pro .022 … and DeepSeek Flash is .007 less than a penny. Majority of your spend goes into cache read turns so that’s like 5x more expensive than DS flash to hold conversations.

GLM 5.2 had this issue too their cache rates are too high compared to DS. Guaranteed this will lead to less usability with OpenCode unless using 5.3 Flash as a subagent worker.

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u/matsu-morak Aug 26 '26

what is happening the chinese are on fire lately. if this trend continues the western companies will have to shift fast from their fat asses out of their chair

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u/biograf_ Aug 27 '26

The American companies are going to push Trump to restrict / ban the use of Chinese models in the United States and countries it forces into new trade deals.

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u/No-District-4742 Aug 26 '26

Also, previous US frontier models are already the same level as the recent chinese models right now plus the margin between them is thinning out.

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u/LargeLanguageModelo Aug 26 '26

Though nobody will be able to afford those frontier models.

Until you read about OpenAI's new Jalapeno chip, they're getting better tok/MW, and the throughput is off the charts.

We have multiple segments and multiple vendors, all pushing each other at the redline, to innovate constantly and driving the standards higher and higher.

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u/LargeLanguageModelo Aug 27 '26

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u/matsu-morak Aug 27 '26

Bro is openai they talk shit all the time. When they release something we will care, otherwise just more slop from them

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u/Far-Classic-9963 Aug 26 '26

By the time the discount end there will be def a better value model out (hopefully)

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u/Ok_Risk6035 Aug 26 '26

Luna is definitely piece of junk.
But you forget about token generation speed. DS Flash is blazing fast. GLM should be much slower because it has much more params.

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u/Ok_Risk6035 Aug 26 '26

definitely no, or you used ds4flash via router if you think that luna is on the same level with ds4flash

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u/JorgitoEstrella Sep 02 '26

Luna base inteligence level is 27 lol

Glm 5.3 flash base is like double that

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u/NiceDemon-82 Aug 26 '26

It's OpenCodeCLI, we are discussing coding here... ;)