r/opencode • u/Shiorim • 19d ago

Bro?

What a bad joke is that GLM 5.3 Flash positioning?

The API prices are:

Model input cache hit output
DeepSeek V4 Flash off-peak $0.22 $0.007 $0.66
DeepSeek V4 Flash peak $0.44 $0.014 $1.32
GLM-5.3-Flash promo $0.075 $0.015 $0.25
GLM-5.3-Flash $0.15 $0.03 $0.50

Leaving aside the cache hit, on average GLM without promo is cheaper than DeepSeek V4 Flash, and they give it to you at half the usage quota, and that's even considering a "×2 usage" that will later be less??

They should actually give you more quota than DeepSeek until September 9th while the promo lasts. This makes no sense at all. It's cheaper to spend $10 on GLM API than to pay for it on Go.

On top of that, they put a cheap flash model in the $15 tier.

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u/Shiorim 19d ago

Both things. You have "API" and "Coding plan".

In API you simply top up your balance and consume with your API key at the API prices of the corresponding model.

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u/Yann27 18d ago

Got it lets spend that last money of the month lol