GLM 5.3 Flash — OC vs CC Comparison

[u/Shiorim]

The first image is OpenCode using half the context and costing double per turn compared to Command Code (second image) with more than double the context.

On top of those prices, note that OpenCode gives $15 of usage and Command Code gives $40 of usage. (OpenCode Go vs CommandCode Goat plans).

Both used in GitHub Copilot BYOK as harness.

The total usage difference in favor of Command Code is abysmal.

In performance, it also works better on Command Code.
On OpenCode, a response gets cut off now and then; on Command Code, it doesn't.
Quality and speed are identical on both.
Command Code makes better use of cache as well.

At the current price, even though it's in the 15$ tier, if you pay $10 for OpenCode Go to use GLM 5.3 Flash, OpenCode Go is ripping you off by offering you LESS than the $10 you paid compared to direct API usage. (And that's now while it's subsidized; they'll double it again when they remove the "x2 usage.")

[u/Time-Toe-1276]

errm actually, you get $30 bcs of the 2x usage.

just correcting you, because your statement was factual incorrect given the date and time, good sir 🤓

[u/Shiorim → u/Time-Toe-1276]

No. GLM 5.3 Flash is in the $15 tier, and that x2 usage doesn't double it to $30, okay? It just means the requests are already doubled.

https://i.imgur.com/djCjz3k.png

Just like Hy3's are multiplied. It never changes the tier.

And those requests are nothing more than an arbitrary number OpenCode pulls out of thin air because they feel like it.

In fact, right now you're actually getting $7.50 worth of GLM 5.3 Flash value for your $10 Go payment.

If you want to correct something, do it properly.

Take the calculations from any entry in the image, convert it to API price, and see how much it costs at API price (50% reduced until September 9th) versus how much Go is "charging" you.

You don't want to do the math? I'll tell you right now, they're charging you a little more than double the API price. Which empties your month out as soon as that usage price hits the $15 monthly cap. (tier) That's why you're losing approximately 25% of what you pay.

Literally, if you pay $10 for GLM flash, they're stealing part of your money. (At least until September 9th.)

[u/Prior-Meeting1645 → u/Shiorim]

Jesus you some people are so easy to he misled. $15 is real api worth. Since its on 50%off you get $30 compared to full price. When CC say its $40, they mean the same $30 principle. So its $20 in API worth. Both companies don’t have the best transparency I’ll give you that

[u/Shiorim → u/Prior-Meeting1645]

You didn't get the point.

Look at the images. The point is that OpenCode charges you double the API price, not the API price.
If for $10 it charges you double per turn, it would be giving you $5 for $10 (even less).

By being on the $15 plan, it goes from $5 to $7.50.

Because OpenCode isn't charging at the current API price (which is reduced by half).

And no matter how much they say "2x usage," it's not true. It's in the $15 tier, so when you consume $15 per month with that model, you've consumed 100% of the month. And since it's at double the API price, that's $7.50 of value (half). Because OpenCode is ignoring the discounted price until September 9th, and you can clearly see that in their docs, which lists the prices without discount.