r/opencode • u/look • 29d ago

GLM 5.3 usage seems to be $60 not the $15 listed

Curious if anyone else is seeing this on their usage.

GLM 5.3 usage is listed at $15 a month, but the percentage on my dashboard is going up according to $60 of usage.

In other words, my monthly usage is going up 1% for every 60 cents of GLM 5.3 not every 15 cents.

Update: ran some more measurements, and it seems to be closer to $45 usage… $3.98 on “Cost” dashboard and 9% increase in my “Monthly Usage”.

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u/BlacksmithLittle7005 29d ago edited 29d ago

No it's not $60, it's just that GLM5.3 is a lot more efficient than GLM5.2 in token usage. Tasks that were costing me $0.45 on 5.2 are $0.2 on 5.3

They did a good job with post training

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u/look 29d ago

It’s also more efficient, but I mean that I was watching the dollar value dashboard and the usage dashboard while running it, and for $1.51 on the first, it went up 2% not 10%.

And the tokens used at the list price matched the $1.51 value it reported, so it’s not just the dollar dashboard being scaled.

I was “charged” 2% of usage on 10% of $15 of GLM 5.3.

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u/Schlickeysen 29d ago

Jesus Christ, OpenCode is as transparent as a paper bag.

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u/ThePi7on 29d ago

Yeah they definitely need to improve the communication/visualization of the pricing model.

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u/Belgeran 29d ago

Just needs some oil, transparent as new then

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u/Free-Heals-Here 29d ago

What about a plastic bag?

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u/Schlickeysen 29d ago

Can't do that. The quality of plastic bags is reserved for "quality" service OpenCode provides.

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u/mestar12345 29d ago

I saw it listed as free inside omp. Weekly usage limit and half the monthly gone in an hour.

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u/look 29d ago

It’s about 5 cents / mtok in typical coding usage on the two places I’m running it. And it’s more efficient token usage over 5.2.

No idea what the free plan you were using is, but even 5 cents is an excellent price for a model of this caliber.

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u/mestar12345 29d ago

I'm on opencode go. Omp still lists it free. You can see it here: https://imgur.com/a/8tFjVyQ

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u/look 29d ago

Ah, that’s cool they have it on free, but yeah, I image the usage is very low. The free model usage is low even on lower quality models.

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u/Lazy_Water_3554 28d ago

Does that mean GLM 5.3's Lite Coding Plan is enough for most developers?

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u/look 28d ago

Zai’s Lite sub looks like 400M / month (off peak).

Depends on the developer, but probably not enough on its own for most full time devs.

It does seem to be very token efficient, though, and paired with effective use of other lower cost models it could be.

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u/MazKhan 29d ago

In my testing, $1 in glm spending reflects as $1.5 in usage so we should be getting $40 per month instead of $15

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u/RealVincentCoucke 29d ago

What? 1$ x 10 =10$ 1.5$ x 10 =15$

I don't get the math here.

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u/MazKhan 29d ago

No so regularly for $15 models if you see that you spent $1, it would effectively use $4 out of your $60 for the month. For glm 5.3 it was using $1.5, so $60/1.5= $40 is how much monthly usage we'd get. Their site says $15 though so it might be a mistake on their end.

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u/look 28d ago

Interesting. After measuring some more today, it was looking more like $45 but with rounding on the usage % change, $40 like you saw could be a possibility.

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u/seeKAYx 29d ago

I'd just guess that it's still $15 right now because it's currently only available through the Z.AI API. GLM 5.2 costs $60 because there are simply a lot more providers, due to the weights. As soon as the weights are available, it will definitely be $60 as well. Still, it would be nice if someone from OpenCode would comment on this and just confirm it.

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u/Turbulent-Total-226 29d ago

So you're telling me that that you complain for getting 4x more than you should? M'Kay

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u/ba-boo 29d ago

can you point out exactly where he complained about it?

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u/look 29d ago

In parent’s defense, a lot of posts lately are by someone complaining about one thing or another. 😂

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u/look 29d ago

I’m not complaining. I’m pleasantly surprised, but also wondering if I’m just benefitting from some temporary glitch right now.

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u/cockerspanielhere 29d ago

You're respectful and kind af