deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017 vs z-ai/glm-5.3-flash
For 100,000 calls of 2,000 in and 500 out, z-ai/glm-5.3-flash is cheaper: $55.00 a month at Baseten, against $60.00 for deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017 at DeepSeek — 1.1× the cost.
Cheapest on each
deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017
$60.00/mo
cheapest, at DeepSeek — $0.15 in, $0.6 out per million
z-ai/glm-5.3-flash
$55.00/mo
cheapest, at Baseten — $0.15 in, $0.5 out per million
Aligned facts
Same rows on both sides, including the ones we cannot fill.
| Attribute | deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017 | z-ai/glm-5.3-flash |
|---|---|---|
| Context window | 1M | 1M |
| Accepts | Aa · IMG | Aa · IMG · VID |
| Sellers | 5 | 5 |
| Cheapest input rate | $0.15 / M | $0.15 / M |
| Cached input rate | $0.003 / M | $0.03 / M |
No quality or benchmark row appears here. We hold no throughput or accuracy measurement for either model, and a cost-per-quality figure built from a lab’s own claim would look authoritative and mean nothing.
Cost for this workload — both models, every seller
100,000 calls a month · 2,000 input and 500 output tokens each. Sellers of both models lead, cheapest combined cost first.
| Seller | deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017 /mo | z-ai/glm-5.3-flash /mo |
|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter | $60.002026-10-27 | $55.002026-10-27 |
| Baseten | $120.002026-10-22 | $55.002026-10-22 |
| Novita AI | $120.002026-10-22 | $55.002026-10-22 |
| Together AI | $120.002026-10-27 | $55.002026-10-27 |
| DeepSeek | $60.002026-10-22 | ○ no answer |
| FriendliAI | ○ no answer | $55.002026-10-21 |
Cheapest tier per seller, this workload only. In and output rates, and a cached prefix, are broken out in the cost calculator.