DeepSeek V3.2 vs GLM-5.3: API price and specs

GLM-5.3 is 14% cheaper than DeepSeek V3.2 on input price.

DeepSeek V3.2 is 48% cheaper than GLM-5.3 on output price.

DeepSeek V3.2 is 10% cheaper than GLM-5.3 on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.

GLM-5.3 has a 539.4% larger context than DeepSeek V3.2.

Field	DeepSeek V3.2	GLM-5.3
Lowest input, per 1M	$0.22 +15.9%	$0.19
Median input, per 1M	$0.30	$1.40 +366.7%
Lowest output, per 1M	$0.33	$0.64 +93.9%
Median output, per 1M	$0.50	$4.40 +780%
Lowest unit price	—	$0.033 / request
Cost of 1M in + 200k out	$0.29	$0.32 +11.2%
Context	164K +84.4%	1M
Max output	164K +84.4%	1M
Providers	29 +56.1%	66
Regions	EU, GLOBAL, US	APAC, EU, FI, GLOBAL, US
Accepts	text	file, image, text
Returns	text	text
Type	Text models	Text models
Free option	no	yes
Cheapest provider	tokengo	trustedrouter

Your own workload: how many tokens the model gets (input) and gives back (output) - for example, in a month. The "Cost" row of the table above is recalculated for these numbers, for each model.

Computed from current offers each time the page opens; the best value of a row is bold, the percent is how far behind the best.

Providers selling both

aihubmix, amazon-bedrock, cortecs, deepinfra, digitalocean, edenai, fastrouter, friendli, huggingface, impossibl, io-net, kilo, meganova, melious, nearai, ofox, openrouter, poe, requesty, siliconflow, tensorx, tokengo, trustedrouter, vercel, zenmux

Frequently asked questions

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V3.2 or GLM-5.3?

GLM-5.3 is 14% cheaper than DeepSeek V3.2 on input price. DeepSeek V3.2 is 48% cheaper than GLM-5.3 on output price. DeepSeek V3.2 is 10% cheaper than GLM-5.3 on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.

Which has the larger context, DeepSeek V3.2 or GLM-5.3?

DeepSeek V3.2: 164K tokens; GLM-5.3: 1M tokens.

Where can I use both DeepSeek V3.2 and GLM-5.3?