Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and GLM-5.3?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has the lowest input price. Per 1M input tokens: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash from $0.20 and GLM-5.3 from $0.56.

Can I switch between DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and GLM-5.3 without changing my code?

Yes. All of them are served through FastRouter's OpenAI-compatible API, so switching is a change of the model parameter (deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash, z-ai/glm-5.3).

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs GLM-5.3

Side-by-side pricing per provider, context window, benchmark scores and speed, all on one OpenAI-compatible API.

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash DeepSeekdeepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash

GLM-5.3 Z.aiz-ai/glm-5.3

Creator

DeepSeek

Z.ai

Released

Sep 14, 2026

Aug 18, 2026

Context window

1.05M

Max output

944K

131K

Input / 1MLowest provider price

$0.20$0.20–$0.30 across 5

$0.56$0.56–$1.40 across 5

Output / 1MLowest provider price

$0.60$0.60–$1.20 across 5

$2.50$2.50–$4.40 across 5

Providers

IntelligenceArtificial Analysis index

39.5

44.8

CodingArtificial Analysis index

—

74.8

Accepts

Text, Image

Text

Produces

Text

Tool calling

Yes

Structured output

Yes

Reasoning

Yes

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs GLM-5.3: summary

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and GLM-5.3 are both available through FastRouter's OpenAI-compatible API, so switching between them is a change of model id, not a new integration.

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, from DeepSeek, has a 1,048,576-token context window, costs from $0.20/1M input and $0.60/1M output tokens across 5 providers and scores 39.5 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.

GLM-5.3, from Z.ai, has a 1,048,576-token context window, costs from $0.56/1M input and $2.50/1M output tokens across 5 providers and scores 44.8 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is the cheapest on input, 2.8× cheaper than the next model and GLM-5.3 scores highest for intelligence.

Switch with one line

client = OpenAI(base_url="https://api.fastrouter.ai/api/v1", api_key="<FASTROUTER_API_KEY>") client.chat.completions.create(model="deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash", messages=[...]) # or client.chat.completions.create(model="z-ai/glm-5.3", messages=[...])

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