Cheapest place to run GLM-5.3
Three providers serve GLM-5.3, and all of them charge exactly the same. Price is not the axis to choose on here.
Every host, ranked cheapest first
| Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Blended (4:1) | Context window |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fireworks AI | $1.40 | $4.40 | $2.00 | — |
| OpenRouter | $1.40 | $4.40 | $2.00 | 1.31M |
| Z.ai | $1.40 | $4.40 | $2.00 | 1M |
Every host of GLM-5.3 charges the same blended price at this volume, so there is no gap to close here.
What this ranking does not tell you
These are list prices for the same open weights served by different providers, nothing more. A cheaper host is not automatically the better one: providers running the same model can still differ in context window, quantisation, throughput, rate limits and region availability, and none of those show up in a price column. Check the provider's own page for the details that matter for your workload before switching.