InferIndex · https://inferindex.dev/en/compare/moonshotai/kimi-k3/vs/z-ai/glm-5.3
Kimi K3 costs from $2.74 per million tokens and GLM 5.3 from $0.40 (at a 3:1 input:output mix): the cheapest price for each; prices checked on .
Each model's lowest blended price, per 1M tokens, across every provider we track.
| Model | Quality rank from public evaluations. 1 = best. | Coding quality rank from public evaluations. 1 = best. | Lowest blended price, $ per 1M tokens. Green background: the most favourable value of each column. | Input price of the cheapest offer, per 1M tokens | Output price of the cheapest offer, per 1M tokens | The provider's published policy says the text you send is not used to train models. We only show what is published; we can't check it ourselves. | For 2,000 input tokens and 500 output tokens per request, 1,000 requests a day, at the cheapest offer for that workload. | Offers | Providers | The maximum amount of text, counted in tokens, the model can take in and write in a single request. Past this limit, the request is refused or cut. |
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| Rank 31 of 84 (tied) · score 83.6/100 · Nov 14, 2026, most favourable value of the column | Not ranked in this quality board | Most expensive offer · $4.30. The highest blended price among comparable offers: one price per provider (its cheapest route), standard tier, current prices only. Priority tiers and prices converted from points are not counted. Green background: the most favourable value of each column., most favourable value of the column | $0.07, most favourable value of the column | $1.40, most favourable value of the column | at InferenceNet, most favourable value of the column | $25.19, most favourable value of the columnat Wafer via OpenRouter | 177 | 90, most favourable value of the column | 1M | |
| Rank 39 of 84 (tied) · score 78.7/100 · Nov 14, 2026 | Rank 15 of 52 · score 77.4/100 · Nov 14, 2026 | Most expensive offer · $9.00. The highest blended price among comparable offers: one price per provider (its cheapest route), standard tier, current prices only. Priority tiers and prices converted from points are not counted. | $0.45 | $9.60 | An offer with no training on prompts at the lowest price. | $160.56at Wafer via OpenRouter | 118 | 60 | 1M |
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Cheaper, similar quality
vs Kimi K3Score within 3 points out of 100 in the same quality board, blended price at least 10% lower.OverallRank 39 of 84 (tied) · score 78.7/100 · Nov 14, 2026
| Model | Qualityrank | Gappts | Blended$/1M | Saving% | |
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| Rank 44 of 84 · score 77.0/100 · Nov 14, 2026 | −1.7 | 0.05 | 98 | Compare | |
| Rank 43 of 84 · score 77.7/100 · Nov 14, 2026 | −1.0 | 0.20 | 93 | Compare | |
| Rank 45 of 84 · score 76.3/100 · Nov 14, 2026 | −2.4 | 0.48 | 82 | Compare | |
| Rank 34 of 84 · score 80.9/100 · Nov 14, 2026 | +2.2 | 0.74 | 73 | Compare | |
| Rank 47 of 84 · score 75.8/100 · Nov 14, 2026 | −2.9 | 0.90 | 67 | Compare |
CodeRank 15 of 52 · score 77.4/100 · Nov 14, 2026
| Model | Coderank | Gappts | Blended$/1M | Saving% | |
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| Rank 16 of 52 · score 77.0/100 · Nov 14, 2026 | −0.4 | 2.00 | 27 | Compare | |
| Rank 18 of 52 · score 74.5/100 · Nov 14, 2026 | −2.9 | 2.10 | 23 | Compare |
Prices as of Nov 15, 2026, 3:47 AM UTCSame rules as the API's /cheapest route. The monthly estimate uses the cheapest offer for that workload.