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Best GLM-4.7 Alternatives

GLM-4.7 by Zhipu AI is a mid-tier model priced at $0.6/2.2 per 1M tokens (in/out). It's already affordable, but you might want different strengths or features.

GLM-4.7

Zhipu AIMid-Tier

Input

$0.6/1M

Output

$2.2/1M

Context

200K

Max Output

128K

Why Switch from GLM-4.7?

No tool-use support yet
358B parameters — still heavy for self-hosting
Smaller ecosystem than OpenAI/Anthropic

Top Alternatives

#1Mistral Medium 3MistralMid-Tier

14% cheaper, adds tool-use.

Input

$0.4/1M

33% cheaper

Output

$2/1M

9% cheaper

Context

128K

Max Output

16K

MMLU-Pro: 76%(-8.3%)GPQA:
#2o3OpenAIReasoning

29% cheaper, comparable performance, adds tool-use.

Input

$0.4/1M

33% cheaper

Output

$1.6/1M

27% cheaper

Context

200K

Max Output

100K

MMLU-Pro: 87%(+2.7%)GPQA: 79.2%(-6.5%)
#3Llama 4 MaverickMetaOpen Source

Dramatically cheaper (59% less), comparable performance, 1M context (5x more).

Input

$0.31/1M

48% cheaper

Output

$0.85/1M

61% cheaper

Context

1M

Max Output

32K

MMLU-Pro: 80.5%(-3.8%)GPQA:
#4MiniMax M2.5MiniMaxOpen Source

46% cheaper, comparable performance, open-source and self-hostable.

Input

$0.3/1M

50% cheaper

Output

$1.2/1M

45% cheaper

Context

200K

Max Output

128K

MMLU-Pro: 82%(-2.3%)GPQA:
#5DeepSeek R1DeepSeekReasoning

2% cheaper.

Input

$0.55/1M

8% cheaper

Output

$2.19/1M

0% cheaper

Context

128K

Max Output

64K

MMLU-Pro: 84%(-0.3%)GPQA: 71.5%(-14.2%)
#6Gemini 2.5 ProGoogleMid-Tier

Comparable performance, 1M context (5x more), adds tool-use, audio.

Input

$1.25/1M

108% more

Output

$10/1M

355% more

Context

1M

Max Output

66K

MMLU-Pro: 87.5%(+3.2%)GPQA: 76%(-9.7%)
#7Mistral Large 3MistralFlagship

Comparable performance, adds tool-use.

Input

$2/1M

233% more

Output

$5/1M

127% more

Context

128K

Max Output

16K

MMLU-Pro: 83%(-1.3%)GPQA:
#8Claude Sonnet 4.6AnthropicMid-Tier

Comparable performance, adds tool-use.

Input

$3/1M

400% more

Output

$15/1M

582% more

Context

200K

Max Output

16K

MMLU-Pro: 86%(+1.7%)GPQA: 70%(-15.7%)

Full Comparison Table

ModelInput $/1MOutput $/1MContextMMLU-ProHumanEvalScore
Mistral Medium 3Mistral$0.4033% cheaper$2.009% cheaper128K76%-8.3%87%81
o3OpenAI$0.4033% cheaper$1.6027% cheaper200K87%+2.7%94.5%79
Llama 4 MaverickMeta$0.3148% cheaper$0.8561% cheaper1M80.5%-3.8%90.2%78
MiniMax M2.5MiniMax$0.3050% cheaper$1.2045% cheaper200K82%-2.3%90%78
DeepSeek R1DeepSeek$0.558% cheaper$2.190% cheaper128K84%-0.3%92%71
Gemini 2.5 ProGoogle$1.25108% more$10.00355% more1M87.5%+3.2%93.5%70
Mistral Large 3Mistral$2.00233% more$5.00127% more128K83%-1.3%91%69
Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic$3.00400% more$15.00582% more200K86%+1.7%94%67
Claude Sonnet 4.5Anthropic$3.00400% more$15.00582% more200K84.5%+0.2%93%67
o4-miniOpenAI$1.1083% more$4.40100% more200K85%+0.7%93.5%62
Gemini 3 FlashGoogle$0.5017% cheaper$3.0036% more1M78%-6.3%90%62
Gemini 2.5 FlashGoogle$0.1575% cheaper$0.6073% cheaper1M76%-8.3%89.5%62
Llama 4 ScoutMeta$0.1870% cheaper$0.6371% cheaper10M74.2%-10.1%86%61
DeepSeek V3DeepSeek$0.1477% cheaper$0.2887% cheaper164K78%-6.3%89%61
GPT-5.3 CodexOpenAI$2.00233% more$16.00627% more200K90%+5.7%96.5%59
GPT-5.2 CodexOpenAI$1.75192% more$14.00536% more200K89%+4.7%95.5%59
GPT-5OpenAI$1.25108% more$10.00355% more128K88.5%+4.2%95%55
Gemini 3.1 ProGoogle$2.00233% more$12.00445% more1M91%+6.7%95%55
Gemini 3 ProGoogle$2.00233% more$12.00445% more1M89.8%+5.5%94%55
GLM-5Zhipu AI$1.0067% more$3.2045% more200K70.4%-13.9%91%54
GPT-4oOpenAI$2.50317% more$10.00355% more128K80.5%-3.8%91%50
Claude Opus 4.6Anthropic$5.00733% more$25.001036% more200K89.5%+5.2%95%49
Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropic$0.8033% more$4.0082% more200K69.4%-14.9%88.1%48
GPT-4o MiniOpenAI$0.1575% cheaper$0.6073% cheaper128K68%-16.3%87.2%48
Grok 4xAI$3.00400% more$15.00582% more128K86%+1.7%93%48

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