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Cheapest GLM 5.3 Flash API providers

GLM 5.3 Flash is an open-weight model from Z.ai. On OpenRouter, 41 listings from 36 providers sell it, and the blended price runs from $0.0459 to $0.297 per million tokens.

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ernd partners with Wafer. Prices are from OpenRouter's public listings.

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Cheapest and fastest

Cheapest
Relace
$0.0459 per 1M tokens blended
$0.0335 input, $0.083 output
Fastest
CoreWeave
123 tokens per second
$0.185 blended, 0.68 s to first token

Every provider

Provider Input /1M Output /1M Blended 3:1 Cache read /1M Context Quantization Latency Throughput With ernd card
Relace $0.0335 $0.083 $0.0459 $0.03 1.05M FP4 0.95 s 70 tok/s –
Wafer (US) ernd partner $0.0353 $0.184 $0.0725 $0.0343 1.05M NVFP4 0.48 s 106 tok/s $0.0652after 10% cash back
Wafer ernd partner $0.054 $0.20 $0.0905 $0.053 1.05M NVFP4 0.46 s 99 tok/s $0.0814after 10% cash back
Darkbloom $0.065 $0.18 $0.0938 $0.012 262K FP4 2.56 s 29 tok/s –
Open Inference $0.06 $0.24 $0.105 $0.03 1.05M FP4 0.78 s 111 tok/s –
GMICloud $0.075 $0.25 $0.119 $0.015 1.05M FP8 2.17 s 64 tok/s –
Tenstorrent $0.075 $0.25 $0.119 $0.015 262K FP8 2.27 s 51 tok/s –
NovitaAI $0.084 $0.28 $0.133 $0.0168 1.05M FP8 3.21 s 40 tok/s –
StreamLake $0.0885 $0.295 $0.14 $0.0177 1.02M FP8 2.83 s 40 tok/s –
Morph $0.122 $0.248 $0.153 $0.052 1.05M FP8 1.00 s 46 tok/s –
Reka AI $0.12 $0.30 $0.165 $0.03 1.05M Not listed 0.68 s 79 tok/s –
Makora $0.14 $0.24 $0.165 $0.03 1.05M FP4 0.64 s 82 tok/s –
inference.net $0.108 $0.35 $0.168 $0.032 1.05M FP4 0.42 s 93 tok/s –
inference.net (US) $0.108 $0.35 $0.168 $0.032 1.05M FP4 0.37 s 97 tok/s –
DigitalOcean $0.113 $0.375 $0.178 $0.03 1.05M Not listed 0.87 s 106 tok/s –
Phala $0.113 $0.375 $0.178 $0.0225 1.05M NVFP4 2.76 s 36 tok/s –
CoreWeave $0.12 $0.38 $0.185 $0.02 1.05M NVFP4 0.68 s 123 tok/s –
NEAR AI $0.08 $0.50 $0.185 $0.012 1.05M FP8 0.91 s 28 tok/s –
Particle AI $0.10 $0.50 $0.20 $0.03 1.05M NVFP4 0.80 s 110 tok/s –
NextBit $0.12 $0.45 $0.203 $0.03 1.05M FP4 1.36 s 49 tok/s –
AtlasCloud $0.15 $0.50 $0.237 $0.03 1.05M FP8 3.28 s 37 tok/s –
Baseten $0.15 $0.50 $0.237 $0.03 1.05M FP8 0.51 s 97 tok/s –
Baseten (US) $0.15 $0.50 $0.237 $0.03 1.05M FP8 0.46 s 107 tok/s –
Cohere $0.15 $0.50 $0.237 $0.03 1.05M NVFP4 0.76 s 119 tok/s –
Crusoe $0.15 $0.50 $0.237 $0.03 1.05M FP4 0.81 s 104 tok/s –
DeepInfra $0.15 $0.50 $0.237 $0.03 1.05M FP4 0.92 s 83 tok/s –
Fireworks $0.15 $0.50 $0.237 $0.03 1.05M Not listed 0.88 s 105 tok/s –
Friendli $0.15 $0.50 $0.237 $0.03 1.05M Not listed 0.59 s 100 tok/s –
Mistral $0.15 $0.50 $0.237 $0.03 1.05M Not listed 2.18 s 61 tok/s –
Modal $0.15 $0.50 $0.237 $0.03 1.05M FP4 0.40 s 95 tok/s –
Nebius Token Factory $0.15 $0.50 $0.237 $0.03 1.05M FP4 1.10 s 80 tok/s –
Parasail $0.15 $0.50 $0.237 $0.03 1.05M FP4 0.84 s 111 tok/s –
Prime Intellect $0.15 $0.50 $0.237 $0.03 1.05M Not listed 0.95 s 93 tok/s –
SiliconFlow $0.15 $0.50 $0.237 $0.03 1.05M FP8 2.00 s 38 tok/s –
Together $0.15 $0.50 $0.237 $0.03 1.05M Not listed 1.09 s 118 tok/s –
Venice $0.15 $0.50 $0.237 $0.03 1.05M Not listed 0.89 s 105 tok/s –
Z.ai $0.15 $0.50 $0.237 $0.03 1.05M FP8 2.17 s 41 tok/s –
Inceptron $0.175 $0.45 $0.244 $0.04 1.05M FP8 0.59 s 90 tok/s –
Sail Research $0.175 $0.625 $0.287 $0.0225 1.05M FP4 0.94 s 41 tok/s –
Sail Research (US) $0.175 $0.625 $0.287 $0.0225 1.05M FP4 0.95 s 50 tok/s –
Parasail (Fast) $0.188 $0.625 $0.297 $0.0375 1.05M FP4 1.02 s 105 tok/s –
41 listings for GLM 5.3 Flash on OpenRouter, cheapest blended price first. Checked .

Blended is three parts input price to one part output, per million tokens. Latency is time to first token and throughput is output tokens per second, both averaged from OpenRouter's daily figures for the last 7 days. Cheapest and fastest only count listings that were up when checked.

Wafer is an ernd partner: 10% back on Wafer inference with the ernd card. With ernd card is the blended price less 10% cash back on Wafer charges. It comes back on the card bill and doesn't change Wafer's list price. It applies when you pay Wafer directly, not through OpenRouter credits.

Questions

What is the cheapest GLM 5.3 Flash API provider?

Relace, at $0.0459 per million tokens blended ($0.0335 input, $0.083 output), in OpenRouter's listings on November 7, 2026.

How much does GLM 5.3 Flash cost per million tokens?

Input runs from $0.0335 to $0.188 per million tokens across 41 listings, and output from $0.083 to $0.625. The middle listing comes to $0.237 blended.

Which GLM 5.3 Flash provider is fastest?

CoreWeave had the most throughput over the last 7 days, about 123 tokens per second. inference.net (US) was quickest to the first token at 0.37 s.

How do I pay for GLM 5.3 Flash inference?

Buy OpenRouter credits and it sends each request to one of these providers, or open an account with a provider and pay it directly. The ernd card is a credit card for US companies. It earns 4% back on AI vendor spend and 1.5% back on everything else. Wafer charges on the card earn 10% back.

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