GLM-5.3-Flash API Provider Benchmarking & Analysis
This analysis is intended to support you in choosing the best API provider of GLM-5.3-Flash for your use-case.
Fastest
Inco (FAST)
Nebius
Databricks
Bitdeer AI
FireworksOutput speed
Total 18 providers
Lowest Latency
NebiusDatabricksInco (FAST)Bitdeer AIFireworksTime to first answer token
Total 18 providers
Lowest Price
Bitdeer AI
Makora
ZaiFireworks
BasetenBlended price (per 1M tokens)
Total 18 providers
GLM-5.3-Flash is available through 18 API providers, each offering different performance characteristics and pricing. Below is a comparison of the key metrics across providers.
- For output speed, the top providers are Inco (FAST) (471.6 t/s), Nebius (304.8 t/s), and Databricks (216.3 t/s). Speed varies significantly across providers, with a 1815% difference between the fastest and slowest.
- For latency, Nebius (7.09s), Databricks (10.00s), and Inco (FAST) (10.72s) offer the lowest time to first answer token.
- For pricing, Bitdeer AI (0.05), Makora (0.09), and Zai (0.10) offer the lowest blended prices per 1M tokens. Prices vary up to 3.7x across providers.
Highlights
Update: Default performance benchmarking workload has updated to 10k input tokens to better reflect production use cases. You can still select different workloads above.
Pricing
Pricing: Cache Hit, Input, and Output
Pricing: Blended Price
Pricing: Cache Discount
Output Speed vs. Price
Speed
Measured by Output Speed (tokens per second)
Output Speed: GLM-5.3-Flash
Latency vs. Output Speed
Latency
Measured by Time (seconds) to First Token
Time to First Answer Token
End-to-End Response Time
Seconds to output 500 tokens, calculated based on time to first token, 'thinking' time for reasoning models, and output speed
End-to-End Response Time
Key Comparison Metrics & API Features
| Zai | 1M | Open | $0.25 | 114 | 2.45 | 24.31 | 17.48 | ||
| Baseten | 1.05M | Open | $0.30 | 144 | 0.81 | 18.22 | 13.93 | ||
 Novita | 1.05M | Open | $0.29 | 107 | 1.59 | 24.98 | 18.71 | ||
 DeepInfra | 1M | Open | $0.43 | 32 | 1.56 | 79.14 | 62.06 | ||
 SiliconFlow | 1M | Open | $0.29 | 108 | 1.46 | 24.54 | 18.46 | ||
 Wafer | 1M | Open | $0.29 | 25 | 1.04 | 102.54 | 81.20 | ||
 Together AI | 1.05M | Open | $0.36 | 108 | 0.72 | 23.76 | 18.43 | ||
| Fireworks | 1.05M | Open | $0.30 | 192 | 1.44 | 14.46 | 10.41 | ||
| Databricks | 1M | Open | $0.28 | 216 | 0.76 | 12.31 | 9.24 | ||
 GMI | 1M | Open | $0.42 | 105 | 2.17 | 26.04 | 19.10 | ||
 Parasail | 1M | Open | $0.28 | 109 | 1.13 | 24.11 | 18.38 | ||
| Bitdeer AI | 1M | Open | $0.14 | 236 | 2.01 | 12.62 | 8.49 | ||
 FriendliAI | 1M | Open | $0.28 | 140 | 1.34 | 19.18 | 14.28 | ||
| Nebius | 1M | Open | $1.19 | 306 | 0.53 | 8.71 | 6.54 | ||
 DigitalOcean | 1.05M | Open | $0.33 | 65 | 0.88 | 39.31 | 30.74 | ||
| Inco | 1M | Open | $0.46 | 476 | 6.48 | 11.73 | 4.20 | ||
| Makora | 1.05M | Open | $0.56 | 96 | 0.98 | 26.99 | 20.80 | ||
 CoreWeave | 1M | Open | $0.76 | 105 | 1.61 | 25.38 | 19.02 | ||
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about GLM-5.3-Flash providers
GLM-5.3-Flash is available through 18 API providers: Zai, Baseten, Novita, DeepInfra, SiliconFlow, Wafer, Together AI, Fireworks, Databricks, GMI, Parasail, Bitdeer AI, FriendliAI, Nebius, DigitalOcean, Inco (FAST), Makora, and CoreWeave. Each provider offers different performance characteristics and pricing.
GLM-5.3-Flash is currently available through 18 API providers that we benchmark and track.
The fastest providers for GLM-5.3-Flash by output speed are Inco (FAST) (471.6 t/s), Nebius (304.8 t/s), and Databricks (216.3 t/s). Output speed measures how quickly tokens are generated after the model starts responding.
The providers with the lowest time to first answer token for GLM-5.3-Flash are Nebius (7.09s), Databricks (10.00s), and Inco (FAST) (10.72s). Lower latency means faster initial response time.
The most affordable providers for GLM-5.3-Flash by blended price are Bitdeer AI ($0.05 per 1M tokens), Makora ($0.09 per 1M tokens), and Zai ($0.10 per 1M tokens). Blended price uses a 7:2:1 cache hit/input/output token ratio.
The providers with the lowest input token pricing for GLM-5.3-Flash are Makora ($0.07 per 1M input tokens), Bitdeer AI ($0.07 per 1M input tokens), and Zai ($0.15 per 1M input tokens).
The providers with the lowest output token pricing for GLM-5.3-Flash are Makora ($0.23 per 1M output tokens), Bitdeer AI ($0.25 per 1M output tokens), and Zai ($0.50 per 1M output tokens).
Prices for GLM-5.3-Flash vary up to 3.7x across providers. The most affordable is Bitdeer AI at $0.05 per 1M tokens, while Nebius charges $0.18 per 1M tokens.
Output speed for GLM-5.3-Flash varies significantly across providers. Inco (FAST) is the fastest at 471.6 t/s, which is 19.1x faster than Wafer at 24.6 t/s.
All 18 providers of GLM-5.3-Flash support JSON mode for structured output.
All 18 providers of GLM-5.3-Flash support function calling (tool use).
The best provider for GLM-5.3-Flash depends on your priorities: Inco (FAST) offers the highest output speed, Nebius has the lowest latency, and Bitdeer AI provides the most competitive pricing.
When choosing a provider for GLM-5.3-Flash, consider: output speed (for throughput-intensive tasks), latency (for interactive applications requiring quick first responses), pricing (for cost-sensitive workloads), and API features like JSON mode or function calling.
Yes, provider performance can vary over time due to infrastructure changes, load balancing, and updates. We continuously benchmark all providers and display historical performance trends in the "Over Time" charts.
For information about GLM-5.3-Flash's intelligence, capabilities, modalities, and how it compares to other models, see the model overview page. View model overview