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Best cheaper alternatives to GLM 5.1

Looking for a cheaper or smarter replacement for GLM 5.1 by Fireworks AI? We compared every LLM model with verifiable pricing on real input/output cost, context window, intelligence and modalities. 18 options are meaningfully cheaper.

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Google
Gemini 1.5 Flash-8B97% CHEAPER
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Ministral 3 3B95% CHEAPER
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Qwen3.5 9B95% CHEAPER
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Google
Gemini 1.5 Flash94% CHEAPER
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Mistral AI
Ministral 3 8B93% CHEAPER
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Ministral 3 14B91% CHEAPER
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Meta
Llama 3.2 11B Vision97% CHEAPER
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Google
Gemini 2.0 Flash92% CHEAPER
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Mistral AI
Mistral Small 493% CHEAPER
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Meta
Llama 3.2 90B Vision89% CHEAPER
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Together AI
Google Gemma 4 31B IT87% CHEAPER
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OpenAI
GPT-4o85% CHEAPER
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OpenAI
GPT-5 Mini85% CHEAPER
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OpenAI
GPT-4o Mini85% CHEAPER
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OpenAI
o385% CHEAPER
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OpenAI
GPT-5.285% CHEAPER
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OpenAI
GPT 4.1 Mini85% CHEAPER
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OpenAI
GPT 4.1 Nano85% CHEAPER
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Costs are normalised to a blended 1M-token workload (or per-unit price for non-token models) using each model's latest verified pricing. Models with pricing under review are excluded from recommendations.

Best cheaper alternatives to GLM 5.1