Best GLM 5.2 alternatives
Users may seek alternatives to GLM 5.2 when its $3 per million tokens price or closed-source status outweighs its 51.1 intelligence index for large-context text work. This list covers seven other million-token models with documented differences in cost, speed, openness, and specialization.
DeepSeek V4 Flash undercuts GLM 5.2 on price at $0.18 per million tokens and offers open-weight availability, though its 40.3 intelligence index is lower and speed is 101.53 t/s.
Intelligence: 40.3Output speed: 102 t/sOutput price: $0.18/1MContext: 1049K
DeepSeek V4 Pro trades GLM 5.2's 51.1 intelligence index and 123.08 t/s speed for a much lower $0.87 per million tokens price and open-weight access while matching the 1048576 context length.
Intelligence: 44.3Output speed: 83 t/sOutput price: $0.87/1MContext: 1049K
Fast open-weight coder with a full million-token context.
Output price: $0.97/1MContext: 1000KProvider: Alibaba Qwen
Open-weight coding LLM with 1M-token context for large codebases.
Output price: $1.80/1MContext: 1049KParams: 480BProvider: Alibaba Qwen
Handles complex reasoning across one million tokens of context.
Output price: $0.78/1MContext: 1000KProvider: Alibaba Qwen
Open-weight coder built for million-token codebases and complex tasks.
Output price: $3.25/1MContext: 1000KProvider: Alibaba Qwen
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Compare with GLM 5.2Palmyra X5
LLM · $6.00/1M
Processes over a million tokens for extended text tasks.
Output price: $6.00/1MContext: 1040KProvider: Writer
NVIDIA's Nemotron 3 Ultra handles million-token text contexts with ease.
Output price: $2.20/1MContext: 1000KProvider: NVIDIA
Frequently asked questions
DeepSeek V4 Pro is the strongest alternative by intelligence index at 44.3 while keeping the same 1048576 context and cutting price to $0.87 per million tokens.