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GLM-5.3 vs Qwen3.8-Max: API price compared

On Kontinent AI, GLM-5.3 costs $0.77 input and $2.42 output per million tokens, and Qwen3.8-Max costs $1.10 input and $3.30 output per million tokens. GLM-5.3 is cheaper on both.

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Price per million tokens

GLM-5.3 Qwen3.8-Max
Input Official price $1.40 , Kontinent AI $0.77 Official price $2.00 , Kontinent AI $1.10
Output Official price $4.40 , Kontinent AI $2.42 Official price $6.00 , Kontinent AI $3.30
Cached input Official price $0.26 , Kontinent AI $0.143 Official price $0.25 , Kontinent AI $0.1375
Multiple 1.8x less 1.8x less

USD per million tokens. The struck-through figure is the maker's official price (Z.ai, Qwen (Alibaba)). The figure beside it is ours.

What jobs cost on each

Job GLM-5.3 Qwen3.8-Max
1,000 support-bot replies Official price $4.30 , Kontinent AI $2.37 Official price $6.00 , Kontinent AI $3.30
One coding-agent session Official price $0.37 , Kontinent AI $0.20 Official price $0.52 , Kontinent AI $0.29
1,000 document summaries Official price $6.92 , Kontinent AI $3.81 Official price $9.80 , Kontinent AI $5.39

Official price struck through, ours below it. Each job is priced the way the API bills it.

Try GLM-5.3 and Qwen3.8-Max with one key

Switch between them by changing the model name. Both cost a fraction of the official price, and every response shows what it cost.

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Side by side

Maker Z.ai Qwen (Alibaba)
Context window 1M tokens 1M tokens
Beyond plain chat Tool calling, Structured output Tool calling, Structured output
Thinks before answering Yes, billed as output Yes, billed as output
Speed, measured by us not measured yet 33,479 ms ยท 24.7 tok/s (19 Oct)
Formats chat messages chat

Questions

Which is cheaper, GLM-5.3 or Qwen3.8-Max?

On Kontinent AI, GLM-5.3 costs $0.77 input and $2.42 output per million tokens, and Qwen3.8-Max costs $1.10 input and $3.30 output per million tokens. GLM-5.3 is cheaper on both.

What does a coding-agent session cost on each?

A session of 200,000 input tokens and 20,000 output tokens, uncached, costs $0.20 with GLM-5.3 and $0.29 with Qwen3.8-Max on Kontinent AI. At the official prices it costs $0.37 and $0.52.

Can I use both with one API key?

Yes. One Kontinent AI key calls every model in the catalogue. Change the model name in the request to switch.

Which one gives better answers?

This page compares price, context and formats. It does not rank answer quality, which depends on your task. Try both on your own prompts: one key calls both.

Pay a fraction of the official price

One API key for Claude, GPT, Gemini and open models. A prepaid balance, no subscription.

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