Z.ai: GLM 4.5 alternatives
Ranked by capability overlap, similar context window, and similar price tier. Cross-vendor options are weighted higher than same-provider alternatives.
See also: Z.ai: GLM 4.5 model details · GLM 4 family · Z Ai provider page
Top 15 alternatives
| # | Model | Provider | Why | Context | Input price / 1M | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DeepSeek: R1 | DeepSeek | shares reasoning, tool-use, structured-output · similar price tier | 164K Long context (128K+) | $0.70 Budget | vs → |
| 2 | DeepSeek: R1 0528 | DeepSeek | shares reasoning, tool-use, structured-output · similar price tier | 164K Long context (128K+) | $0.50 Budget | vs → |
| 3 | Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) | shares reasoning, tool-use, structured-output · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $2.00 Standard | vs → | |
| 4 | AionLabs: Aion-2.0 | Aion Labs | shares reasoning, tool-use, structured-output · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.80 Budget | vs → |
| 5 | AionLabs: Aion-3.0 | Aion Labs | shares reasoning, tool-use, structured-output · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $3.00 Standard | vs → |
| 6 | AionLabs: Aion-3.0-Mini | Aion Labs | shares reasoning, tool-use, structured-output · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.70 Budget | vs → |
| 7 | Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 | Anthropic | shares reasoning, tool-use, structured-output · similar price tier | 200K Long context (128K+) | $1.00 Standard | vs → |
| 8 | Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 (batch) | Anthropic | shares reasoning, tool-use, structured-output · similar price tier | 200K Long context (128K+) | $0.50 Budget | vs → |
| 9 | Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 (batch) | Anthropic | shares reasoning, tool-use, structured-output · similar price tier | 200K Long context (128K+) | $2.50 Standard | vs → |
| 10 | Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 (batch) | Anthropic | shares reasoning, tool-use, structured-output · similar price tier | 1M Ultra context (1M+) | $2.50 Standard | vs → |
| 11 | Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7 (batch) | Anthropic | shares reasoning, tool-use, structured-output · similar price tier | 1M Ultra context (1M+) | $2.50 Standard | vs → |
| 12 | Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 (batch) | Anthropic | shares reasoning, tool-use, structured-output · similar price tier | 1M Ultra context (1M+) | $2.50 Standard | vs → |
| 13 | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5 | Anthropic | shares reasoning, tool-use, structured-output · similar price tier | 1M Ultra context (1M+) | $3.00 Standard | vs → |
| 14 | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5 (batch) | Anthropic | shares reasoning, tool-use, structured-output · similar price tier | 1M Ultra context (1M+) | $1.50 Standard | vs → |
| 15 | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Anthropic | shares reasoning, tool-use, structured-output · similar price tier | 1M Ultra context (1M+) | $3.00 Standard | vs → |