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Comment by irlib

17 hours ago

Where are you getting cheap GLM5.2? It is about 1/3 the price of Opus, which is not what I would call cheap.

Hugging Face plus Z.ai API makes sense to me. Due to creators get paid, they can keep building better models, and the local-running community benefits from that over time.

AIhubmix currently is the cheapest rather than openrouter.

a company can just download GLM 5.2 and start self hosting this model using the chip designed and made by itself. That could lower the cost by 20-30x.

for hobbyist buying a few Mac Studio to host GLM 5.2 at home, the cost might 10x more than just using Opus API.