API cost decision in 10 seconds

GLM 4.7 Flash vs 🔥DeepSeek V3.2

Pick GLM 4.7 Flash when budget and context both matter.

Pricing data updated:  Prices normalized to USD per 1M tokens Sample workload: 1M input + 500K output

Budget verdict

Pick GLM 4.7 Flash when budget and context both matter.

On the standard 1M input plus 500K output workload, GLM 4.7 Flash is estimated at $0.26 vs $0.44 for DeepSeek V3.2, saving $0.18 (41% lower).

Cost-first pickGLM 4.7 Flash
Context-first pickGLM 4.7 Flash
Sample savings$0.1841%
10x traffic gap$1.81

GLM 4.7 Flash is cheaper on the standard workload and also has the larger context window. At 10x that traffic, the same price gap is about $1.81. Use the calculator below to replace the sample workload with your own token volume.

Cost sensitivity

Workload Sensitivity

Same prices, different token mixes.

GLM 4.7 Flash stays cheaper across input-heavy, balanced, and output-heavy sample workloads.

Workload shapeToken mixBetter pickGLM 4.7 FlashDeepSeek V3.2
Input-heavy / RAG 5M input + 500K output GLM 4.7 Flash $0.5 $1.45
Balanced workload 1M input + 1M output GLM 4.7 Flash $0.46 $0.63
Output-heavy chatbot 1M input + 5M output GLM 4.7 Flash $2.06 $2.14
Cheaper inputGLM 4.7 Flash$0.06 vs $0.25 / 1M
Cheaper outputDeepSeek V3.2$0.4 vs $0.38 / 1M
Larger contextGLM 4.7 Flash202.75K vs 131.07K
Sample workloadGLM 4.7 Flash$0.26 vs $0.44

Estimate your workload cost

Your Workload Cost

Prices are normalized to USD per 1M tokens.
GLM 4.7 FlashCalculating…Estimated API cost
DeepSeek V3.2Calculating…Estimated API cost
Cheaper for this workloadCalculating…Difference: calculating…

This estimate uses normalized public API pricing per 1M tokens. It is a planning aid, not a billing quote. Verify provider pricing, limits, and terms before production use.

Quick Decision

Verdict

GLM 4.7 Flash has the lower input price, DeepSeek V3.2 has the lower output price, and GLM 4.7 Flash offers the larger context window.

For a 1M input token plus 500K output token workload, the estimated API cost is $0.26 for GLM 4.7 Flash and $0.44 for DeepSeek V3.2.

Best Fit

Choose GLM 4.7 Flash when you care most about lower input-token price, and larger context window.

Choose DeepSeek V3.2 when you care most about lower output-token price.

Head-to-Head Specs
FeatureGLM 4.7 Flash
(Z.ai)		🔥DeepSeek V3.2
(DeepSeek)
Input Price
prompt tokens per 1M		$0.06$0.25
Completion Price
per 1M tokens		$0.4$0.38
Sample Workload Cost
1M input + 500K output		$0.26$0.44
Context Window202.75K131.07K
Release Date2026-01-192025-12-01
Popularity#8
GLM 4.7 Flash

As a 30B-class SOTA model, GLM-4.7-Flash offers a new option that balances performance and efficiency. It is further optimized for agentic coding use cases, strengthening coding capabilities, long-horizon task planning,...

DeepSeek V3.2

DeepSeek-V3.2 is a large language model designed to harmonize high computational efficiency with strong reasoning and agentic tool-use performance. It introduces DeepSeek Sparse Attention (DSA), a fine-grained sparse attention mechanism...

Use-Case Decision Matrix

Use caseBetter pickWhy
Budget-constrained productionGLM 4.7 FlashOn the standard 1M input plus 500K output workload, GLM 4.7 Flash is estimated at $0.26 vs $0.44 for DeepSeek V3.2, saving $0.18 (41% lower).
High-volume input processingGLM 4.7 FlashLower prompt-token price matters most when prompts or retrieved passages dominate the bill.
Long responses and chatbotsDeepSeek V3.2Lower output-token price matters most when assistants generate many completion tokens.
RAG or long-document workGLM 4.7 FlashA larger context window leaves more room for retrieved passages and source files.