Claude Haiku 5.5 vs GLM-5.3: cost

For a typical support chatbot, Claude Haiku 5.5 is about 10.2× cheaper than GLM-5.3 ($38.51 vs $393 per month). Price is only one factor: test both on your own prompts before switching.

Claude Haiku 5.5 vs GLM-5.3: prices and limits
Claude Haiku 5.5GLM-5.3
Input /1M$0.10$1.40
Output /1M$0.50$4.40
Cached input /1M$0.01$0.26
Batch input /1M$0.05—
Batch output /1M$0.25—
Context window1,000,0001,000,000
Max input1,000,0001,000,000
Max output128,000128,000

Monthly cost by workload

Estimated monthly cost by workload (USD)
Scenario (per month)Claude Haiku 5.5GLM-5.3
Customer support chatbot
5,000 req/day · 1,200 in · 400 out · cache 60%
$38.51$393
RAG over documents
2,000 req/day · 8,000 in · 600 out · cache 30%
$53.64$666
Coding agent
1,500 req/day · 25,000 in · 2,000 out · cache 80%
$79.31$945
Deep reasoning
800 req/day · 3,000 in · 6,000 out · cache 20%
$77.90$718
Batch processing
50,000 req/day · 1,500 in · 150 out · batch
$169$4,140