Which is cheaper, DeepSeek-V4-Pro-Max or GLM-4.7-Flash?
As of August 20, 2026, GLM-4.7-Flash is 100% cheaper on blended LLM API pricing. GLM-4.7-Flash costs $0.00 per million input tokens and $0.00 per million output tokens ($0.00 blended 1M-in + 1M-out). DeepSeek-V4-Pro-Max costs $1.74 / $3.48 per million tokens ($5.22 blended). Sources: https://api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/pricing and https://docs.z.ai/guides/overview/pricing. The cheapest LLM for your app still depends on how many output tokens you generate.
How much does DeepSeek-V4-Pro-Max vs GLM-4.7-Flash cost per million tokens?
DeepSeek-V4-Pro-Max DeepSeek API pricing is $1.74 input and $3.48 output per million tokens via DeepSeek. GLM-4.7-Flash Z AI API pricing is $0.00 input and $0.00 output per million tokens via Z AI. Use those four numbers, not ChatGPT Plus or Claude Pro subscription prices, when you are comparing APIs.
Which is better for coding, DeepSeek-V4-Pro-Max or GLM-4.7-Flash?
DeepSeek-V4-Pro-Max leads on SWE-bench Verified: DeepSeek-V4-Pro-Max at 80.6% vs GLM-4.7-Flash at 59.2%. SWE-bench measures real GitHub fixes; LiveCodeBench measures contest programming.
What is the context window for DeepSeek-V4-Pro-Max vs GLM-4.7-Flash?
DeepSeek-V4-Pro-Max supports a 1M token context window, while GLM-4.7-Flash supports 203K tokens. DeepSeek-V4-Pro-Max offers a larger context window. Filling a larger window bills more input tokens, so the cheaper-per-million model can still cost more on long documents.
Which model performs better on benchmarks, DeepSeek-V4-Pro-Max or GLM-4.7-Flash?
DeepSeek-V4-Pro-Max leads on 5 of 5 shared benchmarks versus GLM-4.7-Flash's 0 wins. Check the comparison table for GPQA Diamond, SWE-bench, MMLU, HLE, and the other evals we track. Token price and benchmark score together are the usual LLM comparison, not either number alone.
Is DeepSeek-V4-Pro-Max or GLM-4.7-Flash better for production use?
Both DeepSeek-V4-Pro-Max and GLM-4.7-Flash are production API models. For cost-sensitive production traffic, GLM-4.7-Flash has better economics on the blended 1M-in + 1M-out scale. For maximum capability, weight the benchmark table for your domain. Many production stacks route cheap models for drafts and a frontier model for the hard turn, which is usually cheaper than sending everything to the expensive API.
Can I switch between DeepSeek-V4-Pro-Max and GLM-4.7-Flash in my app?
Yes. Call DeepSeek-V4-Pro-Max through DeepSeek and GLM-4.7-Flash through Z AI with separate API keys, or through a gateway that already wraps both. Keep prompts in tokens, not characters, when you estimate the invoice. AnotherWrapper templates can swap providers without rewriting auth and billing.
How accurate is this DeepSeek-V4-Pro-Max vs GLM-4.7-Flash pricing data?
List rates are the latest published DeepSeek API pricing and Z AI API pricing, quoted per million tokens. Official rate sheets: https://api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/pricing and https://docs.z.ai/guides/overview/pricing. Prompt caching, batch APIs, and committed-use discounts can change the invoice. Benchmark scores are from official publications and independent evals, updated as new numbers land.
What is the output token limit for DeepSeek-V4-Pro-Max and GLM-4.7-Flash?
DeepSeek-V4-Pro-Max supports up to 131K output tokens per request, while GLM-4.7-Flash supports up to 16K output tokens. Output tokens are usually the expensive half of API pricing, so a higher max output cap is a capability, not a discount.
Which model has better throughput, DeepSeek-V4-Pro-Max or GLM-4.7-Flash?
GLM-4.7-Flash has a measured throughput of approximately 50 tokens/second. Throughput data for DeepSeek-V4-Pro-Max is not yet available. Throughput (tokens per second) and time-to-first-token are why two models with the same per-million-token price can still feel different in chat and agents.
How do I switch the models in this DeepSeek-V4-Pro-Max vs GLM-4.7-Flash comparison?
Use the model pickers at the top of this LLM comparison. Search any model in the index and the URL updates. Open DeepSeek-V4-Pro-Max or GLM-4.7-Flash from the sidebar for the single-model API pricing page, or go back to the LLM pricing table to sort by cheapest blended cost.
