alt Hacker NewsI think it'd get you less than a $20 sub to any of the big three. I've used it on OpenRouter and found it kind of expensive for the results, but that might change now that it's open weight and other providers can host it/compete with Z.ai. For the work I did with it, I would've rather used DeepSeek V4 Flash just because it's more economical and still gives good results IMO.
Z.ai does have their own subscription, but I haven't used it because their privacy policy was pretty buns last time I checked.
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BeetleB • today at 6:17 PM
> but I haven't used it because their privacy policy was pretty buns last time I checked.
What did you find objectionable? I looked at it when I subscribed almost a year ago and I was fine with it (e.g. they don't train on your API inputs).
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Yeah I used Ox alpha earlier this week when it was free and deepseek flash when it was free on opencode. Both were great. Z.ai’s subscription doesn’t look very good versus the others.
I burn through my current Google AI pro sub for the week in about 2 and a half days so wanted something extra to add to it, but don’t want to buy any expensive ultra plan. Flash models have got me about 98% of what I need, but quotas are still a bit low.