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Alibaba vs Z.AI vs Moonshot AI

Every model these providers publish, ranked together — not the providers side by side, but their whole ranges interleaved on one capability table and one quality-versus-cost plot. A figure no source published stays explicitly unavailable.

Provider set

Check two to 4 providers below, then press Compare — every model they publish is ranked together, and the URL and the table only update once you do.

Compare by Provider

45 models across 3 providers, on the same seven capability axes the leaderboard ranks. Choose a column header to sort; expand a row for its benchmark tasks.

Alibaba
Models
25
Scored
25
Best overall
73.26Qwen3.8 Max
Blended $ / 1M
$0.055 – $1.56
Z.AI
Models
13
Scored
13
Best overall
67.05GLM-5.3
Blended $ / 1M
$0.43 – $2.15
Moonshot AI
Models
7
Scored
7
Best overall
74.36Kimi K3
Blended $ / 1M
$1.08 – $6.00

Evidence key: ObservedUnavailable

Models from Alibaba, Z.AI, Moonshot AI scored across seven capability axes
CompareDetails
1Kimi K3Moonshot AI · Pending74.369173.383.778.589.4UnavailableUnavailable
2Qwen3.8 MaxAlibaba · Open Weight73.2683.668.968.486.687.490.5Unavailable
3GLM-5.3Z.AI · Open WeightSelf-hosted67.0583.656.46775.8UnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
4Qwen3.7 MaxAlibaba · Proprietary66.9863.870.170.775.1Unavailable89.281.9
5GLM-5.2Z.AI · Open Weight66.878.438.476.174.8Unavailable88.580.7
6GLM-5.3-FlashZ.AI · Open WeightSelf-hosted66.1980.656.467.5Unavailable80.4UnavailableUnavailable
7Kimi K2.7 CodeMoonshot AI · Open Weight65.94714665.275.5Unavailable75.1Unavailable
8Kimi K2.6Moonshot AI · Open Weight65.8460.858.956.6Unavailable63.9Unavailable71
9Qwen 3.6 Max (preview)Alibaba · Proprietary64.35643.469.4UnavailableUnavailableUnavailable41.3
10Qwen3.8-27BAlibaba · Open WeightSelf-hosted64.1682.456.346.177.479.883.2Unavailable
11GLM-5.1Z.AI · Open Weight63.3846.952.872.471.7Unavailable92.463.8
12Qwen3.7 PlusAlibaba · Proprietary61.858.157.959.67472.489.278.2
13GLM-5Z.AI · Open Weight61.7742.849.474.152.1Unavailable87.256.5
14GLM-5-TurboZ.AI · Proprietary61.58UnavailableUnavailable53.470.3Unavailable88.3Unavailable
15Qwen3.6 PlusAlibaba · Proprietary60.6652.553.257.860.166.282.562
16GLM-5 (Reasoning)Z.AI · Open Weight58.12UnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
17Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning)Alibaba · Open Weight57.85UnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
18Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)Moonshot AI · Proprietary57.72858.980.9Unavailable63.3UnavailableUnavailable
19GLM-4.7Z.AI · Open WeightSelf-hosted57.6110.854.133.969.8Unavailable81.425.8
20GLM-5V-TurboZ.AI · Proprietary57.59UnavailableUnavailable54.469.367.372.5Unavailable
21Qwen3.8-Flash-NextAlibaba · Open WeightSelf-hosted57.034154.952.875.883.187.2Unavailable
22Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning)Alibaba · Open WeightSelf-hosted56.39UnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable30
23GLM-4.5Z.AI · Proprietary55.43Unavailable20.250.1UnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
24Qwen3.5 397BAlibaba · Open Weight55.430.934.85459.862.9Unavailable73.5
25Qwen3.5-27BAlibaba · Open WeightSelf-hosted55.3115.55771.251.670.691.5Unavailable
26Qwen3 235B 2507Alibaba · Open WeightSelf-hosted54.42UnavailableUnavailable71.7UnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
27Kimi K2.5Moonshot AI · Open Weight54.382842.855.554.165.884.462.1
28Qwen3.5 FlashAlibaba · Proprietary53.79Unavailable62.659.9UnavailableUnavailableUnavailable28.4
29Qwen3.5-35B-A3BAlibaba · Open WeightSelf-hosted53.7413.747.67040.267.287.4Unavailable
30Qwen3.5 PlusAlibaba · Proprietary50.64UnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable39.3
31Qwen3.5-122B-A10BAlibaba · Open WeightSelf-hosted50.4424.951.272.848.75791.6Unavailable
32Qwen3.7 FlashAlibaba · Proprietary49.77UnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
33GLM-4.6Z.AI · Open Weight49.25Unavailable56.45039.1Unavailable40.727.3
34Qwen2.5-1MAlibaba · Open WeightSelf-hosted48.4UnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
35Qwen3.6-27BAlibaba · Open WeightSelf-hosted47.647.241.446.474.151.98172.1
36GLM-4.7-FlashZ.AI · Open WeightSelf-hosted46.38UnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
37GLM-4.5-AirZ.AI · Proprietary44UnavailableUnavailable40.853.1Unavailable41.9Unavailable
38Qwen3.6-35B-A3BAlibaba · Open Weight43.73625.642.970.35076.870.7
39Moonshot v1Moonshot AI · Proprietary43.4UnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
40Qwen3 MaxAlibaba · Proprietary41UnavailableUnavailable49.355.4Unavailable50.3Unavailable

16 of these rows are marked self-hosted by the source: open-weight models with no first-party hosted token rate. Their per-token price is unavailable rather than zero.

Quality versus cost

Each point is one of these providers' models with both an overall score and complete token prices. Cost is logarithmic by default; untick for a linear axis.

Lowest blended cost

Up to twelve of these providers' models, ranked on the 75% input / 25% output blend.

16 of these rows are marked self-hosted by the source: open-weight models with no first-party hosted token rate. Their per-token price is unavailable rather than zero.

16 self-hosted models are left out: the source publishes no hosted token rate for them, so they have no comparable per-token cost — not a cost of zero.