The GLM-4.7 model isn't that great. I was on their $200/month plan for a while. It was really hard to keep up with how fast it works. Going back to Claude seems like everything takes forever. GLM got much better in 5.1 but Cerebras still doesn't offer that yet (it's a bit heavier). I have a year of Z.ai that I got as a bargain and I use GLM-5.1 for some open source stuff but I am a bit nervous about sending data into their API.

Good points. I was speaking from a position of using an LLM in a pair programming style where I'm interactive with each request.

For handing work off to an LLM in large chunks, picking the best model available is the only way to go right now.