AI model daily brief: September 27, 2026 — DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 gets cheaper

Developers should prioritize the high reliability of major providers like Qwen and StepFun alongside volatile pricing trends, particularly the significant fluctuations in GLM 5.3 costs. Monitoring these stability metrics and price adjustments is essential for maintaining cost-effective and dependable production integrations.

Reliability watch

• Tencent Hunyuan: 0 failed and 12 degraded checks out of 720
• Xiaomi MiMo: 0 failed and 9 degraded checks out of 720
• Doubao (Volcengine Ark): 0 failed and 6 degraded checks out of 720
• StepFun: 0 failed and 5 degraded checks out of 720
• Qwen (Alibaba Cloud): 0 failed and 4 degraded checks out of 720

Price changes

• DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (DeepSeek): $0.29 / $3.50 → $0.24 / $3.50 (0%)
• GLM 5.3 (Z.ai (Zhipu)): $0.36 / $1.12 → $1.40 / $4.40 (+294%)
• DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (DeepSeek): $0.035 / $0.29 → $0.0348 / $0.60 (+107%)
• GLM 5.3 (Z.ai (Zhipu)): $1.40 / $4.40 → $0.36 / $1.12 (-75%)
• DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (DeepSeek): $0.24 / $3.50 → $0.29 / $3.50 (0%)
• Hy3 (Tencent): $0.13 / $0.53 → $0.0825 / $0.33 (-37%)
• DeepSeek V3 (DeepSeek): $0.32 / $0.89 → $0.26 / $1.03 (+16%)
• MiniMax M2 (MiniMax): $0.26 / $1.02 → $0.30 / $1.20 (+18%)
• Qwen3 30B A3B (Qwen (Alibaba)): $0.13 / $0.52 → $0.12 / $0.50 (-4%)
• GLM 5.3 (Z.ai (Zhipu)): $0.27 / $0.86 → $1.40 / $4.40 (+412%)
• Qwen3 30B A3B (Qwen (Alibaba)): $0.12 / $0.50 → $0.13 / $0.52 (+4%)
• DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 (DeepSeek): $0.047 / $0.0941 → $0.0469 / $0.0938 (0%)
• GLM 5.3 (Z.ai (Zhipu)): $0.38 / $1.19 → $0.27 / $0.86 (-28%)
• GLM 5.3 (Z.ai (Zhipu)): $1.40 / $4.40 → $0.38 / $1.19 (-73%)
• GLM 5.3 (Z.ai (Zhipu)): $0.18 / $0.56 → $1.40 / $4.40 (+684%)

Deprecations & removals

• Qwen3 30B A3B retires on 2026-10-09
• Qwen3 30B A3B retires on 2026-10-09

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