The closest alternative to GLM 4.6 is MiMo-V2-Flash — comparable intelligence (30.3 vs 30.2); for a cheaper option, MiniMax M3 runs $0.300/M vs $0.430/M; for more speed, Mercury 2 hits 590 t/s; and the best open-weight substitute is MiniMax M3.
MiMo-V2-Flash is the closest alternative to GLM 4.6, with an Intelligence Index of 30.3 (GLM 4.6 scores 30.2) at $0.100 per million input tokens.
Yes — MiniMax M3 costs $0.300 per million input tokens versus $0.430 for GLM 4.6, while staying within ~8 points of its Intelligence Index.
MiniMax M3 is the strongest open-weight alternative to GLM 4.6 — downloadable from Hugging Face and self-hostable, scoring 54.7 on intelligence.