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title: "Twitter Thread: GLM-4 & MiniMax vs OpenAI Cost Savings"
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# Twitter Thread: GLM-4 & MiniMax vs OpenAI

## Tweet 1/10 - The Hook (Pain)
Our OpenAI bill hit $2,400 last month.

Then I discovered GLM-4 is 10x cheaper with 92% quality.
And MiniMax is 20x cheaper with 3x speed.

Here's how we cut costs by 70% 🧵

## Tweet 2/10 - The Discovery
I benchmarked alternatives to GPT-4:

GLM-4 (Zhipu): $2.80/1M tokens, 92% quality, 800ms
MiniMax: $1.50/1M tokens, 89% quality, 600ms
Cerebras: $0.60/1M tokens, 82% quality, 350ms

vs OpenAI GPT-4: $30/1M tokens, 95% quality, 2,100ms

## Tweet 3/10 - The Realization
We were paying GPT-4 prices for 84% of queries that didn't need it:

• 34% simple Q&A → GLM-4 works perfectly
• 28% code generation → MiniMax is faster
• 22% summarization → GLM-4 excels at this
• 16% actually needs GPT-4 quality

## Tweet 4/10 - The Solution
Built a router that picks optimal provider per query:

Simple Q&A → GLM-4 (10x cheaper)
Code generation → MiniMax (20x cheaper, 3x faster)
Speed-critical → Cerebras (50x cheaper, 6x faster)
Complex reasoning → Keep GPT-4

## Tweet 5/10 - The Results
After 30 days:

Before: $2,400/month (OpenAI only)
After: $720/month (mixed providers)

Savings: 70% 🎉
Speed: 3x faster
Quality: 94% (vs 100% GPT-4)

Trade-off: 6% quality for 70% savings

## Tweet 6/10 - Real Examples
Customer support: "Reset my password?"
Before: GPT-4 ($0.03, 2.1s)
After: GLM-4 ($0.003, 0.8s)
Savings: 90% cost, 62% faster

Code generation: "Write Python function"
Before: GPT-4 ($0.05, 2.1s)
After: MiniMax ($0.002, 0.6s)
Savings: 96% cost, 71% faster

## Tweet 7/10 - Why GLM-4?
GLM-4 (Zhipu AI):
• China's leading open-source LLM
• GPT-4 class performance
• 10x cheaper ($2.80 vs $30/1M)
• 2.6x faster (800ms vs 2,100ms)
• 92% quality retention

Perfect for: Q&A, summarization, general tasks

## Tweet 8/10 - Why MiniMax?
MiniMax:
• High-performance Chinese LLM
• Optimized for speed
• 20x cheaper ($1.50 vs $30/1M)
• 3.5x faster (600ms vs 2,100ms)
• 89% quality (good enough for code)

Perfect for: Code generation, real-time apps

## Tweet 9/10 - Try It
```bash
npm install adaptive-memory-multi-model-router

# See routing decisions
npx a3m-router route "Your query"

# Compare GLM-4 vs GPT-4
npx a3m-router compare "Summarize this"

# Benchmark all
npx a3m-router benchmark
```

Or try online:
https://codesandbox.io/p/sandbox/github/Das-rebel/adaptive-memory-multi-model-router/tree/main/playground

## Tweet 10/10 - CTA
872+ weekly downloads. 33 tests passing. Production-ready.

Supported: OpenAI, GLM-4, MiniMax, Cerebras, Groq, Mistral, Anthropic, Google, DeepSeek

GitHub: github.com/Das-rebel/adaptive-memory-multi-model-router
NPM: npmjs.com/package/adaptive-memory-multi-model-router

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