Yes
for my daily work there is barely a difference anymore (except for pricing)
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In the thread “GLM-5.3 (open-weight) beat Anthropic/OpenAI models – for 1/5 the cost”, replying to this comment
Helped: Open weights allow local or third-party hosting for peace of mind.
… Use OpenRouter or HF Inference Providers in between and you can effortlessly switch between models and providers. I have been using GLM and Kimi models the last few months mixed with the latest Anthropic models and for my daily work there is barely a difference anymore (except for pricing).