Why hackers moved from OpenAI to GLM
1 hacker described this switch in public comments. Their words, with links to the originals.
What hackers said about the move
“We already switched from openAI to GLM and now this is just a better model with the same price”jackbeanstalk20, 2026-10-24original comment ↗
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OpenAI vs GLM
| OpenAI | GLM | |
|---|---|---|
| Hackers who recommend | 1 | 5 |
| Hackers who criticize | 6 | 0 |
| Moved away from it | 6 | 0 |
| Moved to it | 1 | 3 |
Counts are distinct hackers in the sampled comments, not market share.
Criticism of OpenAI
“You don't want to call OpenAI GPT-6 and ask it to return your text with the SSN blanked out.”sroussey, 2026-09-29original comment ↗
“I switched from openAI to anthropic because OAI were the bigger clowns in the industry and didn't want to support them”ranguna, 2026-07-28original comment ↗
“I’m not going to use OpenAI products for these reasons among others.”dangus, 2026-05-30original comment ↗
“My entire company switched from open ai to entropic after the Department of War idiocy that happened a few weeks ago.”willio58, 2026-04-10original comment ↗
“I switched from OpenAI to Anthropic over the weekend due to the OpenAI fiasco.”iso-logi, 2026-03-03original comment ↗
Praise for GLM
“Same here. Moved from Opus to GLM 5.2 to 5.3 and I've been pretty happy with the result.”Sayrus, 2026-09-21original comment ↗
“I found it tends to be a stronger debugger when it comes to fixing openclaw issues with bash, being more thorough in finding the right root cause.”chillacy, 2026-05-06original comment ↗
“They give these opensource source models.”arjun-mavonic, 2026-04-28original comment ↗
“GLM 5.1 is simply where its at right now. It is not the best model, but it is much better than Sonnet at 1/5 the cost.”jeremyjh, 2026-04-23original comment ↗
Other moves from OpenAI
Other moves to GLM
- Claude Opus → GLM (1)
- Kimi → GLM (1)