OrcaRouter replaces Qwen3.8-27B with GLM-5.3 Flash on its free tier
Existing users must change the model name, while the $0 endpoint remains subject to unpublished usage caps.
By Ryan Merket · Published
Primary source: X - OrcaRouter
Why it matters
AI gateways can refresh the model behind a $0 endpoint quickly, but developers inherit model-ID churn, shifting latency and best-effort capacity.
OrcaRouter replaced Qwen3.8-27B with Z.ai's GLM-5.3 Flash on its free tier on September 7th, giving developers access to a larger multimodal model at $0 while requiring existing integrations to change the model name.
OrcaRouter announced the switch in a post on X, describing GLM-5.3 Flash as "more powerful" and telling users of the existing free endpoint to update their configurations. The endpoint remains rate-limited, OrcaRouter confirmed in a reply.…
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