**Quick Tip: How to Choose the Right Model for Slack AI Workflows in 2026

Short summary

Three-year veteran provides a decision framework for selecting AI models in production Slack workflows. With 184 models available at wildly different price points, the key constraints are p99 latency <1.5s, 99.9% uptime, and cost <$0.40 per active user per month. DeepSeek V4 Flash and GLM-4 Plus deliver comparable quality to GPT-4o for typical Slack tasks while cutting costs by 89%.

• •Author compares 184 AI models for Slack workflows with real production metrics
• •Key constraints: p99 latency <1.5s, 99.9% uptime, <$0.40/user/month cost
• •DeepSeek V4 Flash and GLM-4 Plus match GPT-4o quality while cutting costs by 89%

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