Small Glimmering Shard vs Vision Dust

Side by side:

Set your class weights in Preferences to see which is better for you.

Δ is Vision Dust minus Small Glimmering Shard: green where Vision Dust is better, red where it is worse (a lower required level is better; speed and sell price have no better side). Total Stats adds up Str, Agi, Sta, Int and Spi.