GLM 5

Name: GLM 5 API
Brand: Z.ai
Price: 0.7 USD

Z.ai · Open weights · 205K context · released Feb 11, 2026 · checked 12h ago

GLM-5 is Z.ai’s flagship open-source foundation model engineered for complex systems design and long-horizon agent workflows.

Ways to buy 9

Way to buy	Input	Output	In / out per 1M	Cached	Vs cheapest
Baidu fp8 · cached $0.14	$0.7	$2.24	$0.7 / $2.24Cheapest	$0.14	Cheapest
SiliconFlow fp8 · cached $0.2	$0.95	$2.55	$0.95 / $2.55+24% vs cheapest	$0.2	+24% vs cheapest
AWS Bedrock Default region	$1	$3.2	$1 / $3.2+43% vs cheapest	n/a	+43% vs cheapest
GMICloud fp8 · cached $0.2	$1	$3.2	$1 / $3.2+43% vs cheapest	$0.2	+43% vs cheapest
Novita AI fp8 · cached $0.2	$1	$3.2	$1 / $3.2+43% vs cheapest	$0.2	+43% vs cheapest
StreamLake fp8 · cached $0.2	$1	$3.2	$1 / $3.2+43% vs cheapest	$0.2	+43% vs cheapest
Venice fp8 · cached $0.2	$1	$3.2	$1 / $3.2+43% vs cheapest	$0.2	+43% vs cheapest
Z.ai fp8 · cached $0.2	$1	$3.2	$1 / $3.2+43% vs cheapest	$0.2	+43% vs cheapest
Venice turbo · cached $0.24	$1.2	$4	$1.2 / $4+75% vs cheapest	$0.24	+75% vs cheapest

USD per 1M tokens. Regions are separate routes.

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100M input and 20M output tokens a month: $114.80 direct.

A dash: not on that gateway's own model list. No published token fee: Martian Gateway, Portkey.

Related models

			In / out per 1M			Cheapest route
GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal Z.ai · 1M GLM-5.3-FlashX-Legal (GLM-Legal) is Z.ai's legal-domain variant of GLM-5.3-FlashX, a native multimodal model that accepts text, image, and video input and produces text.	$0.37	$1.25	$0.37 / $1.25	$0.59	1M	Lab list price	·	GLM-5.3-FlashX-Legal (GLM-Legal) is Z.ai's legal-domain variant of GLM-5.3-FlashX, a native multimodal model that accepts text, image, and video input and produces text.
GLM 5.3 Prime Z.ai · 1M GLM-5.3-Prime is the high-speed variant of Z.ai's GLM-5.3, inheriting its full capabilities while delivering 1.5–2× the output throughput through inference acceleration.	$2.8	$8.8	$2.8 / $8.8	$4.3	1M	Lab list price	·	GLM-5.3-Prime is the high-speed variant of Z.ai's GLM-5.3, inheriting its full capabilities while delivering 1.5–2× the output throughput through inference acceleration.
GLM 5.3 FlashX Z.ai · 1M GLM-5.3-FlashX is the high-speed variant of Z.ai's GLM-5.3-Flash, a native multimodal model delivering inference speeds of up to 200 tokens/s.	$0.37	$1.25	$0.37 / $1.25	$0.59	1M	Lab list price	·	GLM-5.3-FlashX is the high-speed variant of Z.ai's GLM-5.3-Flash, a native multimodal model delivering inference speeds of up to 200 tokens/s.
GLM 5.3 Flash Z.ai · 1M GLM-5.3-Flash is a native multimodal model from Z.ai.	$0.012	$0.158	$0.012 / $0.158	$0.049	1M	on Relace (fp4)	·	GLM-5.3-Flash is a native multimodal model from Z.ai.
GPT-6.1 Terra OpenAI · 1.05MCheapest: $1 on OpenAI (flex) GPT-6.1 Terra is the mid-tier model in OpenAI's GPT-6.1 series, priced below GPT-6.1 Sol.	$1	$5	$1 / $5	$2	1.05M	$1 on OpenAI (flex)	·	GPT-6.1 Terra is the mid-tier model in OpenAI's GPT-6.1 series, priced below GPT-6.1 Sol.
Gemini 3.8 Flash Google · 1MCheapest: $0.75 on Google Gemini API (flex) Gemini 3.8 Flash is Google's most intelligent Flash model with significant gains from 3.7 Flash across software engineering, agentic tasks, and multi-step reasoning.	$0.75	$3.75	$0.75 / $3.75	$1.5	1M	$0.75 on Google Gemini API (flex)	·	Gemini 3.8 Flash is Google's most intelligent Flash model with significant gains from 3.7 Flash across software engineering, agentic tasks, and multi-step reasoning.
Muse Spark 1.1 Meta · 1M Muse Spark 1.1 is a multimodal reasoning model from Meta, built for agentic tasks.	$1.25	$4.25	$1.25 / $4.25	$2	1M	Lab list price	·	Muse Spark 1.1 is a multimodal reasoning model from Meta, built for agentic tasks.
Gemini 3.7 Flash Google · 1MCheapest: $0.75 on Google Vertex AI (global-flex) Gemini 3.7 Flash is a multimodal model from Google for fast agentic workflows, coding, and complex multi-step reasoning.	$0.75	$3.75	$0.75 / $3.75	$1.5	1M	$0.75 on Google Vertex AI (global-flex)	·	Gemini 3.7 Flash is a multimodal model from Google for fast agentic workflows, coding, and complex multi-step reasoning.

About GLM 5

Takes text in and returns text. First listed Sep 23, 2026. Up to 131K output tokens. Blended price $1.09 per 1M tokens at 3 input to 1 output. Model id glm-5.

Price history

No list-price history: this model is sold by hosts rather than its lab.

OpenRouter listing Z.ai pricing page Benchmarks

Across GlyphCompany profile labs 3 ranked models Business apps · 2 standards supported

Questions

How much does GLM 5 cost?

$0.7 per million input tokens and $2.24 per million output tokens, with cached input at $0.14.

What is the context window of GLM 5?

205K tokens, with up to 131K tokens of output.

Where is GLM 5 cheapest?

Of 9 routes tracked, Baidu is cheapest at $0.7 input and $2.24 output per million tokens.