Pricingby GlyphGLM-5 Turbo is a new model from Z.ai designed for fast inference and strong performance in agent-driven environments such as OpenClaw scenarios.
Ways to buy 1
| Way to buy | Input | Output | In / out per 1M | Cached | Vs list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The lab's own API · cached $0.24 | $1.2 | $4 | $1.2 / $4List price | $0.24 | List price |
USD per 1M tokens. Regions are separate routes.
Through a gateway
Your own numbers100M input and 20M output tokens a month: $200.00 direct.
LiteLLM$200.00+0%
Vercel AI Gateway$200.00+0%
Eden AI$211.00+5.5%
OpenRouter$211.00+5.5%
Cloudflare AI GatewayNot offeredNot offered
HeliconeNot offeredNot offered
Kong AI GatewayNot offeredNot offered
Martian GatewayNot offeredNot offered
Neon AI GatewayNot offeredNot offered
RequestyNot offeredNot offered
TrueFoundry AI GatewayNot offeredNot offered
A dash: not on that gateway's own model list. No published token fee: Portkey.
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About GLM 5 Turbo
Takes text in and returns text. First listed Mar 17, 2026. Up to 131K output tokens. Blended price $1.9 per 1M tokens at 3 input to 1 output. Model id glm-5-turbo.
Price history
List price since Mar 17, 2026, from Internet Archive snapshots of the OpenRouter catalog, then daily reads.
GLM 5 Turbo
Z.ai raised its API price: input $0.96 to $1.2 and output $3.2 to $4 per 1M tokens.
Questions
How much does GLM 5 Turbo cost?
$1.2 per million input tokens and $4 per million output tokens, with cached input at $0.24.
What is the context window of GLM 5 Turbo?
203K tokens, with up to 131K tokens of output.
Has GLM 5 Turbo's price changed?
Yes. The output price went from $3.2 to $4, first seen Mar 26, 2026.