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Zhipu GLM API pricing
What each of Zhipu AI's 3 live models costs on Z.AI's own API, in US dollars per million tokens: input, output and input read from the prompt cache. These are the published list prices in the models.dev catalog as of October 25, 2026, refreshed daily. The AW Index column is each model's standing on the bench index.
| Model | Input | Output | Cached input | Context | AW Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GLM-5.3Zhipu AI · glm-5.3 | $1.40 | $4.40 | $0.26 | 1M | 60 |
GLM-5.3 FlashZhipu AI · glm-5.3-flash | $0.15 | $0.50 | $0.03 | 1M | 32.4 |
GLM-5.2Zhipu AI · glm-5.2 | $1.40 | $4.40 | $0.26 | 1M | 21.2 |
What a workload costs on these models, side by side: the cost calculator, filtered to Zhipu AI.
Quick answers
What is the cheapest Zhipu AI model on the API?
GLM-5.3 Flash, at $0.15 input / $0.50 output per million tokens, the lowest input and output price of Zhipu AI's 3 priced models.
What is Zhipu AI's most expensive model?
GLM-5.3 and GLM-5.2 share the top output price, $4.40 per million tokens.
Does Zhipu AI discount cached input?
Yes. Input read from the prompt cache costs 80% to 81% less than normal input across the 3 models that publish a cached price, from GLM-5.3 and GLM-5.2 (81% off) to GLM-5.3 Flash (80% off).
Does Zhipu AI charge more for long prompts?
No. None of its 3 priced models lists a long-prompt rate in the catalog.
How do Zhipu AI's prices compare with other labs?
Its cheapest model by output price, GLM-5.3 Flash, ranks 5 of the 39 priced models from every lab on output price. Prices are Zhipu AI's own list prices from the models.dev catalog as of October 25, 2026; clouds and resellers may charge differently.
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