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Zhipu (GLM) API pricing
As of 2026-10-05, the OptimToken catalogue holds 16 Zhipu models. By price tier, 1 is Frontier, 7 Mid-tier and 8 Budget. The cheapest is GLM 4.7 Flash at $0.06 per 1M input tokens and $0.40 per 1M output tokens. The most expensive is GLM 5.2 at $0.02 input and $16.00 output, 38x the cheapest on blended price (30% input, 70% output). These are the prices we quote: a model sold by several hosts has other rates, listed on its own page.
Zhipu models and prices
| Model | Input | Output | Batch (in / out) | Cache read | Context | Licence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLM 4.7 Flash | $0.06 | $0.40 | not published | not published | 200K | Open source (Apache 2.0) |
| GLM 5.3 Flash | $0.15 | $0.50 | $0.06 / $0.20 | $0.03 | 1M | Open source (Apache 2.0) |
| GLM 4.5 Air | $0.13 | $0.85 | not published | $0.03 | 131K | Open source (Apache 2.0) |
| GLM 4.6V | $0.30 | $0.90 | not published | $0.05 | 131K | Open source (Apache 2.0) |
| GLM 5.3 FlashX | $0.37 | $1.25 | not published | $0.09 | 1M | Open source (Apache 2.0) |
| GLM 4.6 | $0.43 | $1.75 | not published | $0.08 | 205K | Open source (Apache 2.0) |
| GLM 4.5V | $0.60 | $1.80 | not published | $0.11 | 66K | Open source (Apache 2.0) |
| GLM 5 | $0.60 | $1.92 | not published | $0.12 | 205K | Open source (Apache 2.0) |
| GLM 4.5 | $0.60 | $2.20 | not published | $0.11 | 131K | Open source (Apache 2.0) |
| GLM 4.7 | $0.60 | $2.20 | not published | $0.11 | 205K | Open source (Apache 2.0) |
| GLM 5 Turbo | $1.20 | $4.00 | not published | $0.24 | 203K | Open source (Apache 2.0) |
| GLM 5V Turbo | $1.20 | $4.00 | not published | $0.24 | 203K | Open source (Apache 2.0) |
| GLM 5.1 | $1.40 | $4.40 | not published | $0.26 | 205K | Open source (Apache 2.0) |
| GLM 5.3 | $1.40 | $4.40 | $0.45 / $2.00 | $0.14 | 1M | Open source (Apache 2.0) |
| GLM 5.3 Prime | $2.80 | $8.80 | not published | $0.56 | 1M | Open source (Apache 2.0) |
| GLM 5.2 | $0.02 | $16.00 | not published | $0.02 | 1M | Open source (Apache 2.0) |
Published discounts: a prompt-cache read rate for 15 of the 16 and a batch rate for 2 of the 16. The most recent by release date are GLM 5.3 FlashX and GLM 5.3 Prime (2026-09). Arena ELO scores (as of 2026-10-02) exist for 5 of the 16; the highest is GLM 5.3 at 1478.
Licences
All 16 are open source: their weights are published under the Apache 2.0 licence, OSI-approved with no field-of-use limit, so they can be self-hosted as well as bought by the token. Licences are as recorded in this catalogue: check the maker's own terms before relying on one.
Price changes since tracking began
Our daily price archive began on 2026-08-15 and holds a record for all 16 models. The price we quote has changed for 7 of them, 49 times in all, 23 of those changes flagged as a change of quoted host rather than a repricing. The most recent was to GLM 5.2 on 2026-10-05: +338.3% on the blended price (30% input, 70% output). Since tracking began, 4 of them joined the catalogue, most recently GLM 5.3 Prime on 2026-09-24. Last checked against the 2026-10-05 snapshot.
Each row is a model's most recent change. Its own page has the full history.
| Model | Date | Old price (in / out) | New price (in / out) | Blended change | Changes in all |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLM 5.2 | 2026-10-05 | $0.38 / $3.49 | $0.02 / $16.00 | +338.3% | 17 |
| GLM 5.1 | 2026-10-04 | $0.96 / $3.03 | $1.40 / $4.40 | +45.1% (quoted host changed, not a repricing) | 6 |
| GLM 5.3 Flash | 2026-10-04 | $0.03 / $0.90 | $0.15 / $0.50 | -38.1% | 9 |
| GLM 5.3 | 2026-09-27 | $0.38 / $1.19 | $1.40 / $4.40 | +269.0% (quoted host changed, not a repricing) | 9 |
| GLM 4.7 | 2026-09-25 | $0.40 / $1.75 | $0.60 / $2.20 | +27.9% (quoted host changed, not a repricing) | 1 |
| GLM 4.6 | 2026-09-09 | $0.55 / $2.20 | $0.43 / $1.75 | -20.6% (quoted host changed, not a repricing) | 6 |
| GLM 4.7 Flash | 2026-09-08 | $0.06 / $0.40 | $0.06 / $0.40 | +0.1% | 1 |
Head-to-head comparisons
Models from Zhipu appear on 2 ready-made side-by-side pages.
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