GLM 5V Turbo API Pricing
Zhipu · Mid-tier · Apache 2.0 · released 2026-04. Prices in USD per 1 million tokens. Data snapshot: 2026-09-28.
GLM 5V Turbo has held the same list price since 2026-08-15 and is the 54th cheapest of 108 Mid-tier models. Only one host, Z.AI, sells it, so there is no second price to shop. No Arena score is published for it, so it carries no Efficiency score and cannot hold the FinOps Friendly badge.
- Input: $1.20 per 1M tokens
- Output: $4.00 per 1M tokens
- Batch API (input/output): not published
- Prompt-cache read: $0.24
- Context window: 203K
GLM 5V Turbo market position
On blended price ($3.16 per 1M tokens at 30% input, 70% output) it is cheaper than 50% of Mid-tier models: 54th cheapest of 108, tied with one other. Across every category it is cheaper than 30% of priced text models in the catalogue: 196th cheapest of 281, tied with one other.
GLM 5V Turbo licence, size and capabilities
GLM 5V Turbo is open source: its weights are published under Apache 2.0, an OSI-approved licence with no field-of-use limit, so it can be self-hosted as well as bought by the token. Its parameter count is not published. Listed capabilities: Text, Vision, Reasoning, Code, Agents. Filling its 203K context window once costs $0.24 in input tokens at list price.
Monthly cost at 100K requests, by business use case
From the after-discounts figure (prompt caching on the cached input share, batch API for async workloads, only where the provider publishes those rates), which assumes you implement both, to the list price. One figure means no discount is published.
| Use case | Tokens (in/out) | Monthly (after discounts – list) |
|---|---|---|
| Support Ticket | 1,500 / 500 | $294 – $380 |
| Knowledge Q&A | 2,000 / 800 | $426 – $560 |
| Meeting Summary | 10,000 / 1,200 | $1.6K – $1.7K |
| Marketing Content | 2,500 / 1,800 | $972 – $1.0K |
| Coding Task | 3,000 / 2,000 | $1.0K – $1.2K |
| Invoice Processing | 1,500 / 600 | $377 – $420 |
| Call Summary | 2,000 / 700 | $501 – $520 |
| Agent Workflow | 6,000 / 3,000 | $1.5K – $1.9K |
GLM 5V Turbo pricing by host
A host is a company that runs the model and sells it by the token — the lab that made it, a cloud platform like Amazon Bedrock, Azure or Vertex, or an independent provider. One model, several sellers, and often several prices. This model is sold by 1 host. The price quoted above is the one we publish so that models stay comparable; it is not necessarily the cheapest way to buy this model. List prices as published on 2026-09-28 via OpenRouter — negotiated rates, committed-use discounts and provisioned capacity are not shown.
Z.AI is the only host with a published rate, $1.20 input / $4.00 output per 1M tokens, which is the price shown on this page. It serves a quantized fp8 build, which is not the same product as the full-precision model.
| Host | Input $/1M | Output $/1M |
|---|---|---|
| Z.AI (the price shown above) — fp8 | $1.20 | $4.00 |
GLM 5V Turbo price history
GLM 5V Turbo has been in our daily price archive since tracking began on 2026-08-15, when it listed at $1.20 input / $4.00 output per 1M tokens. No list price change since tracking began on 2026-08-15. Last checked against the 2026-09-28 snapshot.
Alternatives to GLM 5V Turbo
- Next cheaper Mid-tier model: Inkling (thinkingmachines) at $3.13 blended, 1% less.
- Next more expensive: Muse Spark 1.1 (meta) at $3.35 blended, 6% more.
Common questions about GLM 5V Turbo pricing
- How much does GLM 5V Turbo cost?
- GLM 5V Turbo costs $1.20 per million input tokens and $4.00 per million output tokens on the API.
- Does GLM 5V Turbo offer batch or cached pricing?
- Prompt-cache reads cost $0.24/M input tokens. No batch pricing is published.
- What would GLM 5V Turbo cost per month?
- For a support-ticket workload (1,500 input + 500 output tokens per request) at 100K requests/month, GLM 5V Turbo costs about $380 at list prices.
- Has the price of GLM 5V Turbo changed?
- GLM 5V Turbo has been in our daily price archive since tracking began on 2026-08-15, when it listed at $1.20 input / $4.00 output per 1M tokens. No list price change since tracking began on 2026-08-15. Last checked against the 2026-09-28 snapshot.
These are list prices: real cost also depends on caching, batching, negotiated discounts, marketplace agreements, and existing contracts. Get a FinOps review from OptimNow or compare all models.
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