GLM-5: API pricing, providers and specs
GLM-5 is a text model by Zhipu AI. 30 providers serve it, from $1.28 to $3.52 /1M; the lowest price is at APIMart.
A newer version is out: GLM-5.3 · released Aug 25, 2026
How GLM-5 compares
Against the 737 text models on the site priced the same way.
- Mid-priced: its lowest price is $1.28 /1M against a median of $1.10; 55% of comparable models cost less.
- Its 205K-token context window is larger than 37% of them (median 262K), about 310 pages of text.
- On LMArena's Text board it ranks #9 of the 120 comparable models scored there.
- 30 providers serve it; 97% of comparable models have fewer.
- Its weights are open under the MIT license: commercial use allowed.
GLM-5 prices by provider
Every provider's list price, read from its own price page or API. A price marked “from” changes with context length, resolution or mode.
| Provider | Input | Output | Prompt caching | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APIMart | $0.80/1M | $1.28/1M | — | — |
 FastRouter | $0.60/1M | $2.08/1M | $0.12/1M | 205K |
 Hugging Face | $0.60/1M | From$2.08/1M | — | — |
| DevPass (LLM Gateway) | $0.72/1M | From$2.30/1M | $0.144/1M | — |
 APIYI | $0.56/1M | $2.52/1M | — | — |
 AIHubMix | $0.563/1M | From$2.54/1M | $0.113/1M | — |
 SiliconFlow | $0.95/1M | $2.55/1M | $0.20/1M | — |
 LaoZhang API | $0.571/1M | $2.57/1M | — | — |
 Alibaba | $0.573/1M | From$2.58/1M | — | — |
| ZenMux | $0.58/1M | From$2.60/1M | $0.14/1M | 200K |
 CrossModel | $0.60/1M | From$3/1M | $0.16/1M | — |
| Atlas Cloud | $0.95/1M | $3.15/1M | $0.19/1M | — |
| Z.AIOfficial | $1/1M | $3.20/1M | $0.20/1M | — |
 Ofox | $1/1M | $3.20/1M | $0.20/1M | 200K |
 Novita AI | $1/1M | $3.20/1M | $0.20/1M | — |
 Vertex | $1/1M | $3.20/1M | $0.10/1M | — |
 Venice AI | $1/1M | $3.20/1M | $0.20/1M | — |
| OpenCode | $1/1M | $3.20/1M | $0.20/1M | — |
 OrcaRouter | $1/1M | $3.20/1M | $0.26/1M | 200K |
| Vercel AI Gateway | $1/1M | $3.20/1M | — | 203K |
 Impossibl | $1/1M | $3.20/1M | $0.20/1M | — |
 Amazon Bedrock | $1/1M | From$3.20/1M | — | — |
| OpenRouter | $1/1M | From$3.20/1M | $0.20/1M | 205K |
 CrazyRouter | $1/1M | $3.20/1M | — | — |
 CometAPI | $0.80/1M | $3.20/1M | $0.16/1M | — |
 Requesty | $1/1M | From$3.20/1M | $0.20/1M | 203K |
 Jiekou.AI | $1/1M | $3.20/1M | $0.20/1M | — |
 Prime Inference | $1/1M | $3.20/1M | — | — |
| AI/ML API | $1/1M | $3.20/1M | $0.20/1M | — |
 Azure | $1.10/1M | From$3.52/1M | $0.22/1M | — |
- APIMart$1.28
- FastRouter$2.08
- Hugging FaceFrom$2.08
- DevPass (LLM Gateway)From$2.30
- APIYI$2.52
- AIHubMixFrom$2.54
- SiliconFlow$2.55
- LaoZhang API$2.57
- AlibabaFrom$2.58
- ZenMuxFrom$2.60
- CrossModelFrom$3
- Atlas Cloud$3.15
Specs
- Type
- Text
- Maker
- Zhipu AI
- Inputs
- Text
- Outputs
- Text
- Context
- 205K≈ 310 pages of text
- Max output
- 131K
- Capabilities
- Prompt caching, JSON, Reasoning, Tool calling
- Released
- Feb 11, 2026
- License
- MITcommercial use allowed
- Open weights
- Yes, downloadable
- Parameters
- 754B
- Arena score
- 1446Text
- Monthly searches
- 23K
Alternatives to GLM-5
Same kind of model from other makers, at a similar price.
| Model | Lowest price | Context | Arena | Providers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLM-5this model | $1.28/1M | 205K | 1446 | 30 |
 Gemini 3 Flash | $2.40/1M | 1.05M | 1466 | 5 |
 Mistral Large 4 | $2.09/1M | 1.05M | 1543 | 13 |
 Qwen3.8 27B | $0.50/1M | 262K | 1591 | 33 |
 Sonar | $1/1M | 127K | — | 9 |
| Grok Build 0.1 | $1.60/1M | 256K | — | 18 |
| Gemini 3.8 Flash | $3/1M | 1.05M | 1585 | 30 |
 MiMo-V2.6-Pro | $0.696/1M | 1.05M | 1625 | 21 |
 Command | $2/1M | — | — | 3 |
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APIMart, at $1.28 /1M. 30 providers serve GLM-5; the table above lists every one with its price.
GLM-5 reads up to 205K tokens per request and writes up to 131K.
Yes. GLM-5's weights can be downloaded from its maker's Hugging Face page, under the MIT license.
About 754B, as the safetensors metadata of its official Hugging Face repo states.
30 API providers serve GLM-5. Compare their prices above, or open a provider to see everything it offers.
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