GLM-5.3: API pricing, providers and specs
GLM-5.3 is a text model by Zhipu AI. 49 providers serve it, from $1.10 to $5.75 /1M; the lowest price is at NanoGPT.
How GLM-5.3 compares
Against the 737 text models on the site priced the same way.
- Mid-priced: its lowest price is $1.10 /1M against a median of $1.10; 50% of comparable models cost less.
- Its 1.05M-token context window is larger than 83% of them (median 262K), about 1570 pages of text.
- On LMArena's WebDev board it ranks #19 of the 64 comparable models scored there.
- 49 providers serve it; 100% of comparable models have fewer.
- Its weights are open under the glm-5.3 license: commercial use under the maker's terms.
GLM-5.3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nvidia | Free/1M | Free/1M | — | — |
 NanoGPT | $0.60/1M | $1.10/1M | — | — |
| OpenRouter | $0.079/1M | From$1.40/1M | $0.078/1M | 1.05M |
 Cortecs | $0.514/1M | $2.06/1M | $0.154/1M | — |
 Deep Infra | $0.563/1M | From$2.50/1M | $0.125/1M | — |
 FastRouter | $0.563/1M | $2.50/1M | $0.125/1M | 1.05M |
| DevPass (LLM Gateway) | $0.90/1M | From$3/1M | $0.15/1M | — |
 Prime Inference | $0.98/1M | $3.08/1M | $0.182/1M | — |
 Kenari | $0.276/1M | $3.31/1M | $0.051/1M | — |
 Opper | $0.15/1M | $3.36/1M | $0.04/1M | — |
 Requesty | $1.14/1M | From$3.42/1M | $0.23/1M | 1M |
 Boundless | $1.12/1M | $3.52/1M | $0.14/1M | — |
| APIMart | $1.12/1M | $3.52/1M | — | — |
 CometAPI | $1.12/1M | $3.53/1M | $0.208/1M | — |
 SiliconFlow | $0.833/1M | $3.89/1M | — | — |
 AIHubMix | $1.13/1M | $3.94/1M | $0.282/1M | 1.05M |
 Alibaba | $1.13/1M | $3.96/1M | — | — |
 OrcaRouter | $1.26/1M | $3.96/1M | $0.234/1M | 1M |
 Hugging Face | $0.90/1M | From$4/1M | — | — |
| Vercel AI Gateway | $1.20/1M | From$4/1M | $0.20/1M | 1M |
 LaoZhang API | $1.14/1M | $4/1M | — | — |
 CrazyRouter | $1.20/1M | $4.18/1M | — | — |
 APIYI | $1.40/1M | $4.40/1M | — | — |
| Z.AIOfficial | $1.40/1M | $4.40/1M | $0.26/1M | — |
| ZenMux | $1.40/1M | $4.40/1M | $0.26/1M | 1M |
 CrossModel | $1.20/1M | $4.40/1M | $0.30/1M | — |
 Ofox | $1.40/1M | $4.40/1M | $0.26/1M | 1.05M |
 Novita AI | $1.40/1M | $4.40/1M | $0.26/1M | — |
 Cloudflare Workers AI | $1.40/1M | $4.40/1M | — | — |
| OpenCode | $1.40/1M | $4.40/1M | $0.26/1M | — |
 Mistral | $1.40/1M | $4.40/1M | $0.14/1M | 1.05M |
| Baseten | $1.40/1M | From$4.40/1M | $0.14/1M | — |
| SiliconFlow | $1.40/1M | $4.40/1M | $0.26/1M | — |
| AI/ML API | $1.40/1M | $4.40/1M | $0.26/1M | — |
 EmpirioLabs AI | $1.40/1M | $4.40/1M | $1.40/1M | 1M |
 Fireworks AI | $1.40/1M | From$4.40/1M | $0.26/1M | — |
 Together AI | $1.40/1M | $4.40/1M | $0.26/1M | — |
 Perplexity | $1.40/1M | $4.40/1M | $0.26/1M | — |
| Atlas Cloud | $1.40/1M | $4.40/1M | $0.26/1M | — |
 Alibaba | $1.40/1M | From$4.40/1M | — | — |
 Jiekou.AI | $1.40/1M | $4.40/1M | $0.26/1M | — |
 Impossibl | $1.40/1M | From$4.40/1M | $0.26/1M | — |
 TensorX | $1.75/1M | $4.50/1M | $0.44/1M | — |
 Neuralwatt | $1.45/1M | $4.50/1M | $0.14/1M | — |
 Charm Hyper | $1.52/1M | $4.79/1M | $0.283/1M | — |
 Poe | $1.70/1M | From$5.33/1M | $0.315/1M | 1M |
 Venice AI | $1.75/1M | $5.50/1M | $0.325/1M | — |
 Azure | $1.75/1M | From$5.50/1M | $0.325/1M | — |
 NEAR AI Cloud | $1.80/1M | $5.75/1M | $0.45/1M | 1.05M |
- NanoGPT$1.10
- OpenRouterFrom$1.40
- Cortecs$2.06
- FastRouter$2.50
- Deep InfraFrom$2.50
- DevPass (LLM Gateway)From$3
- Prime Inference$3.08
- Kenari$3.31
- Opper$3.36
- RequestyFrom$3.42
- Boundless$3.52
- APIMart$3.52
Specs
- Type
- Text
- Maker
- Zhipu AI
- Inputs
- Text
- Outputs
- Text
- Context
- 1.05M≈ 1570 pages of text
- Max output
- 131K
- Capabilities
- Prompt caching, JSON, Reasoning, Tool calling
- Released
- Aug 25, 2026
- License
- glm-5.3commercial use under the maker's terms
- Open weights
- Yes, downloadable
- Parameters
- 753B
- Arena score
- 1623WebDev
- Monthly searches
- 276K
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| Model | Lowest price | Context | Arena | Providers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLM-5.3this model | $1.10/1M | 1.05M | 1623 | 49 |
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| Mistral Large 4 | $2.09/1M | 1.05M | 1543 | 13 |
| Qwen3.8 27B | $0.50/1M | 262K | 1591 | 33 |
| GPT-6 Luna | $0.40/1M | 1.05M | 1578 | 28 |
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| Gemini 3.8 Flash | $3/1M | 1.05M | 1585 | 30 |
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NanoGPT, at $1.10 /1M. 49 providers serve GLM-5.3; the table above lists every one with its price.
GLM-5.3 reads up to 1.05M tokens per request and writes up to 131K.
Yes. GLM-5.3's weights can be downloaded from its maker's Hugging Face page, under the glm-5.3 license.
About 753B, as the safetensors metadata of its official Hugging Face repo states.
49 API providers serve GLM-5.3. Compare their prices above, or open a provider to see everything it offers.
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