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Z.ai · GLM-5

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Official (cash)
Input 4 / output 18 CNY/million tokens智谱 ·
Lowest inference provider (cash)
Input 1 / output 3.2 USD/million tokensNovita AI ·
Lowest relay (credit)
Not listed

Official and inference-provider prices are cash; relay prices are site credit (USD credit or CNY credit), a different unit, compared separately. Relay prices are per million total tokens at 75% input and 25% output.

All official and inference price observations

Z.ai · GLM-5 official price: input 4, output 18 CNY per million tokens (智谱, observed 2026-10-24). Cheapest inference provider: Novita AI, input 1, output 3.2 USD per million tokens. 72 sites have comparable prices; 169 sites list this model. Conditions: Context tier: ZHIPU_TIER:输入长度[0,32K) · section: 模型推理 / 文本模型

Price ranges per million tokens

Official cash prices · Lowest 7.5 · median 8.75 · highest 10 · 2 quotes CNY / per million tokens

Inference provider cash prices · Lowest 1.55 · median 1.55 · highest 1.55 · 2 quotes USD / per million tokens

Official price

ProviderTariffInputOutputCache readCache writeUnitObservedConditions and source
智谱Standard4181—CNY / 1M tokensContext tier: ZHIPU_TIER:输入长度[0,32K) · section: 模型推理 / 文本模型
Full price conditions
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  "contextTier": "ZHIPU_TIER:输入长度[0,32K)",
  "processingMode": null,
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    "section: 模型推理 / 文本模型"
  ],
  "effectiveFrom": null,
  "effectiveUntil": null
}

Official source
智谱Standard6221.5—CNY / 1M tokensContext tier: ZHIPU_TIER:输入长度≥32K · section: 模型推理 / 文本模型
Full price conditions
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  "sourceUnit": null,
  "sourceAmounts": null,
  "conditions": [],
  "contextTier": "ZHIPU_TIER:输入长度≥32K",
  "processingMode": null,
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  ],
  "effectiveFrom": null,
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}

Official source

Official prices are the vendor's cash prices. Inference providers also list cash prices and can be compared directly. Relays list prices in site credit; what you actually pay depends on each site's top-up rate, so they cannot be compared with official prices directly.

Inference providers

ProviderTariffInputOutputCache readCache writeUnitObservedConditions and sourcevs official
Novita AIStandard13.20.2—USD / 1M tokens
Full price conditions
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  "sourceUnit": null,
  "sourceAmounts": null,
  "conditions": [],
  "contextTier": null,
  "processingMode": null,
  "conditionNotes": [],
  "effectiveFrom": null,
  "effectiveUntil": null
}

Official source
OpenRouter · AggregatorStandard13.20.2—USD / 1M tokens
Full price conditions
{
  "sourceUnit": "USD_PER_TOKEN",
  "sourceAmounts": {
    "cacheRead": "0.0000002",
    "input": "0.000001",
    "output": "0.0000032"
  },
  "conditions": [],
  "contextTier": null,
  "processingMode": null,
  "conditionNotes": [],
  "effectiveFrom": null,
  "effectiveUntil": null
}

Official source
Older official and inference provider prices

Earlier price observations and their original conditions

Official price

ProviderTariffInputOutputCache readCache writeUnitObservedConditions and source
智谱Standard4181—CNY / 1M tokensContext tier: ZHIPU_TIER:输入长度[0,32K) · section: 模型推理 / 文本模型
Full price conditions
{
  "sourceUnit": null,
  "sourceAmounts": null,
  "conditions": [],
  "contextTier": "ZHIPU_TIER:输入长度[0,32K)",
  "processingMode": null,
  "conditionNotes": [
    "section: 模型推理 / 文本模型"
  ],
  "effectiveFrom": null,
  "effectiveUntil": null
}

Official source
智谱Standard6221.5—CNY / 1M tokensContext tier: ZHIPU_TIER:输入长度≥32K · section: 模型推理 / 文本模型
Full price conditions
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  "sourceUnit": null,
  "sourceAmounts": null,
  "conditions": [],
  "contextTier": "ZHIPU_TIER:输入长度≥32K",
  "processingMode": null,
  "conditionNotes": [
    "section: 模型推理 / 文本模型"
  ],
  "effectiveFrom": null,
  "effectiveUntil": null
}

Official source

Inference providers

ProviderTariffInputOutputCache readCache writeUnitObservedConditions and source
OpenRouter · AggregatorStandard13.20.2—USD / 1M tokens
Full price conditions
{
  "sourceUnit": "USD_PER_TOKEN",
  "sourceAmounts": {
    "cacheRead": "0.0000002",
    "input": "0.000001",
    "output": "0.0000032"
  },
  "conditions": [],
  "contextTier": null,
  "processingMode": null,
  "conditionNotes": [],
  "effectiveFrom": null,
  "effectiveUntil": null
}

Official source
Novita AIStandard13.20.2—USD / 1M tokens
Full price conditions
{
  "sourceUnit": null,
  "sourceAmounts": null,
  "conditions": [],
  "contextTier": null,
  "processingMode": null,
  "conditionNotes": [],
  "effectiveFrom": null,
  "effectiveUntil": null
}

Official source

Unit: CNY credits per 1M tokens. These are site-credit prices; actual cost depends on each site’s top-up rate.

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Blended price = input × 75% + output × 25%, without cache.

Price range: lowest — · median — · highest — (0 quotes, CNY credits per million total tokens)

sites have comparable prices72169 sites list this model; approximately 0 operators
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Median of each provider’s lowest price—CNY credits / 1M

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How this ranking works

All per-token prices: 93,968 prices from 854 sites (about 751 companies). 84,786 are ranked, from 838 sites (about 736 companies); 9,182 more are listed separately and not ranked. Prices collected up to 2026-10-24.

This model has 380 recorded prices; 127 can be compared directly. Not comparable yet: price not parsed yet 141, tiered by rules (see Tiered prices) 53, ratio looks unset 22, display unit not confirmed 11, billed per request or another unit 10, scope of the official doc price not confirmed 8, new price under review; showing the previous one 6

0 recent · 0 stale (older than 10 days, or not updated by this refresh) · 0 unverified timestamps. No recent prices to summarize in this group. 0 zero-valued pairs are separately unverified, without proof of free eligibility. Timing does not verify payment, upstream identity or quality.

Prices are converted to site credits using each site’s published ratio. What you actually pay depends on its top-up rate. Input, output and cache prices in each row come from the same plan. Several sites run by the same company take one place in the ranking: its cheapest plan, with the other sites listed under it. We judge “same company” by identical prices, status pages or homepage code; this is not a legal finding. To see every site’s prices, choose “All plans” or filter by provider.

“Self-declared unofficial channel” means the plan name itself says “reverse-engineered” or similar. We have not verified their source or quality. Minimum and median only count regular plans.

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FAQ

Which API is cheapest for Z.ai · GLM-5?

No valid quotes within 10 days. Older quotes are listed as reference prices.

What is the official price for Z.ai · GLM-5?

Input 4, output 18 CNY per million tokens, checked 2026-10-24. Lowest inference provider: Novita AI, input 1, output 3.2 USD per million tokens.

How do I use Z.ai · GLM-5 in Claude Code or Codex?

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