API PRICES
Z.ai · GLM-5
Provider prices, cheapest first
Price comparison
- 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)
- 1.55 USD credit/million total tokensxckjj.com "auto" ·
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. Cheapest relay: xckjj.com, group "auto" 1.55 USD_CREDIT per million total tokens (credit price, not cash, observed 2026-10-23). 72 sites have comparable prices; 169 sites list this model.Relay blended price uses 75% input and 25% output. 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
Relay USD credit prices · Lowest 1.55 · median 1.55 · highest 1.55 · 1 quotes USD / per million tokens, site credit
Official price
| Provider | Tariff | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write | Unit | Observed | Conditions and source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 智谱 | Standard | 4 | 18 | 1 | — | CNY / 1M tokens | Context 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,
"conditionNotes": [
"section: 模型推理 / 文本模型"
],
"effectiveFrom": null,
"effectiveUntil": null
}Official source | |
| 智谱 | Standard | 6 | 22 | 1.5 | — | CNY / 1M tokens | Context tier: ZHIPU_TIER:输入长度≥32K · section: 模型推理 / 文本模型Full price conditions{
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"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 |
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
| Provider | Tariff | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write | Unit | Observed | Conditions and source | vs official |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Novita AI | Standard | 1 | 3.2 | 0.2 | — | USD / 1M tokens | Full price conditions{
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"sourceAmounts": null,
"conditions": [],
"contextTier": null,
"processingMode": null,
"conditionNotes": [],
"effectiveFrom": null,
"effectiveUntil": null
}Official source | ||
| OpenRouter · Aggregator | Standard | 1 | 3.2 | 0.2 | — | 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
| Provider | Tariff | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write | Unit | Observed | Conditions and source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 智谱 | Standard | 4 | 18 | 1 | — | CNY / 1M tokens | Context 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 | Standard | 6 | 22 | 1.5 | — | CNY / 1M tokens | Context tier: ZHIPU_TIER:输入长度≥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≥32K",
"processingMode": null,
"conditionNotes": [
"section: 模型推理 / 文本模型"
],
"effectiveFrom": null,
"effectiveUntil": null
}Official source |
Inference providers
| Provider | Tariff | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write | Unit | Observed | Conditions and source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter · Aggregator | Standard | 1 | 3.2 | 0.2 | — | 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 AI | Standard | 1 | 3.2 | 0.2 | — | USD / 1M tokens | Full price conditions{
"sourceUnit": null,
"sourceAmounts": null,
"conditions": [],
"contextTier": null,
"processingMode": null,
"conditionNotes": [],
"effectiveFrom": null,
"effectiveUntil": null
}Official source |
Unit: USD credits per 1M tokens. These are site-credit prices; actual cost depends on each site’s top-up rate.
Price range: lowest 1.55 · median 1.55 · highest 1.55 (1 quotes, USD credits per million total tokens)
Relays
Prices below are in site credit, not cash.
| # | Provider | Plan / conditions | Input ↑USD credits / 1M | Output USD credits / 1M | Cache readUSD credits / 1M | BlendedUSD credits / 1M | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recent price | |||||||
| 01 | xckjj.comAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans | auto Name on site: glm-5 Auto group [machine translation]Original: 自动分组 Operator pending verification | 1 | 3.2 | 0.2 | 1.55Median price ÷ this price: 1× | Full prices and sources |
| Flagged · not ranked · Recent price | |||||||
| — | xckjj.comAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans | Chinese models [machine translation]Group on site: 国模 Name on site: glm-5 Note: far from other providers’ prices. This price is not ranked or counted. Operator pending verification | 0.1 | 0.32 | 0.02 | 0.155Median price ÷ this price: 10× | Full prices and sources |
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
2 recent · 0 stale (older than 10 days, or not updated by this refresh) · 0 unverified timestamps. Minimum and median only count recent paid prices; older prices stay in the table. 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.
Sources not accepted this cycle and reasons
FAQ
Which API is cheapest for Z.ai · GLM-5?
xckjj.com, group "auto", 1.55 USD credit per million total tokens, observed 2026-10-23. 72 sites have comparable 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.
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