API PRICES
Z.ai · GLM-5.1
Provider prices, cheapest first
Price comparison
- Official (cash)
- Input 6 / output 24 CNY/million tokens智谱 ·
- Lowest inference provider (cash)
- Input 0.966 / output 3.036 USD/million tokensOpenRouter · Aggregator ·
- Lowest relay (credit)
- 0.4375 USD credit/million total tokensioll.pp.ua "聊天专属喵" ·
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.
Z.ai · GLM-5.1 official price: input 6, output 24 CNY per million tokens (智谱, observed 2026-10-17). Cheapest inference provider: OpenRouter, input 0.966, output 3.036 USD per million tokens. Cheapest relay: ioll.pp.ua, group "Chat only, meow [machine translation] (on site: 聊天专属喵)" 0.4375 USD_CREDIT per million total tokens (credit price, not cash, observed 2026-10-16). 120 sites have comparable prices; 312 sites list this model.Relay blended price uses 75% input and 25% output.
Price ranges per million tokens
Official cash prices · Lowest 10.5 · median 11.75 · highest 13 · 2 quotes CNY / per million tokens
Inference provider cash prices · Lowest 1.4835 · median 1.8093 · highest 2.135 · 2 quotes USD / per million tokens
Inference provider cash prices · Lowest 13 · median 13 · highest 13 · 1 quotes CNY / per million tokens
Relay USD credit prices · Lowest 0.4375 · median 7.0752 · highest 73.5 · 108 quotes USD / per million tokens, site credit
Relay CNY credit prices · Lowest 0.78 · median 6.5 · highest 92.3 · 53 quotes CNY / per million tokens, site credit
Official price
| Provider | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write | Unit | Observed | Conditions and source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 智谱 | 6 | 24 | 1.3 | — | CNY / 1M tokens | Official source | |
| 智谱 | 8 | 28 | 2 | — | CNY / 1M tokens | 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 | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write | Unit | Observed | Conditions and source | vs official |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter · Aggregator | 0.966 | 3.036 | 0.1794 | — | USD / 1M tokens | Official source | ||
| Novita AI | 1.38 | 4.4 | 0.26 | — | USD / 1M tokens | Official source | ||
| SiliconFlow | 8 | 28 | 2 | — | CNY / 1M tokens | 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 0.4375 · median 7.0752 · highest 73.5 (108 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 48 | api.bltcy.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans 2 more sites of the same company
Basis: identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | Chinese models special price [machine translation]Group on site: 国产特价 Name on site: glm-5.1 Chinese models special price [machine translation]Original: 国产特价 Operator pending verification | 4.2 | 15.401 | 1.05 | 7.0004Median price ÷ this price: 1× | Full prices and sources |
| 48 | one-api.bltcy.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans 2 more sites of the same company
Basis: identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | Chinese models special price [machine translation]Group on site: 国产特价 Name on site: glm-5.1 Chinese models special price [machine translation]Original: 国产特价 Operator pending verification | 4.2 | 15.401 | 1.05 | 7.0004Median price ÷ this price: 1× | Full prices and sources |
| 53 | mxwell.aiAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans 1 more site of the same companyBasis: identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | Chinese models ZhiPu [machine translation]Group on site: 国模 ZhiPu Name on site: glm-5.1 glm official relay channel [machine translation]Original: glm 官转渠道 Operator pending verification | 4.4 | 15.4 | 1.1 | 7.15Median price ÷ this price: 1× | Full prices and sources |
| 53 | api.mxwell.aiAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans 1 more site of the same company
Basis: identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | Chinese models ZhiPu [machine translation]Group on site: 国模 ZhiPu Name on site: glm-5.1 glm official relay channel [machine translation]Original: glm 官转渠道 Operator pending verification | 4.4 | 15.4 | 1.1 | 7.15Median price ÷ this price: 1× | Full prices and sources |
| 55 | gptapi.asiaAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans 2 more sites of the same companyBasis: identical homepage assets, identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | default Name on site: glm-5.1 Default channel [machine translation]Original: 默认通道 Operator pending verification | 4.8 | 19.2 | — | 8.4Median price ÷ this price: 0.8× | Full prices and sources |
| 55 | tokenshengsheng.comAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | Chinese models Max [machine translation]Group on site: 国产模型Max Name on site: glm-5.1 Chinese models Max [machine translation]Original: 国产模型Max Operator pending verification | 4.8 | 19.2 | 1.04 | 8.4Median price ÷ this price: 0.8× | Full prices and sources |
| 55 | cn.gptapi.asiaAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans 2 more sites of the same company
Basis: identical homepage assets, identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | default Name on site: glm-5.1 Default channel [machine translation]Original: 默认通道 Operator pending verification | 4.8 | 19.2 | — | 8.4Median price ÷ this price: 0.8× | Full prices and sources |
| 55 | yutoapi.comAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans 2 more sites of the same company
Basis: identical homepage assets, identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | default Name on site: glm-5.1 Default channel [machine translation]Original: 默认通道 Operator pending verification | 4.8 | 19.2 | — | 8.4Median price ÷ this price: 0.8× | Full prices and sources |
| 59 | liangxinapi.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | No restrictions [machine translation]Group on site: 无限制 Name on site: glm-5.1 Operator pending verification | 5 | 16 | 1.5 | 7.75Median price ÷ this price: 0.9× | Full prices and sources |
| 60 | cn.meai.cloudAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans 1 more site of the same companyBasis: identical homepage assets, identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | default Name on site: glm-5.1 Default group [machine translation]Original: 默认分组 Operator pending verification | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4 | 5.5Median price ÷ this price: 1.3× | Full prices and sources |
| 60 | api.meai.cloudAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans 1 more site of the same company
Basis: identical homepage assets, identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | default Name on site: glm-5.1 Default group [machine translation]Original: 默认分组 Operator pending verification | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4 | 5.5Median price ÷ this price: 1.3× | Full prices and sources |
| 62 | code0.aiAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans | Special price Zhipu [machine translation]Group on site: 特价智谱 Name on site: glm-5.1 Zhipu official relay group [machine translation]Original: 智谱官转分组 Operator pending verification | 5.6 | 19.6 | — | 9.1Median price ÷ this price: 0.8× | Full prices and sources |
| 63 | ai.comfly.orgAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans 1 more site of the same companyBasis: identical quotes. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | default Name on site: glm-5.1 Default group [machine translation]Original: 默认分组 Operator pending verification | 6 | 22.002 | 1.5 | 10.001Median price ÷ this price: 0.7× | Full prices and sources |
| 63 | api.bltcy.aiAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans 2 more sites of the same companyBasis: identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | default Name on site: glm-5.1 Default group [machine translation]Original: 默认分组 Operator pending verification | 6 | 22.002 | 1.5 | 10.001Median price ÷ this price: 0.7× | Full prices and sources |
| 63 | ai.t8star.orgAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans 1 more site of the same company
Basis: identical quotes. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | default Name on site: glm-5.1 Default group [machine translation]Original: 默认分组 Operator pending verification | 6 | 22.002 | 1.5 | 10.001Median price ÷ this price: 0.7× | Full prices and sources |
| 63 | api.bltcy.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans 2 more sites of the same company
Basis: identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | default Name on site: glm-5.1 Default group [machine translation]Original: 默认分组 Operator pending verification | 6 | 22.002 | 1.5 | 10.001Median price ÷ this price: 0.7× | Full prices and sources |
| 63 | one-api.bltcy.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans 2 more sites of the same company
Basis: identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | default Name on site: glm-5.1 Default group [machine translation]Original: 默认分组 Operator pending verification | 6 | 22.002 | 1.5 | 10.001Median price ÷ this price: 0.7× | Full prices and sources |
| 63 | api.xhuoai.comAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 3 plans | default Name on site: glm-5.1 Default group, supports all common models, OpenAI special-price channel (AZ Microsoft channel) Claude Code, Gemini stable channel (GCP/Velax), top value-for-money choice, 20% of list price, rate multiplier 1.0 [machine translation]Original: 默认分组，支持所有常用模型,OpenAI特价渠道（AZ微软渠道）Claude Code,Gemini稳定渠道（GCP/Velax），性价比首选，2折，倍率1.0 Operator pending verification | 6 | 24 | — | 10.5Median price ÷ this price: 0.7× | Full prices and sources |
| 63 | api.xistree.hkAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | default Name on site: glm-5.1 Default group [machine translation]Original: 默认分组 Operator pending verification | 6 | 24 | 1.1143 | 10.5Median price ÷ this price: 0.7× | Full prices and sources |
| 63 | maxopenapi.comAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans 1 more site of the same companyBasis: identical homepage assets, identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | default Name on site: glm-5.1 Default group [machine translation]Original: 默认分组 Operator pending verification | 6 | 24 | 1 | 10.5Median price ÷ this price: 0.7× | Full prices and sources |
| 63 | tenzen.aiAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 3 plans 1 more site of the same companyBasis: identical homepage assets, identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | GC Name on site: glm-5.1 GC Operator pending verification | 6 | 24 | 1.3 | 10.5Median price ÷ this price: 0.7× | Full prices and sources |
| 63 | tenzen.aiAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 3 plans 1 more site of the same companyBasis: identical homepage assets, identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | vip Name on site: glm-5.1 vip group [machine translation]Original: vip分组 Operator pending verification | 6 | 24 | 1.3 | 10.5Median price ÷ this price: 0.7× | Full prices and sources |
| 63 | tenzen.aiAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 3 plans 1 more site of the same companyBasis: identical homepage assets, identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | ze Name on site: glm-5.1 ze-claude Operator pending verification | 6 | 24 | 1.3 | 10.5Median price ÷ this price: 0.7× | Full prices and sources |
| 63 | www.nuwaflux.comAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans | Chinese models dedicated line [machine translation]Group on site: 国产模型专线 Name on site: glm-5.1 deepseek/glm/kimi/seedance2.0 Operator pending verification | 6 | 24 | 0.6 | 10.5Median price ÷ this price: 0.7× | Full prices and sources |
| 63 | xiaoma.bestAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans | default Name on site: glm-5.1 Default channel - best value for money, most recommended, has claude series models, no gpt or gemini [machine translation]Original: 默认渠道 - 性价比最高最推荐，有claude系列模型，没有gpt和gemini Operator pending verification | 6 | 24 | 1.2 | 10.5Median price ÷ this price: 0.7× | Full prices and sources |
Special groups · 1 rows · not ranked
These plans are marked as test, internal, disabled, gated by top-up or membership, or have a near-zero ratio. They may not be purchasable or stable, so they are listed separately and left out of the ranking and statistics.
- test or debug group: 1 rows
- realmrouter.cn · Chinese models - test [machine translation]Group on site: 国模-test · glm-5.1 · Input 0.56 / Output 1.76 USD credits / 1M
How this ranking works
All per-token prices: 97,455 prices from 871 sites (about 765 companies). 89,631 are ranked, from 861 sites (about 755 companies); 7,824 more are listed separately and not ranked. Prices collected up to 2026-10-17.
This model has 621 recorded prices; 194 can be compared directly (193 ranked, 1 listed separately). Not comparable yet: price not parsed yet 205, tiered by rules (see Tiered prices) 142, billed per request or another unit 29, ratio looks unset 21, display unit not confirmed 20, scope of the official doc price not confirmed 8
120 recent · 6 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.
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FAQ
Which API is cheapest for Z.ai · GLM-5.1?
ioll.pp.ua, group "聊天专属喵 (Chat only, meow)", 0.4375 USD credit per million total tokens, observed 2026-10-16. 120 sites have comparable prices.
What is the official price for Z.ai · GLM-5.1?
Input 6, output 24 CNY per million tokens, checked 2026-10-17. Lowest inference provider: OpenRouter, input 0.966, output 3.036 USD per million tokens.
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