API PRICES
Z.ai · glm-5.3
Provider prices, cheapest first
Price comparison
- Official (cash)
- Input 8 / output 28 CNY/million tokens智谱 ·
- Lowest inference provider (cash)
- Input 0.079 / output 4.8 USD/million tokensOpenRouter · Aggregator ·
- Lowest relay (credit)
- 0.5375 CNY credit/million total tokensoai2api.com "china_modal" ·
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-5.3 official price: input 8, output 28 CNY per million tokens (智谱, observed 2026-10-17). Cheapest inference provider: OpenRouter, input 0.079, output 4.8 USD per million tokens. Cheapest relay: oai2api.com, group "china_modal" 0.5375 CNY_CREDIT per million total tokens (credit price, not cash, observed 2026-10-16). 301 sites have comparable prices; 523 sites list this model.Relay blended price uses 75% input and 25% output.
Price ranges per million tokens
Official cash prices · Lowest 13 · median 13 · highest 13 · 1 quotes CNY / per million tokens
Inference provider cash prices · Lowest 1.2593 · median 2.15 · highest 2.15 · 3 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 0.00875 · median 5.1 · highest 112.5 · 132 quotes USD / per million tokens, site credit
Relay CNY credit prices · Lowest 0.5375 · median 6.4375 · highest 78 · 80 quotes CNY / per million tokens, site credit
Official price
| Provider | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write | Unit | Observed | Conditions and 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 | 0.079 | 4.8 | 0.078 | — | USD / 1M tokens | Official source | ||
| Novita AI | 1.4 | 4.4 | 0.26 | — | USD / 1M tokens | Official source | ||
| Together AI | 1.4 | 4.4 | 0.26 | — | USD / 1M tokens | Official source | ||
| SiliconFlow | 8 | 28 | 2 | — | CNY / 1M tokens | Official source | Input 0% · Output 0% |
Unit: CNY credits per 1M tokens. These are site-credit prices; actual cost depends on each site’s top-up rate.
Price range: lowest 0.5375 · median 6.4375 · highest 78 (80 quotes, CNY credits per million total tokens)
Relays
Prices below are in site credit, not cash.
| # | Provider | Plan / conditions | Input ↑CNY credits / 1M | Output CNY credits / 1M | Cache readCNY credits / 1M | BlendedCNY credits / 1M | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recent price | |||||||
| 01 | oai2api.comAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans | china_modal Intelligence not discounted, more considerate cost, Chinese models at 0.03x rate multiplier of the domestic official price, some low cache! [machine translation]Original: 智力不打折，成本更贴心，国模国内官方价的0.03x倍率，部分低缓！ Operator pending verification | 0.35 | 1.1 | 0.065 | 0.5375Median price ÷ this price: 12× | Full prices and sources |
| 02 | api.ccode.vipAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 5 plans | Limited-time perk [machine translation]Group on site: 限时福利 Limited-time perk - RPM20 [machine translation]Original: 限时福利-RPM20 Operator pending verification | 0.4 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.65Median price ÷ this price: 9.9× | Full prices and sources |
| 02 | api.everygpt.siteAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans | Low-price Chinese models group [machine translation]Group on site: 低价国模分组 Low-price Chinese models freebies [machine translation]Original: 低价国模羊毛 Operator pending verification | 0.4 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.65Median price ÷ this price: 9.9× | Full prices and sources |
| 02 | new.youyangai.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | Perk Chinese models [machine translation]Group on site: 福利国模 WorkBuddy reverse proxy, supports only OpenAI (/v1/chat/completions) protocol format [machine translation]Original: WorkBuddy反代 仅支持OpenAI (/v1/chat/completions)协议格式 Operator pending verification | 0.4 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.65Median price ÷ this price: 9.9× | Full prices and sources |
| 05 | api.liangrekui.comAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 3 plans | F glm-reverse proxy [machine translation]Group on site: F glm-反代 glm official key+account pool reverse proxy, no distillation! no jailbreaking! [machine translation]Original: glm 官key+号池反代，禁止蒸馏！禁止破限！ Operator pending verification | 0.48 | 1.68 | 0.12 | 0.78Median price ÷ this price: 8.3× | Full prices and sources |
| 06 | api.banyane.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 3 plans | Chinese models [machine translation]Group on site: 国产模型 Stable Chinese models [machine translation]Original: 稳定国产 Operator pending verification | 0.56 | 1.76 | 0.104 | 0.86Median price ÷ this price: 7.5× | Full prices and sources |
| 07 | code.aigcpro.orgAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | Chinese models [machine translation]Group on site: 国模 Operator pending verification | 0.7 | 2.2 | 0.13 | 1.075Median price ÷ this price: 6× | Full prices and sources |
| 08 | ai.191800.xyzAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans | Nvidia Name on site: z-ai/glm-5.3 Operator pending verification | 0.73 | 0.73 | — | 0.73Median price ÷ this price: 8.8× | Full prices and sources |
| 09 | sub.sablequay.ccAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | defaultOperator pending verification | 0.8 | 1 | 0.06 | 0.85Median price ÷ this price: 7.6× | Full prices and sources |
| 09 | ai.kdysite.cloudAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans | Chinese economy zone [machine translation]Group on site: 国产经济区 10% of official price, stable, high cache [machine translation]Original: 官方1折，稳定高缓 Operator pending verification | 0.8 | 2.8 | 0.2 | 1.3Median price ÷ this price: 5× | Full prices and sources |
| 09 | bearlab.aiAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans | [Chinese models] special price group [machine translation]Group on site: 【国模】特惠分组 Chinese models special-price account pool, includes DeepSeek, GLM, Kimi, MiniMax and deepseek-v4.1-flash, glm-5.3-flash (the former Flash group has been merged in). Cache is unstable for some models; price negotiable for relay integration. [machine translation]Original: 国产模型特惠号池，含 DeepSeek、GLM、Kimi、MiniMax 及 deepseek-v4.1-flash、glm-5.3-flash（原 Flash 分组已并入）。部分模型缓存不稳定，中转对接可谈价。 Operator pending verification | 0.8 | 2.8 | 0.2 | 1.3Median price ÷ this price: 5× | Full prices and sources |
| 12 | api.tacklekey.comAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | default Name on site: z-ai/glm-5.3 Default group Operator pending verification | 0.88723 | 53.908 | 0.66262 | 14.142Median price ÷ this price: 0.5× | Full prices and sources |
| 13 | api.novaeworld.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | Chinese models [machine translation]Group on site: 国模 Super cheap Chinese models of all kinds! [machine translation]Original: 超便宜各种国产模型！ Operator pending verification | 0.9 | 4 | 0.26 | 1.675Median price ÷ this price: 3.8× | Full prices and sources |
| 14 | orange-ai.onlineAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | glmOperator pending verification | 1.1882 | 4.1588 | 0.29706 | 1.9309Median price ÷ this price: 3.3× | Full prices and sources |
| 15 | api.qianmoguyu.cnAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans | default Name on site: GLM-5.3 Apart from subscription plans, all selectable groups have rpm 6; all groups are pro account pools [machine translation]Original: 除订阅套餐外可以选择的分组rpm均为6；所有分组均为pro账号号池 Operator pending verification | 1.2 | 4.2 | 0.3 | 1.95Median price ÷ this price: 3.3× | Full prices and sources |
| 15 | cybertruckai.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 5 plans | 🐳[Chinese models]-[limited-time perk]-[0.15]-switch if it dies~~ [machine translation]Group on site: 🐳【国模】-【限时福利】-【0.15】-死了就切~~ 🐳[Chinese models]-[limited-time perk]-[0.15]-switch if it dies~~ [machine translation]Original: 🐳【国模】-【限时福利】-【0.15】-死了就切~~ Operator pending verification | 1.2 | 4.2 | 0.3 | 1.95Median price ÷ this price: 3.3× | Full prices and sources |
| 15 | pdhlzy.comAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans | Special-price Chinese models [machine translation]Group on site: 特惠国模 Special-price Chinese models - oai protocol [machine translation]Original: 特惠国模-oai协议 Operator pending verification | 1.2 | 4.2 | 0 | 1.95Median price ÷ this price: 3.3× | Full prices and sources |
| 18 | tzcode.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | Self-deployed models [machine translation]Group on site: 自部署模型 Self-deployed Chinese models [machine translation]Original: 自部署国模 Operator pending verification | 1.279 | 4.4765 | 0.31975 | 2.0784Median price ÷ this price: 3.1× | Full prices and sources |
| 19 | api.bjhuiqu.netAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 3 plans | Chinese models limited-time perk [machine translation]Group on site: 国模限时福利 Operator pending verification | 1.28 | 4.48 | 0.32 | 2.08Median price ÷ this price: 3.1× | Full prices and sources |
| 20 | api.ciyuanshen.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | Chinese models [machine translation]Group on site: 国产模型 Chinese models subsidy group, special price at 0.18x the official website price [machine translation]Original: 国产模型补贴分组，0.18倍官网价特惠 Operator pending verification | 1.44 | 5.04 | 0.36 | 2.34Median price ÷ this price: 2.8× | Full prices and sources |
| 21 | api.ciyuanapis.xyzAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans | glm perk [machine translation]Group on site: glm福利 glm5.2、5.3、5.3f Operator pending verification | 1.6 | 5.6 | 0.4 | 2.6Median price ÷ this price: 2.5× | Full prices and sources |
| 21 | api.polymer-ai.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | Chinese models collection-usage-based [machine translation]Group on site: 国模汇总-按量 Chinese models collection-usage-based [machine translation]Original: 国模汇总-按量 Operator pending verification | 1.6 | 5.6 | 0.4 | 2.6Median price ÷ this price: 2.5× | Full prices and sources |
| 21 | api.slomerex.xyzAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 3 plans | GLMOperator pending verification | 1.6 | 5.6 | 0.4 | 2.6Median price ÷ this price: 2.5× | Full prices and sources |
| 21 | apipaths.comAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans | glm glm dedicated group [machine translation]Original: glm专门分组 Operator pending verification | 1.6 | 5.6 | 0.4 | 2.6Median price ÷ this price: 2.5× | Full prices and sources |
| 21 | nikoapi.xyzAsk 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. | Overseas Chinese models-openai protocol [machine translation]Group on site: 海外国模-openai协议 Operator pending verification | 1.6 | 5.6 | 0.4 | 2.6Median price ÷ this price: 2.5× | Full prices and sources |
Special groups · 2 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.
- near-zero-ratio group: 2 rows
- ai.kdysite.cloud · Data processing [machine translation]Group on site: 数据处理 · glm-5.3 · Input 0.24 / Output 0.84 CNY credits / 1M
- ai.kdysite.cloud · Chinese models-perk [machine translation]Group on site: 国模-福利 · glm-5.3 · Input 0.24 / Output 0.84 CNY 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 1004 recorded prices; 497 can be compared directly (484 ranked, 13 listed separately). Not comparable yet: price not parsed yet 238, tiered by rules (see Tiered prices) 133, billed per request or another unit 54, display unit not confirmed 34, ratio looks unset 26, scope of the official doc price not confirmed 9
158 recent · 12 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-5.3?
oai2api.com, group "china_modal", 0.5375 CNY credit per million total tokens, observed 2026-10-16. 301 sites have comparable prices.
What is the official price for Z.ai · glm-5.3?
Input 8, output 28 CNY per million tokens, checked 2026-10-17. Lowest inference provider: OpenRouter, input 0.079, output 4.8 USD per million tokens.
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