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)
- 0.00875 USD credit/million total tokensxeduapi.com "default" ·
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: xeduapi.com, group "default" 0.00875 USD_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: USD credits per 1M tokens. These are site-credit prices; actual cost depends on each site’s top-up rate.
Price range: lowest 0.00875 · median 5.1 · highest 112.5 (132 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 | |||||||
| 67 | zl.wonderful.edu.kgAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | [High rate multiplier] Chinese model collection [machine translation]Group on site: 【高倍率】国模集合分组 [Chinese models] supports more Chinese models [machine translation]Original: 【国模】支持更多国模 Operator pending verification | 3.2 | 11.2 | 0.8 | 5.2Median price ÷ this price: 1× | Full prices and sources |
| 77 | dli.liAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | glm 站点标注为测试分组 GLM (test) [machine translation]Original: GLM（测试） Operator pending verification | 3.6 | 12.6 | 0.9 | 5.85Median price ÷ this price: 0.9× | Full prices and sources |
| 78 | api.aabao.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 3 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. | DeepSeek-2 Self-deployed channel (0.5x rate multiplier) [machine translation]Original: 自部署渠道（0.5倍率） Operator pending verification | 4 | 14 | 1 | 6.5Median price ÷ this price: 0.8× | Full prices and sources |
| 78 | api.ai-gaochao.cnAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 20 plans | guo_chan guo_chan Operator pending verification | 4 | 14 | 1 | 6.5Median price ÷ this price: 0.8× | Full prices and sources |
| 78 | api.mooko.aiAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | GLM dedicated line [machine translation]Group on site: GLM专线 GLM official direct connection dedicated line [machine translation]Original: GLM官方直连专线 Operator pending verification | 4 | 14 | 1 | 6.5Median price ÷ this price: 0.8× | Full prices and sources |
| 78 | api.rootflowai.comAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | Chinese models special price [machine translation]Group on site: 国模特惠 Overseas data-center self-deployment, official keys and other legitimate channels, 5-zhe (50%) of the official RMB reference price. For DeepSeek peak/off-peak models the official peak RMB price is the baseline: from 5-zhe (50%) at peak times and from 2.5-zhe (25%) at idle times. [machine translation]Original: 海外机房自部署、官Key等正规渠道，官方人民币参考价 5 折。其中 DeepSeek 峰谷模型以官方高峰人民币价格为基准，高峰时段 5 折起，空闲时段 2.5 折起。 Operator pending verification | 4 | 14 | 1 | 6.5Median price ÷ this price: 0.8× | Full prices and sources |
| 78 | api.starchenapi.xyzAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | Special-price Chinese models [machine translation]Group on site: 特惠国模 Special-price Chinese models, GLM DS KIMI OAI protocol [machine translation]Original: 特惠国模，GLM DS KIMI OAI协议 Operator pending verification | 4 | 14 | 0 | 6.5Median price ÷ this price: 0.8× | Full prices and sources |
| 78 | code.aifast.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | Chinese models [machine translation]Group on site: 国产模型 Self-deployed + official relay deepseek/kimi/glm/minimax Chinese models, half the official price [machine translation]Original: 自部署+官转 deepseek/kimi/glm/minimax国产模型，官方半价 Operator pending verification | 4 | 14 | 1 | 6.5Median price ÷ this price: 0.8× | Full prices and sources |
| 78 | maolaoapi.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. | Chinese models discount [machine translation]Group on site: 国模折扣 Pilot group | full-strength Chinese models [machine translation]Original: 试点分组 | 满血国产模型 Operator pending verification | 4 | 14 | 1 | 6.5Median price ÷ this price: 0.8× | Full prices and sources |
| 78 | nbaiapi.comAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | glm glm Operator pending verification | 4 | 14 | 1 | 6.5Median price ÷ this price: 0.8× | Full prices and sources |
| 78 | sg.uiuiapi.comAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans | 🔥SSSvip special offer [machine translation]Group on site: 🔥SSSvip特惠 站点写明为限时价格 🔥SSSvip limited-time special price | supports Deepseek/Gemini [machine translation]Original: 🔥SSSvip 限时特价 | 支持Deepseek/Gemini Operator pending verification | 4 | 14 | — | 6.5Median price ÷ this price: 0.8× | Full prices and sources |
| 87 | api.200t.cnAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | Zhipu ai [machine translation]Group on site: 智谱ai glm5.3 at 55% of official price [machine translation]Original: glm5.3官方55折 Operator pending verification | 4.4 | 15.4 | 1.1 | 7.15Median price ÷ this price: 0.7× | Full prices and sources |
| 87 | 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 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: 0.7× | Full prices and sources |
| 89 | 123ai.ai-wx.cnAsk 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. | gc-chat Chinese text group [machine translation]Original: 国产文字分组 Operator pending verification | 4.8 | 16.8 | 1.2 | 7.8Median price ÷ this price: 0.7× | Full prices and sources |
| 89 | 9527.codesAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans 4 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. | 🇨🇳Chinese official models [machine translation]Group on site: 🇨🇳国产官方模型 Chinese models-official full-strength-Volcano official agent channel [machine translation]Original: 国产模型-官方满血-火山官方代理渠道 Operator pending verification | 4.8 | 16.8 | 1.2 | 7.8Median price ÷ this price: 0.7× | Full prices and sources |
| 89 | ai.sandboxai.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | GLM 5.3 GLM 5.3 Operator pending verification | 4.8 | 16.8 | 1.2 | 7.8Median price ÷ this price: 0.7× | Full prices and sources |
| 89 | api.clawsocket.comAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | Chinese models [machine translation]Group on site: 国产模型 Chinese models [machine translation]Original: 国产模型 Operator pending verification | 4.8 | 16.8 | 1.2 | 7.8Median price ÷ this price: 0.7× | Full prices and sources |
| 89 | api.muxllm.comAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | Chinese models special price [machine translation]Group on site: 国模特惠 Stable discounted Chinese models channel [machine translation]Original: 稳定优惠国模渠道 Operator pending verification | 4.8 | 16.8 | 1.2 | 7.8Median price ÷ this price: 0.7× | Full prices and sources |
| 89 | api.zygtoken.comAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | Chinese models [machine translation]Group on site: 国产模型 Operator pending verification | 4.8 | 16.8 | 0.672 | 7.8Median price ÷ this price: 0.7× | Full prices and sources |
| 89 | apiopencc.comAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans | Chinese models special price [machine translation]Group on site: 国模特价 Chinese models special price [machine translation]Original: 国产模型特价 Operator pending verification | 4.8 | 16.8 | 1.2 | 7.8Median price ÷ this price: 0.7× | Full prices and sources |
| 89 | minuapi.duoyuanx.netAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans | gc-chat Chinese text group [machine translation]Original: 国产文字分组 Operator pending verification | 4.8 | 16.8 | 1.2 | 7.8Median price ÷ this price: 0.7× | Full prices and sources |
| 89 | mydamoxing.cnAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | glm Zhipu glm dedicated models [machine translation]Original: 智谱glm专用模型 Operator pending verification | 4.8 | 16.8 | 1.2 | 7.8Median price ÷ this price: 0.7× | Full prices and sources |
| 98 | ooioo.workAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | Chinese models-credit [machine translation]Group on site: 国产模型-余额 GLM, KIMI, MiniMax and other Chinese models, 5 zhe (50%) [machine translation]Original: GLM, KIMI, MiniMax 等国产模型，5 折 Operator pending verification | 4.9 | 15.4 | 0.91 | 7.525Median price ÷ this price: 0.7× | Full prices and sources |
| 99 | api.luoqianyi.qzz.ioAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans | default Name on site: z-ai/glm-5.3 Default group [machine translation]Original: 默认分组 Operator pending verification | 5 | 5 | — | 5Median price ÷ this price: 1× | Full prices and sources |
| 100 | ai-api.proAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | Official Zhipu [machine translation]Group on site: 官方智普 Big three carriers channel, glm-5.3 and glm-5.3-flash [machine translation]Original: 三大运营商渠道，glm-5.3和glm-5.3-flash Operator pending verification | 5.2 | 18.2 | 1.3 | 8.45Median price ÷ this price: 0.6× | Full prices and sources |
Special groups · 11 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: 6 rows
- test or debug group: 3 rows
- Free declaration, listed separately: 2 rows
- zero-ratio group: 2 rows
- api.wapq.cn · Perk [machine translation]Group on site: 福利 · glm-5.3 · Input 0 / Output 0 USD credits / 1M
- wqdsjhaoai.site · Free 1 yi (100 million) token daily, shared site-wide [machine translation]Group on site: 每日免费1亿token，全站共享 · glm-5.3 · Input 0 / Output 0 USD credits / 1M
- moyuu.cc · 🥚 · glm-5.3 · Input 0.04 / Output 0.14 USD credits / 1M
- liangxinapi.top · free · glm-5.3 · Input 0.1 / Output 0.35 USD credits / 1M
- api.codexplus.shop · Overseas channel Chinese models GPT0.03 [machine translation]Group on site: 海外渠道国模GPT0.03 · glm-5.3 · Input 0.24 / Output 0.84 USD credits / 1M
- codexplus.shop · Overseas channel Chinese models GPT0.03 [machine translation]Group on site: 海外渠道国模GPT0.03 · glm-5.3 · Input 0.24 / Output 0.84 USD credits / 1M
- wkapi.pro · Chinese perk models [machine translation]Group on site: 国产福利模型 · glm-5.3:free · Input 0.24 / Output 0.84 USD credits / 1M
- wkapi.vip · Chinese perk models [machine translation]Group on site: 国产福利模型 · glm-5.3:free · Input 0.24 / Output 0.84 USD credits / 1M
- moyuu.cc · 🥚 test [machine translation]Group on site: 🥚测 · glm-5.3 · Input 0.4 / Output 1.4 USD credits / 1M
- realmrouter.cn · Chinese models - test [machine translation]Group on site: 国模-test · glm-5.3 · 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 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
303 recent · 10 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?
xeduapi.com, group "default", 0.00875 USD 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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