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Z.ai · GLM-5

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Z.ai · GLM-5 official price: input 4, output 18 CNY per million tokens (智谱, observed 2026-10-17). Cheapest inference provider: Novita AI, input 1, output 3.2 USD per million tokens. Cheapest relay: api.renice.cc, group "openllm" 0.4 USD_CREDIT per million total tokens (credit price, not cash, observed 2026-10-16). 77 sites have comparable prices; 175 sites list this model.Relay blended price uses 75% input and 25% output.

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

USD_CREDIT · Lowest 0.4 · median 7.5 · highest 420 · 90 quotes USD / per million tokens, site credit

CNY_CREDIT · Lowest 2.25 · median 7.5 · highest 62.3377605 · 25 quotes CNY / per million tokens, site credit

Official price

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智谱4181—CNY / 1M tokens
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智谱6221.5—CNY / 1M tokens
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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

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Novita AI13.20.2—USD / 1M tokens
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OpenRouter · Aggregator13.20.2—USD / 1M tokens
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Unit: USD 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 0.4 · median 7.5 · highest 420 (90 quotes, USD credits per million total tokens)

sites have comparable prices77175 sites list this model; approximately 40 operators
Lowest input price0.2USD credits / 1M
Median of each provider’s lowest price3.6USD credits / 1M

Relays

Prices below are in site credit, not cash.

#ProviderPlan / conditionsInput ↑USD credits / 1MOutput USD credits / 1MCache readUSD credits / 1MBlendedUSD credits / 1MDetails
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01api.renice.ccAsk or discussCollected:
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openllm
Name on site: glm-5
Chinese models 0.2x group [machine translation]Original: 国模 0.2x 分组
Operator pending verification
0.21—0.4Median price ÷ this price: 18.75×Full prices and sources
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Chat only, meow [machine translation]Group on site: 聊天专属喵
Name on site: glm-5

站点写明:不支持工具调用,仅限聊天

Chat only, meow; no tool calling, meow [machine translation]Original: 只能聊天喵 不支持工具调用喵
Operator pending verification
0.240.950.04999999999990.4175Median price ÷ this price: 17.964071856288285704041019798117558851×Full prices and sources
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Exclusively for Xueqiu (Snowball) [machine translation]Group on site: 雪球专供
Name on site: glm-5
Exclusively for Xueqiu (Snowball) [machine translation]Original: 雪球专供
Operator pending verification
0.3441.260.06880.573Median price ÷ this price: 13.089005235602916586716372958110160191×Full prices and sources
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Alibaba Cloud selected special offers [machine translation]Group on site: 阿里云精选特惠
Name on site: ZHIPU/GLM-5
Qwen GLM DeepSeek etc. high volume can use a key or sub-account [machine translation]Original: Qwen GLM DeepSeek 等 量大可以上key或子账户
Operator pending verification
0.4285714285711.57142857143—0.714285714285Median price ÷ this price: 10.500000000005250000000007875000000007×Full prices and sources
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Hodgepodge [machine translation]Group on site: 大杂烩
Name on site: zai/glm-5
Operator pending verification
0.51.60.1052631578950.775Median price ÷ this price: 9.677419354838709677419354838709677419×Full prices and sources
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Hodgepodge [machine translation]Group on site: 大杂烩
Name on site: glm-5
Operator pending verification
0.51.60.10.775Median price ÷ this price: 9.677419354838709677419354838709677419×Full prices and sources
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glm
Name on site: glm-5
glm
Operator pending verification
0.5161.890.10320.8595Median price ÷ this price: 8.726003490401944391144248638740106794×Full prices and sources
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Chinese models group [machine translation]Group on site: 国模分组
Name on site: glm-5
GLM-5.3, Kimi-K3 and deepseek series all available [machine translation]Original: GLM-5.3,Kimi-K3,deepseek系列均可用
Operator pending verification
0.642.880.161.2Median price ÷ this price: 6.25×Full prices and sources
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Alibaba Cloud Bailian major clients [machine translation]Group on site: 阿里云百炼大客户
Name on site: ZHIPU/GLM-5

站点写明:大客户专享

Bailian public pool, major clients only, all models; for popular models pick others with bigger discounts [machine translation]Original: 百炼公池大客户专享 全模型 热门模型请选则其他折扣更低的
Operator pending verification
0.6857142857142.51428571429—1.14285714286Median price ÷ this price: 6.562500000003281250000004921875000004×Full prices and sources
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cmodels
cmodels
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0.716722.2863368—1.1091242Median price ÷ this price: 6.762092108349993625601172528739342267×Full prices and sources
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cmodels
Name on site: glm-5
cmodels
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0.716722.2863368—1.1091242Median price ÷ this price: 6.762092108349993625601172528739342267×Full prices and sources
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default
Name on site: glm-5
Default group
Operator pending verification
0.752.40.151.1625Median price ÷ this price: 6.451612903225806451612903225806451613×Full prices and sources
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vip
Name on site: glm-5
VIP group
Operator pending verification
0.752.40.151.1625Median price ÷ this price: 6.451612903225806451612903225806451613×Full prices and sources
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Zhipu official [machine translation]Group on site: 智谱官方
Name on site: glm-5
Zhipu official [machine translation]Original: 智谱官方
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0.863.150.1721.4325Median price ÷ this price: 5.235602094241166634686549183244064076×Full prices and sources
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default
Name on site: glm-5
Default group [machine translation]Original: 默认分组
Operator pending verification
1111Median price ÷ this price: 7.5×Full prices and sources
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default
Name on site: glm-5
Default group [machine translation]Original: 默认分组
Operator pending verification
13.20.21.55Median price ÷ this price: 4.83870967741935483870967741935483871×Full prices and sources
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auto
Name on site: glm-5
Auto group [machine translation]Original: 自动分组
Operator pending verification
13.20.21.55Median price ÷ this price: 4.83870967741935483870967741935483871×Full prices and sources
18happyapi.orgAsk or discussCollected:
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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.

default
Name on site: glm-5
Default group [machine translation]Original: 默认分组
Operator pending verification
1.66.4—2.8Median price ÷ this price: 2.678571428571428571428571428571428571×Full prices and sources
18happyapi.orgAsk or discussCollected:
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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.

vip
Name on site: glm-5
vip group [machine translation]Original: vip分组
Operator pending verification
1.66.4—2.8Median price ÷ this price: 2.678571428571428571428571428571428571×Full prices and sources
18cn.happyapi.orgAsk or discussCollected:
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1 more site of the same company

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default
Name on site: glm-5
Default group [machine translation]Original: 默认分组
Operator pending verification
1.66.4—2.8Median price ÷ this price: 2.678571428571428571428571428571428571×Full prices and sources
18cn.happyapi.orgAsk or discussCollected:
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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.

vip
Name on site: glm-5
vip group [machine translation]Original: vip分组
Operator pending verification
1.66.4—2.8Median price ÷ this price: 2.678571428571428571428571428571428571×Full prices and sources
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sale
Name on site: glm-5

站点写明为限时价格

Limited-time special price group [machine translation]Original: 限时特惠分组
Operator pending verification
1.828.19—3.4125Median price ÷ this price: 2.197802197802197802197802197802197802×Full prices and sources
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default
Name on site: z-ai/glm-5
Default [machine translation]Original: 默认
Operator pending verification
29—3.75Median price ÷ this price: 2×Full prices and sources
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svip
Name on site: z-ai/glm-5
Default group [machine translation]Original: 默认分组
Operator pending verification
29—3.75Median price ÷ this price: 2×Full prices and sources
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vip
Name on site: z-ai/glm-5
vip group [machine translation]Original: vip分组
Operator pending verification
29—3.75Median price ÷ this price: 2×Full prices and sources
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 388 recorded prices; 131 can be compared directly. Not comparable yet: price not parsed yet 148, tiered by rules (see Tiered prices) 53, ratio looks unset 22, display unit not confirmed 13, billed per request or another unit 11, scope of the official doc price not confirmed 8

99 recent · 3 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?

api.renice.cc, group "openllm", 0.4 USD credit per million total tokens, observed 2026-10-16. 77 sites have comparable prices.

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

Input 4, output 18 CNY per million tokens, checked 2026-10-17. Lowest inference provider: Novita AI, input 1, output 3.2 USD per million tokens.

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