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GLM 5 API price
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The cheapest GLM 5 API is $0.60/M input at GMICloud (via OpenRouter) - all 11 providers compared below, per 1M tokens.
MidZ.ai / Zhipu204K context11 sellers
Input
$0.60
per 1M tokens · GMICloud (via OpenRouter)
up to $1.00
Output
$1.92
per 1M tokens · GMICloud (via OpenRouter)
up to $3.20
Where to buy it
Cheapest GLM 5 API providers compared - 11 sellers, from $0.60/M.
Cost calculator
| Provider | Input $/M | Output $/M | Cached in | Uptime | Your cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GMICloud (via OpenRouter)fp8 | 0.600cheapest | 1.92 | 0.120 | 100% | |
| StreamLake (via OpenRouter)fp8 | 0.600 | 1.92 | 0.120 | 100% | |
| Baidu (via OpenRouter)fp8 | 0.700 | 2.24 | 0.140 | 100% | |
| SiliconFlowfp8 | 0.950 | 2.55 | 0.200 | 100% | |
| OrcaRouter (aggregator) | 1.00 | 3.20 | - | - | |
| Amazon Bedrock (via OpenRouter) | 1.00 | 3.20 | - | 100% | |
| Novitafp8 | 1.00 | 3.20 | 0.200 | 100% | |
| Venice (via OpenRouter)fp8 | 1.00 | 3.20 | 0.200 | 100% | |
| Z.AIfp8 | 1.00 | 3.20 | 0.200 | 100% | |
| Together AI (inference host) | 1.00 | 3.20 | - | - | |
| TokenRouter (aggregator) | 1.00 | 3.20 | 0.200 | - |
1.7× between the cheapest and the dearest of 11 sellers.
Against its tier
- This model$2.52
- Cheapest · Nemotron 3.5 Content Safety$0.40
- Tier median · GLM 5.1$4.002
- Dearest · GPT 5.5 Cyber$87.50
#11 of 35 mid · cheaper than 71%
Details
- Context window
- 204K204,800 tokens
- Developer
- Z.ai / Zhipu
- Intelligence
- 27.9 est. Reasoning
- Sellers
- 111.7× spread
- Cached input
- $0.12where the source publishes one
- Cheapest at
- GMICloud (via OpenRouter)
- Combined
- $2.52in + out per 1M
- Last checked
- 2026-10-12
- Availability
- 100.00%median of 8 OpenRouter endpoints, last 30 min