GLM 5 API Pricing 2026
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Overview
GLM 5 was released on February 11, 2026. Pricing starts at $0.950 per million input tokens and $2.55 per million output tokens. The model supports a context window of up to 205K tokens. API access is available through Z-ai.
Pricing Comparison
Compare GLM 5 with 10 similar models by price.
Current Pricing (per 1M tokens)
11 models
Provider | Model | Input $/M | Output $/M | Coding | MMLU | GPQA | Context | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Z | $0.950 | $2.550 | — | — | 66.6 | 204,800 | ||
$0.800 | $1.200 | — | — | — | 4,096 | |||
QW | $0.800 | $3.200 | — | — | — | 131,072 | ||
QW | $0.800 | $0.800 | — | — | — | 32,768 | ||
AM | $0.800 | $3.200 | 23.3 | 69.1 | 49.9 | 300,000 | ||
$0.800 | $4.000 | 31.4 | 63.4 | 40.8 | 200,000 | |||
$0.800 | $1.600 | — | — | — | 131,072 | |||
$0.850 | $1.250 | — | — | — | 256,000 | |||
$0.850 | $3.400 | — | — | — | 131,072 | |||
MO | $0.900 | $1.900 | — | — | — | 262,144 | ||
AR | $0.900 | $3.300 | — | — | — | 131,072 |
* Some models use tiered pricing based on prompt length. Displayed prices are for prompts ≤ 200k tokens.
Compare Providers
GLM 5 is available from multiple providers with different pricing and availability.
Provider Pricing
11 models
Provider | Input $/M | Output $/M | Cache Read $/M | Cache Write $/M | Uptime |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A AtlasCloud Best Price | $0.950 | $3.150 | $0.190 | - | 91.9% |
S SiliconFlow Best Price | $0.950 | $2.550 | $0.200 | - | 78.0% |
P Parasail | $1.000 | $3.200 | - | - | 96.3% |
Z Z.AI | $1.000 | $3.200 | $0.200 | - | 94.1% |
F Friendli | $1.000 | $3.200 | - | - | 98.4% |
 Together | $1.000 | $3.200 | - | - | 98.4% |
V Venice | $1.000 | $3.200 | $0.200 | - | 95.1% |
G GMICloud | $1.000 | $3.200 | - | - | 91.1% |
 Fireworks | $1.000 | $3.200 | $0.200 | - | - |
 Novita | $1.000 | $3.200 | $0.200 | - | 99.2% |
P Phala | $1.200 | $3.500 | - | - | - |
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Cost vs. Quality
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Detailed Benchmark Scores
| Benchmark | Standard | Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence | 40.6 (91th) | 49.8 (95th) |
| Coding | 39.0 (93th) | 44.2 (93th) |
| Math | - | - |
| MMLU Pro | - | - |
| GPQA | 66.6 (57th) | 82.0 (70th) |
| LiveCodeBench | - | - |
| AIME | - | - |
| Aider | - | - |
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