GLM-5
As of Oct 4, 2026, the cheapest GLM-5 API price is $0.4 per 1M input tokens (Vultr) and $1.75 per 1M output tokens (Vultr). GLM-5 is offered by 42 providers in the glm family, open weights, reasoning enabled. Z.AI's own rate is $3.2 per 1M output tokens. It is also included in 3 flat-rate subscription plans, Qwen (Alibaba Cloud) Token Plan Lite from $8/mo.
API pricing by provider
Metered per-token prices. Cheapest input and output are highlighted; † marks a context-tier surcharge. How prices are ranked.
| Vultropen | Cheapest$0.4 | Cheapest$1.75 | — | — | 203k |
| GMI Cloudopen | $0.6 | $1.92 | $0.12 | — | 203k |
| Kilo Gatewayopen | $0.6 | $1.92 | $0.12 | — | 198k |
| OpenRouteropen | $0.6 | $1.92 | $0.12 | — | 205k |
| NanoGPTopen | $0.5 | $2.55 | $0.13 | — | 200k |
| Alibaba (China) | †$0.573 | $2.58 | — | — | 203k |
| LLM Gatewayopen | $0.573 | $2.58 | — | — | 203k |
| ZenMuxopen | $0.58 | $2.6 | $0.14 | — | 200k |
 302.AIopen | $0.6 | $2.6 | — | — | 205k |
| DevPass (LLM Gateway)open | $0.72 | $2.3 | $0.144 | free | 203k |
| DInferenceopen | $0.75 | $2.4 | — | — | 200k |
| CrossModelopen | $0.6 | $3 | $0.16 | $0.6 | 200k |
| Meganovaopen | $0.8 | $2.56 | — | — | 203k |
| TokenGoopen | $0.89 | $3.2647 | $0.2226 | — | 205k |
| Basetenopen | $0.95 | $3.15 | $0.2 | — | 203k |
| FastRouteropen | $0.95 | $3.15 | — | — | 205k |
| Abacusopen | $1 | $3.2 | — | — | 205k |
| Amazon Bedrockopen | $1 | $3.2 | — | — | 203k |
| DigitalOceanopen | $1 | $3.2 | $0.2 | — | 64k |
| Eden AIopen | $1 | $3.2 | $0.2 | — | 203k |
| Hugging Faceopen | $1 | $3.2 | $0.2 | — | 203k |
| Impossiblopen | $1 | $3.2 | $0.2 | — | 205k |
| LLM Gatewayopen | $1 | $3.2 | $0.2 | — | 203k |
| LLM Gatewayopen | $1 | $3.2 | $0.2 | — | 200k |
| LLM Gatewayopen | $1 | $3.2 | $0.1 | — | 203k |
| LLM Gatewayopen | $1 | $3.2 | $0.2 | — | 203k |
| Merge Gatewayopen | $1 | $3.2 | $0.2 | free | 200k |
| NovitaAIopen | $1 | $3.2 | $0.2 | — | 203k |
| Ofoxopen | $1 | $3.2 | $0.2 | — | 205k |
| OpenCode Zenopen | $1 | $3.2 | $0.2 | — | 205k |
| OrcaRouteropen | $1 | $3.2 | $0.26 | free | 205k |
| Poe | $1 | $3.2 | $0.2 | — | 205k |
| Tempr Gatewayopen | $1 | $3.2 | $0.2 | free | 205k |
| TensorXopen | $1 | $3.2 | $0.25 | $1.25 | 203k |
| Venice AIopen | $1 | $3.2 | $0.2 | — | 198k |
| Vercel AI Gatewayopen | $1 | $3.2 | — | — | 203k |
| Z.AIopen | $1 | $3.2 | $0.2 | free | 205k |
| Zhipu AIopen | $1 | $3.2 | $0.2 | free | 205k |
| Meliousopen | $1.1012 | $3.3617 | $0.2666 | — | 203k |
Subscription plans (not per-token)
Billed per month, not per token — never counted as the cheapest offer.
| Alibaba Coding Planplan | free | free | 203k |
| Alibaba Coding Plan (China)plan | free | free | 203k |
| Alibaba Token Planplan | free | free | 203k |
| Alibaba Token Plan (China)plan | free | free | 203k |
| SCNet Token Planplan | free | free | 205k |
| Tencent Coding Plan (China)plan | free | free | 203k |
GLM-5 pricing FAQ
What is the cheapest GLM-5 API?
As of Oct 4, 2026, Vultr has the lowest GLM-5 output price at $1.75 per 1M tokens, and Vultr has the lowest input price at $0.4 per 1M tokens. Prices are metered per-token rates in USD; free tiers and subscription plans are excluded.
How much does GLM-5 cost on Z.AI?
Z.AI charges $1 per 1M input tokens and $3.2 per 1M output tokens for GLM-5.
How many providers offer GLM-5?
42 providers list GLM-5 on Sovyron; 39 of them sell it at a metered per-token price.
Is GLM-5 free?
No provider in the Sovyron catalog lists a free tier for GLM-5.
Is GLM-5 included in a subscription plan?
Yes. 3 flat-rate plan(s) include it; the cheapest is Qwen (Alibaba Cloud) Token Plan Lite at $8/month.
What is the context window of GLM-5?
GLM-5 supports a 205k-token context window and up to 203k output tokens.
Token cost calculator
What a month costs at one provider's published rates. Enter the tokens you expect to send and receive; cached tokens use the cached-input price where the provider lists one, and count as ordinary input where it does not.
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