Provider Details
- Headquarter: Beijing, China
- Notable Models: GLM-5.2, GLM-5.1, GLM-5V-Turbo
Model Release Timeline
Z.ai is a Beijing-based artificial intelligence company behind the GLM family of large language models. Originally known as Zhipu AI, the company has become a major player in open AI by developing high-performance reasoning, coding, and multimodal models that compete with leading proprietary alternatives. Through its developer platform, businesses can integrate GLM models into chatbots, AI agents, software development tools, enterprise search, and knowledge assistants using scalable APIs. ModelCosts.com enables developers to compare GLM model pricing, estimate inference costs, monitor pricing changes, and optimize AI spending across production workloads with confidence.
Selling Points:
- Open, high-performance models: GLM models deliver competitive reasoning, coding, and multimodal capabilities with strong price-performance.
- Developer-first APIs: Simple integration for AI assistants, enterprise applications, coding tools, and autonomous AI agents.
- Built for scale: Supports high-throughput inference and enterprise deployments with flexible model options.
- Cost optimization: ModelCosts.com helps forecast API expenses, compare GLM variants, and receive pricing alerts before costs increase.
- Competitive advantage: Open-weight strategy, rapid model iteration, and efficient inference make Z.ai an attractive choice for organizations seeking lower AI infrastructure costs without sacrificing capability.
- Open, high-performance models: GLM models deliver competitive reasoning, coding, and multimodal capabilities with strong price-performance.
- Developer-first APIs: Simple integration for AI assistants, enterprise applications, coding tools, and autonomous AI agents.
- Built for scale: Supports high-throughput inference and enterprise deployments with flexible model options.
- Cost optimization: ModelCosts.com helps forecast API expenses, compare GLM variants, and receive pricing alerts before costs increase.
- Competitive advantage: Open-weight strategy, rapid model iteration, and efficient inference make Z.ai an attractive choice for organizations seeking lower AI infrastructure costs without sacrificing capability.
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for 1000 input + 1000 output tokens
📥 Input (1000 × $1.400000)
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📤 Output (1000 × $4.400000)
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Prices updated daily from official provider data.
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| GLM-5.3-Flash | Text | Standard | $0.1500 | $0.5000 | $0.0300 | 1,000,000 tokens | → |
| GLM-5.3 | Text | Standard | $1.4000 | $4.4000 | $0.2600 | 1,000,000 tokens | → |
| GLM-5.2 | Text | Standard | $1.4000 | $4.4000 | $0.2600 | 1,000,000 tokens | → |
| GLM 5.1 | Text | Standard | $1.4000 | $4.4000 | $0.2600 | 200,000 tokens | → |
| GLM 5.3 FlashX | Text | Standard | $0.3700 | $1.2500 | $0.0750 | 1,048,576 tokens | → |