Z.ai LLM API Models & Pricing

Browse Z.ai LLM API models with normalized prompt pricing, output pricing, context windows, release dates, and popularity signals.

18Models tracked
18Priced models
1Popular models
2Latest releases

Provider shortlist

Use Z.ai as a model-level shortlist, not a single default choice.

Start from the cost, context, and popularity picks below, then open the model pages or head-to-head comparisons before choosing an API.

Cost pick GLM 5.2 (free) $0 sample workload
Context pick GLM 5.2 1.05M context window
Popular pick GLM 5.2 #8 popularity signal
When to avoid Verify model fit Do not choose by provider name alone. Compare model-level input price, output price, context window, release timing, and current availability before production use.

Z.ai comparisons

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ComparisonSample Cost WinnerLarger ContextNewest Release
🔥DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 vs 🔥GLM 5.2DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423Tie
🔥DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 vs 🔥GLM 5.2DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
🔥GPT-5.6 Luna vs 🔥GLM 5.2GPT-5.6 LunaGPT-5.6 Luna
🔥Hy3 vs 🔥GLM 5.2Hy3GLM 5.2
🔥MiMo-V2.5 vs 🔥GLM 5.2MiMo-V2.5MiMo-V2.5
🔥Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) vs 🔥GLM 5.2Nemotron 3 Ultra (free)GLM 5.2
New🔥Ox Alpha vs 🔥GLM 5.2Ox AlphaTie
🔥GLM 5.2 vs 🔥Claude Opus 5GLM 5.2GLM 5.2

Cross-Provider Alternatives

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Use this shortlist when Z.ai is not a hard requirement and your first constraint is workload cost.

AlternativeProviderSample CostInput / 1MOutput / 1MContext
New🔥Ox Alphastealth$0$0$01.05M
🔥Nemotron 3 Ultra (free)NVIDIA$0$0$01M
🔥Laguna S 2.1 (free)Poolside$0$0$0262.14K
New🔥Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (free)NVIDIA$0$0$01M
NewDots3-Note Preview (free)Dots Studio$0$0$0512K
NewLFM2.5-2.6B (free)LiquidAI$0$0$065.54K

Z.ai model catalog

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ModelPromptOutputContextPopularity
🔥GLM 5.2$0.966$3.0361.05M#8
NewGLM Latest$1.4$4.41.05M
NewGLM 5.3$1.4$4.41.05M
GLM 5.2 (batch)$1.4$4.41.05M
GLM 5.2 (free)$0$0256K
GLM 5.1$0.966$3.036204.8K
GLM 5V Turbo$1.2$4202.75K
GLM 5 Turbo$1.2$4202.75K
GLM 5$0.6$1.92204.8K
GLM 4.7 Flash$0.06$0.4202.75K
GLM 4.7$0.4$1.75204.8K
GLM 4.6V$0.3$0.9131.07K
GLM 4.6$0.5$2204.8K
GLM 4.5V$0.6$1.865.54K
GLM 4.5$0.6$2.2131.07K
GLM 4.5 Air$0.13$0.85131.07K
GLM 4.5 Air (free)$0$0131.07K
GLM 4 32B$0.1$0.1128K