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GLM 5.2 pricing

API list price by Z.ai · checked Oct 23, 2026
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$1.40 / $4.40per 1M tokens in / out
$0.26cache read · −81%
#28on OpenRouter by tokens · 992B / week

Price sheetper 1M tokens

Input$1.40list
Output$4.40
Cache read$0.26−81% vs input
Context · max output1M · 131Ktokens
introductory price; end date not published

Where to buy19 providers · per 1M tokens

ProviderInputOutputContext
Wafer$0.034$71M
Azure AI Foundry$0.15$4.84—
Cloudflare$0.19$8262K
Morph$0.27$4.401M
Relace$0.40$41M
CoreWeave$0.62$2.421M
Inceptron$0.69$2.521M
DigitalOcean$0.70$2.201M
DeepInfra$0.75$2.40—
lab-qwen$1.10$3.85—
Alibaba$1.12$3.521M
BaseTen$1.40$4.401M
Friendli$1.40$4.401M
GMICloud$1.40$4.401M
Mistral$1.40$4.401M
Nebius$1.40$4.401M
Novita$1.40$4.40—
Together$1.40$4.401M
Venice$1.40$4.401M

In Z.ai's line-upper 1M in / out

GLM-4-Long$1 / $1−53%
GLM-4.5-AirX$1.10 / $4.50−9%
GLM-4.1V-Thinking-FlashX$2 / $2−7%
GLM 5.2$1.40 / $4.40this model
GLM 5.3$1.40 / $4.400%
GLM 5.2 Fast Preview$2.20 / $7.70+66%
GLM-4.5-X$2.20 / $8.90+80%
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Cheaper for the same workvs GLM 5.2

Muse Spark 1.3 max-7%score ×2.1$1.60
MiMo v2.6 Pro thinkingOpen-75%score ×2.1$0.13
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 maxOpen-76%score ×2$0.26
Step 5 Preview thinkingOpen-34%score +95%$1.03
Claude Haiku 5.5 max-91%score +93%$0.21
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Pricing questions

How much does GLM 5.2 cost?›

$1.40 per 1M input tokens and $4.40 per 1M output tokens. Cached input is $0.26.

Is GLM 5.2 free to use?›

There is no free API tier, but the weights are open: you can run it on your own hardware for the cost of compute.

How much does prompt caching save?›

Cache reads cost $0.26 per 1M, 81% below the input price.

Is GLM 5.2 cheaper than GLM 5.1?›

It costs the same per token: $1.40 / $4.40.

What is a cheaper alternative to GLM 5.2?›

Muse Spark 1.3 at max effort costs -7% per task with a score ×2.1 on Humanity's Last Exam.