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GLM-OCR pricing

API list price by Z.ai · checked Oct 23, 2026
Benchmarks and alternatives →
$0.20 / $0.20per 1M tokens in / out

Price sheetper 1M tokens

Input$0.20list
Output$0.20
introductory price; end date not published

Where to buy1 provider · per 1M tokens

ProviderInputOutputContext
lab-z-ai$0.03$0.03—

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

GLM-4-32B-0414-128K$0.10 / $0.10−50%
GLM-4.6V-FlashX$0.04 / $0.40−35%
GLM-4.7-FlashX$0.07 / $0.40−24%
GLM-OCR$0.20 / $0.20this model
GLM 5.3 Flash$0.15 / $0.50+19%
GLM-4.1V-Thinking-Flash$0.30 / $0.30+50%
GLM-4-Air-250414$0.50 / $0.502.5×
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Cheaper for the same workvs GLM-OCR

PaddleOCR VL-90%score -1%$0.02 / $0.02
DeepSeek OCR 2Open-85%score -5%$0.03 / $0.03

Pricing questions

How much does GLM-OCR cost?›

$0.20 per 1M input tokens and $0.20 per 1M output tokens.

Is GLM-OCR 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.

What is a cheaper alternative to GLM-OCR?›

PaddleOCR VL costs -90% per task with a score -1% on OmniDocBench · v1.6 · full.