Z.ai · AI model API pricing
How much does GLM-4.7 cost?
The coding-plan workhorse — a popular Claude-Code-compatible alternative at roughly a tenth of Sonnet pricing.
Rate card
| Input tokens | $0.60 / 1M |
| Cached input | $0.11 / 1M |
| Output tokens | $2.2 / 1M |
| Context window | — |
What that means per month
| Workload | Tokens / month | Cost / month |
|---|---|---|
| Prototype | 1M in · 0.3M out | $1.26/mo |
| Small app | 10M in · 3M out | $12.6/mo |
| Production app | 50M in · 15M out | $63/mo |
| High volume | 200M in · 60M out | $252/mo |
| Heavy platform | 1B in · 300M out | $1,260/mo |
Standard on-demand rates from Z.ai's official pricing docs, last checked 2026-07-17. Monthly figures exclude caching and batch discounts. Confirm live pricing before committing.
Cheaper alternatives
At a reference workload of 10M input / 3M output tokens a month, these cost less than GLM-4.7 ($12.6/mo):
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Mistral Large 3 $9.50/mo -
Qwen-Plus $7.60/mo -
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite $7/mo