Z.ai · AI model API pricing
How much does GLM-5.2 cost?
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Rate card
| Input tokens | $1.4 / 1M |
| Cached input | $0.26 / 1M |
| Output tokens | $4.4 / 1M |
| Context window | — |
What that means per month
| Workload | Tokens / month | Cost / month |
|---|---|---|
| Prototype | 1M in · 0.3M out | $2.72/mo |
| Small app | 10M in · 3M out | $27.2/mo |
| Production app | 50M in · 15M out | $136/mo |
| High volume | 200M in · 60M out | $544/mo |
| Heavy platform | 1B in · 300M out | $2,720/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-5.2 ($27.2/mo):
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Claude Haiku 4.5 $25/mo -
Kimi K2.6 $21.5/mo -
GPT-5.4 Mini $21/mo