AI Model Atlas / Z.ai
GLM 5
One million input tokens cost $1.00 and one million output tokens $3.20. Context window: 205k tokens, about 341 A4 pages.
What it costs in practice
Pricing per million tokens doesn't mean anything to anyone, so I convert it to three tasks that people actually give to models. The usage assumptions are listed for each row so you can verify them.
| Task | Input | Output | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1500-word articlebrief plus finished text in English | 1,500 tokens | 2,200 tokens | $0.0085 |
| 100 chat queries700 tokens per question and 400 per answer | 70,000 tokens | 40,000 tokens | $0.20 |
| Hour of work with an agentagent reads repository and writes fixes | 250,000 tokens | 30,000 tokens | $0.35 |
Technical details
| Provider | Z.ai |
| Modalities | text → text |
| Context window | 205k tokens (~341 A4 pages) |
| Maximum response | 131k tokens |
| Step-by-step reasoning | yes |
| Tool calling | yes |
| Forced JSON format | yes |
| Knowledge cutoff | not specified |
| Cache read | $0.20 per million |
| Content moderation | no extra filter |
How it compares to the rest
The database contains 469 models. In terms of input pricing GLM 5 is more expensive than 63 percent of paid models. A longer context window is available in 331 models.
Input price history
2026-09-08 · $0.602026-11-11 · $1.00
The chart shows the price of a million input tokens on consecutive measurement days. History starts on the day I launched the atlas and grows with each day. I don't backfill data.
Alternatives at a similar price
Models from other providers whose cost for the same article comes out closest.
| Model | Input / M | Output / M | 1500-word article | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kimi K2.7 CodeMoonshot AI | $0.60 | $3.50 | $0.0086 | 262k |
| Kimi K2.6Moonshot AI | $0.65 | $3.41 | $0.0085 | 262k |
| Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507Qwen (Alibaba) | $0.45 | $3.50 | $0.0084 | 128k |
| Qwen3.5 397B A17BQwen (Alibaba) | $0.60 | $3.60 | $0.0088 | 262k |
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