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Z.ai: GLM 4.5 API Pricing — $0.600 Input / $2.20 Output per 1M Tokens

Z.ai: GLM 4.5 by Z Ai — $0.600 input / $2.20 output per 1M tokens via OpenRouter. Context: 131K tokens. Pricing last updated Oct 29, 2026.

Input / 1M tokens
$0.600
Output / 1M tokens
$2.20
Provider
Z Ai
Context window
131K tokens
Via
OpenRouter

Cost at common usage volumes

Usage Daily Monthly
Chatbot (100/day)$0.305$9.15
Small app (1K/day)$1.70$51.00
Mid-scale (10K/day)$23.00$690.00
Large scale (100K/day)$520.00$15600.00
Model ID: z-ai/glm-4.5
Data source: OpenRouter public API — updated Oct 29, 2026.
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About Z.ai: GLM 4.5

Z.ai: GLM 4.5 is an LLM developed by Z Ai. Input costs $0.600 per million tokens and output costs $2.20 per million tokens via OpenRouter. It supports a context window of 131K tokens.

Pricing Details

Via the OpenRouter API:

  • Input tokens: $0.600 per 1 million tokens
  • Output tokens: $2.20 per 1 million tokens

A token is roughly 0.75 words. For context: a typical user message of 100 words is approximately 133 tokens; a 500-word system prompt is about 650 tokens.

How Much Does Z.ai: GLM 4.5 Cost?

For a typical chatbot application (1,000 requests/day, 1,000 prompt tokens and 500 output tokens per request):

  • Daily cost: $1.7000
  • Monthly cost: $51.000

Accessing Z.ai: GLM 4.5 via OpenRouter

OpenRouter provides a unified API for 200+ LLMs including Z.ai: GLM 4.5. You can use it with any OpenAI-compatible SDK by setting the base URL to https://openrouter.ai/api/v1 and using your OpenRouter API key. The model ID is z-ai/glm-4.5.

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