Z.ai: GLM 5.3 (batch) API Pricing — $0.450 Input / $2.00 Output per 1M Tokens

Z.ai: GLM 5.3 (batch) by Z Ai — $0.450 input / $2.00 output per 1M tokens via OpenRouter. Context: 1.0M tokens. Pricing last updated Oct 29, 2026.

Input / 1M tokens
$0.450
Output / 1M tokens
$2.00
Provider
Z Ai
Context window
1.0M tokens
Via
OpenRouter

Cost at common usage volumes

Usage Daily Monthly
Chatbot (100/day)$0.273$8.18
Small app (1K/day)$1.45$43.50
Mid-scale (10K/day)$19.00$570.00
Large scale (100K/day)$425.00$12750.00
Model ID: z-ai/glm-5.3:batch
Data source: OpenRouter public API — updated Oct 29, 2026.

About Z.ai: GLM 5.3 (batch)

Z.ai: GLM 5.3 (batch) is an LLM developed by Z Ai. Input costs $0.450 per million tokens and output costs $2.00 per million tokens via OpenRouter. It supports a context window of 1.0M tokens.

Pricing Details

Via the OpenRouter API:

  • Input tokens: $0.450 per 1 million tokens
  • Output tokens: $2.00 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 5.3 (batch) Cost?

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

  • Daily cost: $1.4500
  • Monthly cost: $43.500

Accessing Z.ai: GLM 5.3 (batch) via OpenRouter

OpenRouter provides a unified API for 200+ LLMs including Z.ai: GLM 5.3 (batch). 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-5.3:batch.

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