Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Prime API Pricing — $2.80 Input / $8.80 Output per 1M Tokens

Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Prime by Z Ai — $2.80 input / $8.80 output per 1M tokens via OpenRouter. Context: 1.0M tokens. Pricing last updated Oct 29, 2026.

Input / 1M tokens
$2.80
Output / 1M tokens
$8.80
Provider
Z Ai
Context window
1.0M tokens
Via
OpenRouter

Cost at common usage volumes

Usage Daily Monthly
Chatbot (100/day)$1.24$37.20
Small app (1K/day)$7.20$216.00
Mid-scale (10K/day)$100.00$3000.00
Large scale (100K/day)$2280.00$68400.00
Model ID: z-ai/glm-5.3-prime
Data source: OpenRouter public API — updated Oct 29, 2026.

About Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Prime

Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Prime is an LLM developed by Z Ai. Input costs $2.80 per million tokens and output costs $8.80 per million tokens via OpenRouter. It supports a context window of 1.0M tokens.

Pricing Details

Via the OpenRouter API:

  • Input tokens: $2.80 per 1 million tokens
  • Output tokens: $8.80 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 Prime Cost?

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

  • Daily cost: $7.2000
  • Monthly cost: $216.000

Accessing Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Prime via OpenRouter

OpenRouter provides a unified API for 200+ LLMs including Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Prime. 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-prime.

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