What is the context window of Z.ai: GLM 5?

Z.ai: GLM 5 supports a context window of 204K tokens.

Is Z.ai: GLM 5 free to use?

Z.ai: GLM 5 is a paid model. It costs $1.00 per million input tokens and $3.20 per million output tokens.

How is LLM API pricing calculated?

LLM pricing has two components: input tokens (everything you send) and output tokens (what the model generates). Total cost = (prompt tokens × input rate + output tokens × output rate) / 1,000,000 × number of requests.

Z.ai: GLM 5 API Pricing — $1.00 Input / $3.20 Output per 1M Tokens

Q: How much does Z.ai: GLM 5 cost?

Z.ai: GLM 5 costs $1.00 per million input tokens and $3.20 per million output tokens via OpenRouter. Pricing was last updated Oct 29, 2026.

Z.ai: GLM 5 by Z Ai — $1.00 input / $3.20 output per 1M tokens via OpenRouter. Context: 204K tokens. Pricing last updated Oct 29, 2026.

Input / 1M tokens

$1.00

Output / 1M tokens

$3.20

Provider

Z Ai

Context window

204K tokens

Via

OpenRouter

Cost at common usage volumes

Usage	Daily	Monthly
Chatbot (100/day)	$0.450	$13.50
Small app (1K/day)	$2.60	$78.00
Mid-scale (10K/day)	$36.00	$1080.00
Large scale (100K/day)	$820.00	$24600.00

Model ID: z-ai/glm-5
Data source: OpenRouter public API — updated Oct 29, 2026.

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About Z.ai: GLM 5

Z.ai: GLM 5 is an LLM developed by Z Ai. Input costs $1.00 per million tokens and output costs $3.20 per million tokens via OpenRouter. It supports a context window of 204K tokens.

Pricing Details

Via the OpenRouter API:

Input tokens: $1.00 per 1 million tokens
Output tokens: $3.20 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 5 Cost?

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

Daily cost: $2.6000
Monthly cost: $78.000

Accessing Z.ai: GLM 5 via OpenRouter

OpenRouter provides a unified API for 200+ LLMs including Z.ai: GLM 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-5.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. Z.ai: GLM 5 is available on OpenRouter with the model ID z-ai/glm-5. OpenRouter provides a unified API compatible with OpenAI's SDK format.