GLM-4.5 pricing.
prices as of · 23 providers · 26 prices
Z.ai's GLM-4.5 holds 131k tokens of context and has a reasoning mode. Open weights, so anyone may host it, which is why the prices below differ so much.
GLM-4.5 costs $0.60 in and $2.20 out per million tokens from Z.ai; the cheapest price we can explain is $1.40 at Submodel, checked 16 Sept 2026.
Z.ai list price
$4/M tokens
$0.60 in · $2.20 out
read · 13% above the market median
Cheapest price we can explain
$1.40/M tokens
$0.20 in · $0.80 out · 65% under list
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What it costs for your work
Z.ai list price
$0.492a month
cheapest we can explain · Submodel
$0.168a month
difference
$0.324saved
A page is about 600 tokens in and 60 out, a support reply 200 in and 300 out, an email 150 in and 250 out. Nothing else is counted: no cache discount, no batch rate, no free tier.
Every provider selling GLM-4.5
Four groups, decided by the price and by what the provider publishes about it. Prices are per million tokens, and the share is that row against Z.ai's price.
The maker's list price
1 priceWhat the lab that trained the model charges on its own API.
$0.60 / $2.20in / out per M
1.00×of list price
Cheaper, and we know why
7 pricesBelow list, with a published reason: hosting the open weights, a regional price list, credits, a stated discount.
- Submodel
Serves the open weights at fp8, a lower precision than the maker's, so not quite the same product.
fp8 precision$0.20 / $0.80in / out per M
0.35×of list price
302.AIHosts the open weights on its own servers, so the price is its own, not a resale. Precision not disclosed.
$0.29 / $1.14in / out per M
0.50×of list price
NanoGPTRoutes to a host serving the open weights; precision not disclosed.
128k context hereNanoGPT ↗$0.30 / $1.30in / out per M
0.55×of list price
- NanoGPT
Routes to a host serving the open weights; precision not disclosed.
128k context hereNanoGPT ↗$0.30 / $1.30in / out per M
0.55×of list price
$0.35 / $1.54in / out per M
0.65×of list price
DeepInfraHosts the open weights on its own servers, so the price is its own, not a resale. Precision not disclosed.
$0.40 / $1.60in / out per M
0.70×of list price
$0.40 / $1.60in / out per M
0.70×of list price
Same price as the maker
17 pricesThe same price the maker charges, sold by someone else.
$0.60 / $2.20in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.60 / $2.20in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.60 / $2.20in / out per M
1.00×of list price
OrcaRouterThe same price Z.ai charges.
$0.60 / $2.20in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.60 / $2.20in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.60 / $2.20in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.60 / $2.20in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.60 / $2.20in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.60 / $2.20in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.60 / $2.20in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.60 / $2.20in / out per M
1.00×of list price
AbacusThe same price Z.ai charges.
$0.60 / $2.20in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.60 / $2.20in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.60 / $2.20in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.60 / $2.20in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.60 / $2.20in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.63 / $2.32in / out per M
1.06×of list price
Given away with limits
1 free tiers · never rankedThese providers give GLM-4.5 away inside a quota of their own. A limit is not a price, so none of them counts as cheapest here or anywhere else on the site.
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Frequently asked
- Who sells GLM-4.5 cheapest?
- Submodel, at $0.20 in and $0.80 out per million tokens, read on 16 Sept 2026. Serves the open weights at fp8, a lower precision than the maker's, so not quite the same product.
- Is GLM-4.5 open weights?
- Yes. Z.ai publishes the weights, so anyone may host GLM-4.5, which is why 23 providers sell it and why their prices differ so much.
- How much context does GLM-4.5 hold?
- 131,072 tokens in one call, which is about 131k, and it can call your own functions.
- How does GLM-4.5 compare with the rest of the market?
- At $4 per million tokens, Z.ai's price is 13% above the $3.55 median across the 337 text models we track.