GLM-5.3 pricing.
prices as of · 73 providers · 91 prices
Z.ai's GLM-5.3 holds 1M 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-5.3 costs $1.40 in and $4.40 out per million tokens from Z.ai; the cheapest price we can explain is $2.60 at Crof, checked 16 Sept 2026.
Z.ai list price
$8.60/M tokens
$1.40 in · $4.40 out
read · 142% above the market median
Cheapest price we can explain
$2.60/M tokens
$0.40 in · $1.40 out · 70% under list
Crofread
What it costs for your work
Z.ai list price
$1.10a month
cheapest we can explain · Crof
$0.324a month
difference
$0.78saved
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-5.3
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.
$1.40 / $4.40in / out per M
1.00×of list price
Cheaper, and we know why
35 pricesBelow list, with a published reason: hosting the open weights, a regional price list, credits, a stated discount.
- Crof
Hosts the open weights on its own servers, so the price is its own, not a resale. Precision not disclosed.
$0.40 / $1.40in / out per M
0.30×of list price
- Crof
Serves the open weights at Q8_0, a lower precision than the maker's, so not quite the same product.
Q8_0 precisionCrof ↗$0.40 / $1.40in / out per M
0.30×of list price
Merge GatewayHosts the open weights on its own servers, so the price is its own, not a resale. Precision not disclosed.
$0.70 / $2.20in / out per M
0.50×of list price
NovitaServes the open weights at fp8, a lower precision than the maker's, so not quite the same product.
$0.91 / $2.86in / out per M
0.65×of list price
RekaServes the open weights at fp8, a lower precision than the maker's, so not quite the same product.
262k context herefp8 precision$0.88 / $2.97in / out per M
0.65×of list price
Nous PortalResells OpenRouter's catalog at 0.80× the listed price, funded by a subscription whose credits carry a 10% bonus.
1.3M context hereNous Portal ↗$0.88 / $2.97in / out per M
0.65×of list price
io.net IntelligenceServes the open weights at fp8, a lower precision than the maker's, so not quite the same product.
$0.91 / $3.08in / out per M
0.68×of list price
TrustedRouterRoutes to a host serving the open weights; precision not disclosed.
1M context hereTrustedRouter ↗$0.95 / $3.25in / out per M
0.71×of list price
$1 / $3.20in / out per M
0.72×of list price
AkashMLServes the open weights at fp8, a lower precision than the maker's, so not quite the same product.
1M context herefp8 precision$0.97 / $3.30in / out per M
0.72×of list price
DigitalOcean GradientHosts the open weights on its own servers, so the price is its own, not a resale. Precision not disclosed.
1M context hereDigitalOcean Gradient ↗$0.95 / $3.40in / out per M
0.73×of list price
GMI CloudServes the open weights at fp8, a lower precision than the maker's, so not quite the same product.
$1.05 / $3.30in / out per M
0.75×of list price
VancineHosts the open weights on its own servers, so the price is its own, not a resale. Precision not disclosed.
$1.12 / $3.52in / out per M
0.80×of list price
SiliconFlowServes the open weights at fp8, a lower precision than the maker's, so not quite the same product.
$1.12 / $3.52in / out per M
0.80×of list price
Sail ResearchServes the open weights at fp8, a lower precision than the maker's, so not quite the same product.
1M context herefp8 precision$1.13 / $3.56in / out per M
0.81×of list price
- Melious
Hosts the open weights on its own servers, so the price is its own, not a resale. Precision not disclosed.
$1.16 / $3.48in / out per M
0.81×of list price
$1 / $4in / out per M
0.81×of list price
Alibaba Cloud (China)Alibaba's China-region Model Studio, which prices the Qwen models below the international list. A region, not a deal.
$1.10 / $3.85in / out per M
0.83×of list price
WaferHosts the open weights on its own servers, so the price is its own, not a resale. Precision not disclosed.
1M context here$0.95 / $4.40in / out per M
0.84×of list price
DecartServes the open weights at fp4, a lower precision than the maker's, so not quite the same product.
$1.19 / $3.74in / out per M
0.85×of list price
MorphServes the open weights at fp8, a lower precision than the maker's, so not quite the same product.
1M context herefp8 precision$1.19 / $3.74in / out per M
0.85×of list price
AIHubMixHosts the open weights on its own servers, so the price is its own, not a resale. Precision not disclosed.
$1.13 / $3.94in / out per M
0.85×of list price
$1.15 / $4.04in / out per M
0.87×of list price
LLM GatewayRoutes to a host serving the open weights; precision not disclosed.
1M context hereLLM Gateway ↗$1.20 / $4in / out per M
0.88×of list price
RequestyRoutes to a host serving the open weights; precision not disclosed.
1M context hereRequesty ↗$1.20 / $4in / out per M
0.88×of list price
showing the 25 cheapest of 35 · every row in the open dataset
Same price as the maker
45 pricesThe same price the maker charges, sold by someone else.
$1.40 / $0.26in / out per M
0.52×of list price
$1.36 / $4.31in / out per M
0.98×of list price
$1.40 / $4.40in / out per M
1.00×of list price
TokenGoThe same price Z.ai charges.
$1.40 / $4.40in / out per M
1.00×of list price
- Ollama Cloud
The same price Z.ai charges.
1M context here$1.40 / $4.40in / out per M
1.00×of list price
Hugging Face Inference ProvidersThe same price Z.ai charges.
1M context hereHugging Face Inference Providers ↗$1.40 / $4.40in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$1.40 / $4.40in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$1.40 / $4.40in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$1.40 / $4.40in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$1.40 / $4.40in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$1.40 / $4.40in / out per M
1.00×of list price
OpenCode ZenThe same price Z.ai charges.
$1.40 / $4.40in / out per M
1.00×of list price
ClinePassThe same price Z.ai charges.
$1.40 / $4.40in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$1.40 / $4.40in / out per M
1.00×of list price
302.AIThe same price Z.ai charges.
$1.40 / $4.40in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$1.40 / $4.40in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$1.40 / $4.40in / out per M
1.00×of list price
OpenCode GoThe same price Z.ai charges.
$1.40 / $4.40in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$1.40 / $4.40in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$1.40 / $4.40in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$1.40 / $4.40in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$1.40 / $4.40in / out per M
1.00×of list price
BaiduThe same price Z.ai charges.
1M context herefp8 precision$1.40 / $4.40in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$1.40 / $4.40in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$1.40 / $4.40in / out per M
1.00×of list price
showing the 25 cheapest of 45 · every row in the open dataset
Cheaper, and nobody says why
6 prices · never rankedBelow list on a closed model with nothing to account for it. Shown, never ranked, never a pick.
InceptronWe could not read this provider's prices reliably, so the row is listed but never ranked.
1M context herefp4 precision$1.07 / $4.09in / out per M
0.85×of list price
- Inceptron
We could not read this provider's prices reliably, so the row is listed but never ranked.
1M context here$1.07 / $4.09in / out per M
0.85×of list price
FriendliAIWe could not read this provider's prices reliably, so the row is listed but never ranked.
1M context hereFriendliAI ↗$1.26 / $3.96in / out per M
0.90×of list price
FeatherlessWe could not read this provider's prices reliably, so the row is listed but never ranked.
262k context hereFeatherless ↗$1.40 / $4.40in / out per M
1.00×of list price
KenariWe could not read this provider's prices reliably, so the row is listed but never ranked.
$1 / $6.60in / out per M
1.12×of list price
TinfoilWe could not read this provider's prices reliably, so the row is listed but never ranked.
1M context hereTinfoil ↗$1.80 / $5.75in / out per M
1.30×of list price
Given away with limits
4 free tiers · never rankedThese providers give GLM-5.3 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-5.3 cheapest?
- Crof, at $0.40 in and $1.40 out per million tokens, read on 16 Sept 2026. Hosts the open weights on its own servers, so the price is its own, not a resale. Precision not disclosed.
- Is GLM-5.3 open weights?
- Yes. Z.ai publishes the weights, so anyone may host GLM-5.3, which is why 73 providers sell it and why their prices differ so much.
- How much context does GLM-5.3 hold?
- 1,000,000 tokens in one call, which is about 1M, and it can call your own functions.
- How does GLM-5.3 compare with the rest of the market?
- At $8.60 per million tokens, Z.ai's price is 142% above the $3.55 median across the 337 text models we track.