GLM 5 pricing & benchmarks
Released Feb 11, 2026 · served by 14 providers
What GLM 5 is
GLM-5 is Z.ai’s flagship open-source foundation model engineered for complex systems design and long-horizon agent workflows. Built for expert developers, it delivers production-grade performance on large-scale programming tasks, rivaling leading...
- Model ID:
z-ai/glm-5 - Modality: text->text
- Tool calling: supported · Structured output: supported
- Weights:
zai-org/GLM-5on Hugging Face
Providers and prices for GLM 5
The same model costs different amounts depending on who serves it. Prices are per 1M tokens, cheapest first. Uptime and throughput are OpenRouter's rolling measurements, not vendor claims.
| Provider | Input | Output | Context | Quant | Uptime 24h | Throughput |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| StreamLakecheapest | $0.600 | $1.92 | 198K | fp8 | 99.4% | — |
| GMICloud | $0.600 | $1.92 | 203K | fp8 | 99.3% | — |
| DeepInfra | $0.600 | $2.08 | 203K | fp4 | 99.9% | — |
| Baidu | $0.700 | $2.24 | 203K | fp8 | 99.1% | — |
| DigitalOcean | $0.750 | $2.40 | 64K | — | 97.8% | — |
| SiliconFlow | $0.950 | $2.55 | 205K | fp8 | 99.0% | — |
| Chutes | $0.950 | $2.55 | 203K | fp8 | 90.8% | — |
| AtlasCloud | $0.950 | $3.15 | 203K | fp8 | 99.5% | — |
| Amazon Bedrock | $1.00 | $3.20 | 203K | — | 84.5% | — |
| Novita | $1.00 | $3.20 | 203K | fp8 | 100.0% | — |
| Z.AI | $1.00 | $3.20 | 203K | fp8 | 96.8% | — |
| Parasail | $1.00 | $3.20 | 203K | fp8 | 98.9% | — |
| Venice | $1.00 | $3.20 | 198K | fp8 | 99.7% | — |
| Phala | $1.20 | $3.50 | 203K | — | 89.4% | — |
GLM 5 benchmark results
Design Arena head-to-head results, as reported through the OpenRouter model API.
| Category | Arena | Rank | Elo | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| androidnative | agents | #12 | 1225 | 59.6% |
| mobileapps | agents | #14 | 1215 | 52.5% |
| godotgamedev | agents | #16 | 1144 | 46.7% |
| htmlslides | agents | #16 | 1167 | 44.4% |
| fullstack | agents | #17 | 1169 | 51.7% |
| 3d | models | #22 | 1286 | 56.3% |
| gamedev | models | #22 | 1290 | 57.4% |
| codecategories | models | #23 | 1278 | 55.5% |
| svg | models | #23 | 1218 | 54.4% |
| website | models | #25 | 1274 | 55% |
| dataviz | models | #28 | 1259 | 53% |
| asciiart | models | #29 | 1186 | 48% |
| uicomponent | models | #29 | 1267 | 53.6% |
FAQ
How much does the GLM 5 API cost?
$0.600 per 1M input tokens and $1.92 per 1M output tokens. A typical workload of 1M input + 300K output tokens costs about $1.18.
Is GLM 5 free?
No. It is a paid model starting at $0.600 per 1M input tokens, though some providers offer trial credits.
Which provider is cheapest for GLM 5?
StreamLake at $0.600 input / $1.92 output per 1M tokens (fp8 quantization).
Can I self-host GLM 5?
Yes — weights are published as zai-org/GLM-5 on Hugging Face, so you can run it on your own hardware.