Z.AI · model
GLM 5.2
$0.06/1M in · $7.00/1M out · 1.0M context. That's cheaper than 27% of the 438 models we track, by output price. Here's what it costs, how its price has moved, and where it fits.
- Context
- 1.0M
- Input / 1M
- $0.06
- Output / 1M
- $7.00
- Modality
- Text only
- Provider
- Z.AI
- Tokenizer
- Other
Snapshot · source: OpenRouter ↗ · how we measure →
For 1,500 input + 500 output tokens across 200,000 requests/month. That's 61× the cheapest tracked option (Mistral Nemo, $11.70/mo).
2026-09-21 → 2026-10-11. Full history →
Where it fits
- Long inputs — a 1.0M-token window holds roughly 1,573 pages of text at once.
- Input-heavy jobs like summarization and RAG — input is cheap at $0.06/1M, and these read far more than they write.
Watch for
- Priced from OpenRouter's routed market, not a first-party list price — availability and rate can shift without notice.
- Text-only — no image, audio, or file input.
These notes are derived from price, context and modality — structural facts, not measured quality. Measured cost-to-finish-a-task lives on the real-cost index.
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How to read GLM 5.2's pricing
Two numbers decide most of the bill: $0.06/1M for input (everything you send — prompt, context, attachments) and $7.00/1M for output (everything it generates, including hidden reasoning tokens). Output is priced 117× the input rate here, so the shape of your workload — how much it reads versus writes — matters as much as the headline figure. This row is OpenRouter's routed market price; it can move as providers and routing change.
Frequently asked questions
How much does GLM 5.2 cost per million tokens?
GLM 5.2 is priced at $0.06 per 1M input tokens and $7.00 per 1M output tokens, from OpenRouter's routed market price as of the 2026-10-11 snapshot. Output is the figure that usually drives the bill. Enter your own token volumes in the cost calculator for a monthly estimate.
What is GLM 5.2's context window?
GLM 5.2 has a 1.0M-token context window — roughly 1,573 pages of text. Prompt, attachments, conversation and the model's own output all share that budget, and every token you send is billed at the input rate.
Related
- API cost calculator — your monthly cost for GLM 5.2 and every other model.
- Model comparison — the full sortable table.
- Price history — how token prices move over time.
- LLM pricing explained — input, output, cached and reasoning tokens.