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GLM 4.5 Pricing

Balanced

Zhipu AI · 131K tokens context

GLM 4.5 from Zhipu AI costs $0.600 per 1 million input tokens and $2.20 per 1 million output tokens as of July 2026 (live OpenRouter data). The model supports a 131,072-token context window (approximately 98,304 words) with a 98K-token maximum output. A typical 1,000-token request costs $0.0006 in input charges; a 10,000-token request costs $0.0060.

GLM 4.5 pricing and capability summary
Input price$0.600 / 1M tokens
Output price$2.20 / 1M tokens
Output / input ratio3.7×
Context window131,072 tokens (~98,304 words)
Maximum output98,304 tokens
Cost per 1K tokens (input)$0.0006
TierBalanced
Last verified

GLM-4.5 is our latest flagship foundation model, purpose-built for agent-based applications. It leverages a Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) architecture and supports a context length of up to 128k tokens.

Live pricing from OpenRouter

Input Price

$0.600

per 1 million tokens

Output Price

$2.20

per 1 million tokens

Context Window

131K tokens

max 98K output

Cost Examples

Request TypeTokensInput CostOutput Cost
1,000 word article1,333$0.0008$0.00088
10-page document (2,500 words)3,333$0.002$0.0022
1,000 lines of code5,000$0.003$0.0033
100K token document100,000$0.06$0.066

Output cost estimated at 30% of input token count. Use the calculator for exact figures.

Strengths

  • Affordable at $0.60/1M input tokens
  • Strong general-purpose performance
  • Strong general-purpose performance

Limitations

  • Quality and availability can vary by hosting provider
  • Quality and availability can vary by hosting provider

Best Use Cases

Customer-facing AI apps
Code generation and review
Content creation at scale
Conversational interfaces

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