GLM 5.3 pricing and routing profile
GLM 5.3 from Z.ai lists at $0.325 per million input tokens and $4.40 per million output tokens, with a 1,310,720-token context window. Prices from OpenRouter's catalogue on 2026-09-28.
Tool callingStructured outputReasoning controlLog probabilities
Cost per 1,000 requests
| Request shape | List cost |
|---|---|
| Classification or routing (600 tokens in, 10 out) | $0.239 |
| Chat reply (2,000 in, 400 out) | $2.41 |
| Retrieval-augmented answer (8,000 in, 500 out) | $4.80 |
Before prompt caching. Try your own shape in the cost calculator.
Can Gimbix route to it first?
Yes. 22 of 40 tracked hosts return token log probabilities for GLM 5.3, which is the confidence signal Gimbix uses to let a cheaper model answer first.
Who serves GLM 5.3
| Host | Input / output per 1M | Log probabilities | Uptime, last 30 min |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wafer | $0.325 / $4.40 | yes | 99.9% |
| Relace | $0.33 / $2.50 | no | 99.6% |
| Inceptron | $0.442 / $3.28 | yes | 99.8% |
| Morph | $0.452 / $2.81 | yes | 98.2% |
| Io Net | $0.50 / $1.90 | yes | 100.0% |
| DeepInfra | $0.563 / $2.50 | no | 99.6% |
| Reka | $0.683 / $2.57 | yes | 100.0% |
| InferenceNet | $0.684 / $2.28 | no | 98.1% |
| Sail Research | $0.77 / $4.00 | yes | 100.0% |
| Sail Research | $0.77 / $4.00 | yes | 100.0% |
| Novita | $0.783 / $2.46 | no | 100.0% |
| DigitalOcean | $0.91 / $2.86 | yes | 98.3% |
| Phala | $0.98 / $3.08 | no | 100.0% |
| GMICloud | $0.98 / $3.08 | no | — |
| Makora | $1.05 / $4.20 | yes | 98.3% |
| SiliconFlow | $1.12 / $3.52 | no | — |
| Alibaba | $1.19 / $3.74 | yes | 100.0% |
| Decart | $1.19 / $3.74 | no | 100.0% |
| Friendli | $1.26 / $3.96 | no | 100.0% |
| AkashML | $1.30 / $4.40 | yes | — |
| Mistral | $1.40 / $4.40 | yes | 99.6% |
| Wafer | $1.40 / $4.40 | yes | 99.8% |
| Baidu | $1.40 / $4.40 | no | 100.0% |
| BaseTen | $1.40 / $4.40 | no | 90.8% |
| Mistral | $1.40 / $4.40 | yes | 99.8% |
| Crusoe | $1.40 / $4.40 | no | 99.2% |
| PrimeIntellect | $1.40 / $4.40 | yes | 100.0% |
| Venice | $1.40 / $4.40 | no | 95.1% |
| Together | $1.40 / $4.40 | yes | 99.6% |
| Parasail | $1.40 / $4.40 | yes | 99.7% |
| Modal | $1.40 / $4.40 | yes | 99.9% |
| BaseTen | $1.40 / $4.40 | no | — |
| Fireworks | $1.40 / $4.40 | yes | 99.7% |
| Cloudflare | $1.40 / $4.40 | yes | — |
| AtlasCloud | $1.40 / $4.40 | no | — |
| Z.AI | $1.40 / $4.40 | no | 100.0% |
| Mistral | $1.54 / $4.84 | yes | — |
| BaseTen | $2.10 / $6.60 | no | 100.0% |
| BaseTen | $2.10 / $6.60 | no | — |
| Alibaba | $2.80 / $8.80 | yes | — |
A host that lists log probabilities may still omit them; Gimbix checks each one before relying on it.
Cheaper models that can answer first
Models priced below GLM 5.3 that expose a confidence signal. Whether they answer your traffic as well is what a Gimbix pilot measures.
| Model | Input / output per 1M | Cheaper on a chat reply |
|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 | $0.227 / $4.20 | 11% |
| Qwen3.6 27B | $0.32 / $3.20 | 20% |
| Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 | $0.23 / $2.30 | 43% |
| Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking | $0.20 / $2.40 | 44% |
| Qwen3.5-122B-A10B | $0.26 / $2.08 | 44% |
| Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 | $0.30 / $1.80 | 45% |
Compare GLM 5.3
- GLM 5.3 vs Claude Opus 5.5
- GLM 5.3 vs Claude Sonnet 5
- GLM 5.3 vs Claude Fable 5.1
- GLM 5.3 vs Claude Opus 5
- GLM 5.3 vs GPT-6 Sol
- GLM 5.3 vs GPT-6 Astra
- GLM 5.3 vs GPT-5.6 Sol
- GLM 5.3 vs GPT-5.6 Terra
- GLM 5.3 vs GPT-5.5
- GLM 5.3 vs GPT-5.4
- GLM 5.3 vs Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
- GLM 5.3 vs Gemini 3.8 Flash
- GLM 5.3 vs Grok 4.7
- GLM 5.3 vs Qwen3.8 Max (0902)
- GLM 5.3 vs Kimi K3
- GLM 5.3 vs DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
- GLM 5.3 vs Mistral Large 3 2512
- GLM 5.3 vs Nova Premier 1.0
- GLM 5.3 vs Command A
- GLM 5.3 vs GPT-6 Luna
- GLM 5.3 vs GPT-5.6 Luna
- GLM 5.3 vs GPT-5.4 Mini
- GLM 5.3 vs GPT-5.4 Nano
- GLM 5.3 vs GPT-4.1 Mini
- GLM 5.3 vs gpt-oss-120b
- GLM 5.3 vs gpt-oss-20b
- GLM 5.3 vs Claude Haiku 4.5
- GLM 5.3 vs Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
- GLM 5.3 vs Gemma 4 31B
- GLM 5.3 vs DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
- GLM 5.3 vs DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
- GLM 5.3 vs GLM 5.3 Flash
- GLM 5.3 vs Hy4 preview
- GLM 5.3 vs MiMo-V2.6-Flash
- GLM 5.3 vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
- GLM 5.3 vs Nemotron 3 Ultra
- GLM 5.3 vs Qwen3.8 Flash
- GLM 5.3 vs Qwen3.7 Flash
- GLM 5.3 vs Qwen3.8 27B
- GLM 5.3 vs MiniMax M3
- GLM 5.3 vs Kimi K2.6
- GLM 5.3 vs Mistral Small 4
- GLM 5.3 vs Ministral 3 8B 2512
- GLM 5.3 vs Llama 4 Maverick
- GLM 5.3 vs Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
- GLM 5.3 vs Nova Lite 1.0
- GLM 5.3 vs Nova Micro 1.0
- GLM 5.3 vs Command R7B (12-2024)
- GLM 5.3 vs Phi 4
Questions
How much does GLM 5.3 cost?
GLM 5.3 lists at $0.325 per million input tokens and $4.40 per million output tokens on OpenRouter as of 2026-09-28. A typical chat reply of 2,000 input and 400 output tokens costs about $2.41 per 1,000 requests.
What is the context window of GLM 5.3?
1,310,720 tokens.
Can a cheaper model replace GLM 5.3?
Sometimes. Gimbix proves it on your own traffic before routing: the cheaper model must match GLM 5.3 on one half of your requests and make at most three answers worse on the other.