Model pricing · Zhipu (Z.ai)
GLM-5.2 pricing
GLM-5.2 costs $1.4 per million input tokens and $4.4 per million output tokens at list price. Best for: zhipu flagship.
| Input | $1.4 / 1M tokens |
|---|---|
| Output | $4.4 / 1M tokens |
| Cached input (read) | $0.26 / 1M tokens |
| Context window | 1,048,576 tokens |
Source: Zhipu (Z.ai) pricing, cross-checked against models.dev on 2026-09-15. Your provider invoice is authoritative.
What it costs in practice
| Workload | List price | If input is cached |
|---|---|---|
| One request: 10,000 tokens in, 1,000 out | $0.018 | $0.0070 |
| A month of that request, 100 times a day | $55.20 | $21.00 |
| A 3,000-token instruction file on 100 requests a day, for a month | $12.60 | $2.34 |
The last row is the always-on cost of an instruction file like CLAUDE.md: paid on every request, whether the task needs it or not. Check how much of yours is waste.
Price history
From tokencheat's dated pricing snapshots. Only changes are listed.
| Since | Input / 1M | Output / 1M |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-01 | $1.4 | $4.4 |
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