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Z.ai: GLM 5.3 (batch) API Pricing
GLM-5.3 is a large-scale reasoning model from Z.ai, built for complex software engineering and long-horizon agent tasks. It supports text input and output with a 1M-token context window, and improves...
How much does Z.ai: GLM 5.3 (batch) cost for a real workload?
At 10M input + 2M output tokens per month, Z.ai: GLM 5.3 (batch) costs about $8.5 ($4.5 input + $4 output). Try your own volumes in the cost calculator.
What are cheaper alternatives to Z.ai: GLM 5.3 (batch)?
- Qwen: Qwen3.5-27B — $0.27 in / $2.16 out per 1M
- AionLabs: Aion-2.0 — $0.8 in / $1.6 out per 1M
- Mistral: Devstral 2 2512 — $0.4 in / $2 out per 1M
- Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.1 — $0.4 in / $2 out per 1M
- Z.ai: GLM 4.5V — $0.6 in / $1.8 out per 1M
- Mistral: Mistral Medium 3 — $0.4 in / $2 out per 1M
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Frequently asked questions
How much does Z.ai: GLM 5.3 (batch) cost?
Z.ai: GLM 5.3 (batch) costs $0.45 per 1M input tokens and $2 per 1M output tokens (list price, snapshot October 21, 2026). At 10M input + 2M output tokens per month that is about $8.5.
What is the context window of Z.ai: GLM 5.3 (batch)?
Z.ai: GLM 5.3 (batch) has a context window of 1,048,576 tokens and can return up to 131,072 output tokens per response.
What are cheaper alternatives to Z.ai: GLM 5.3 (batch)?
Cheaper models include Qwen: Qwen3.5-27B ($0.27 in / $2.16 out), AionLabs: Aion-2.0 ($0.8 in / $1.6 out), Mistral: Devstral 2 2512 ($0.4 in / $2 out). See the full list on this page.
Is Z.ai: GLM 5.3 (batch) free to use?
No. Z.ai: GLM 5.3 (batch) is a paid model at $0.45 input / $2 output per 1M tokens. 20 free models are listed on the free models page.
Provider: z-ai · Model ID: z-ai/glm-5.3:batch · Modality: text->text · Price snapshot October 21, 2026, refreshed daily. How we collect prices