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Z.ai: GLM 5V Turbo API Pricing

Z.ai: GLM 5V Turbo is an API model from z-ai. It costs $1.2 per 1M input tokens and $4 per 1M output tokens, with cached input at $0.24. Its context window is 202,752 tokens with up to 131,072 output tokens. A workload of 10M input + 2M output tokens costs about $20 per month.
Input
$1.2
per 1M tokens
Output
$4
per 1M tokens
Cached input
$0.24
per 1M tokens
Context window
202K
202,752 tokens
Blended (80/20)
$1.76
per 1M tokens

GLM-5V-Turbo is Z.ai’s first native multimodal agent foundation model, built for vision-based coding and agent-driven tasks. It natively handles image, video, and text inputs, excels at long-horizon planning, complex coding,...

How much does Z.ai: GLM 5V Turbo cost for a real workload?

At 10M input + 2M output tokens per month, Z.ai: GLM 5V Turbo costs about $20 ($12 input + $8 output). Try your own volumes in the cost calculator.

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Frequently asked questions

How much does Z.ai: GLM 5V Turbo cost?

Z.ai: GLM 5V Turbo costs $1.2 per 1M input tokens and $4 per 1M output tokens (list price, snapshot October 21, 2026). At 10M input + 2M output tokens per month that is about $20.

What is the context window of Z.ai: GLM 5V Turbo?

Z.ai: GLM 5V Turbo has a context window of 202,752 tokens and can return up to 131,072 output tokens per response.

What are cheaper alternatives to Z.ai: GLM 5V Turbo?

Cheaper models include Thinking Machines: Inkling ($1 in / $4.05 out), OpenAI: o3 (batch) ($1 in / $4 out), OpenAI: GPT-4.1 (batch) ($1 in / $4 out). See the full list on this page.

Is Z.ai: GLM 5V Turbo free to use?

No. Z.ai: GLM 5V Turbo is a paid model at $1.2 input / $4 output per 1M tokens. 20 free models are listed on the free models page.

Provider: z-ai · Model ID: z-ai/glm-5v-turbo · Modality: text+image+video->text · Price snapshot October 21, 2026, refreshed daily. How we collect prices