Z.aiText generationReleased February 11, 2026

GLM-5

Name: GLM-5
Brand: Z.ai
SKU: glm-5
Availability: InStock

GLM-5 costs $0.6 per 1M input tokens and $2.2 per 1M output tokens on LLM API, with a 203K-token context window.

Pricing

Lowest price among 3 providers, after discounts.

GLM-5 prices on LLM API
Input	$0.6	per 1M tokens
Output	$2.2	per 1M tokens
Cache read	$0.2	per 1M tokens

Providers

Prices after each provider’s discount; the lowest in bold.

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Providers of GLM-5 on LLM API

EmberCloud	$0.6	$2.2	$0.2	203K	4K
Novita AI	$1	$3.2	$0.2	203K	4K
Z.ai	$1	$3.2	$0.2	203K	4K

Features

“Some providers”: not every provider of this model supports it.

ToolsYes
Parallel tool callsNo
Image inputNo
ReasoningYes
Prompt cachingYes
Structured outputsSome providers
JSON modeYes
StreamingYes
Web searchNo

Call GLM-5

POST /v1/chat/completionsSet LLMAPI_KEY to your LLM API key.Chat Completions docs

import os

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.llmapi.ai/v1",
    api_key=os.environ["LLMAPI_KEY"],
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="glm-5",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  baseURL: "https://api.llmapi.ai/v1",
  apiKey: process.env.LLMAPI_KEY,
});

const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "glm-5",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello" }],
});
console.log(response.choices[0].message.content);

curl https://api.llmapi.ai/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LLMAPI_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "glm-5",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
  }'

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