Z.aiText generationReleased June 16, 2026

GLM 5.2

Name: GLM 5.2
Brand: Z.ai
SKU: zai-glm-5.2
Availability: InStock

GLM 5.2 costs $0.84 per 1M input tokens and $2.64 per 1M output tokens on LLM API, with a 1M-token context window.

Pricing

Lowest price among 4 providers, after discounts.

GLM 5.2 prices on LLM API
Input	$0.84~~before discount $1.4~~	per 1M tokens
Output	$2.64~~before discount $4.4~~	per 1M tokens
Cache read	$0.156~~before discount $0.26~~	per 1M tokens

Providers

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

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Providers of GLM 5.2 on LLM API

Nebius	$1.4	$4.4	$0.26	1M	4K
Novita AI−40% discount	$0.84	$2.64	$0.156	1M	4K
Z.ai	$1.4	$4.4	$0.26	1M	4K
CanopyWave−15% discount	$1.19	$3.74	$0.221	1M	4K

Features

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

ToolsYes
Parallel tool callsNo
Image inputNo
ReasoningYes
Prompt cachingYes
Structured outputsYes
JSON modeSome providers
StreamingYes
Web searchYes

Call GLM 5.2

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="zai-glm-5.2",
    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: "zai-glm-5.2",
  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": "zai-glm-5.2",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
  }'

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