Z.ai: GLM 5 Turbo
GLM 5 Turbo is a language model from Z.ai released on Mar 15, 2026. It reads text and writes text, with a 203K token context window and up to 131K tokens per reply.
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It costs $1.20 per million input tokens and $4 per million output tokens. Cached input bills at $0.24, 80% less than fresh input.
It supports tool calling, structured JSON output and prompt caching, and its weights are open, so you can host it yourself.
17 providers serve it, including Vercel AI Gateway, 302.AI and ZenMux. The lowest input price is $0.72 per million tokens at 302.AI.
- Modalities
- In / out price
- $1.20 / $4 per 1M
- Context
- 203K
- Max output
- 131K
- Released
- Mar 15, 2026
- Knowledge cutoff
- n/a
- Tool calling
- Structured output
- Reasoning
- Prompt caching
- Open weights
- Free to use
GLM 5 Turbo pricing
USD, as listed on Oct 15, 2026. Most bills are input heavy, so the cached input rate matters as much as the headline price.
| Input | $1.20 / 1M tokens | |
|---|---|---|
| Output | $4 / 1M tokens | |
| Cached input (read) | $0.24 / 1M tokens | 80% off input |
GLM 5 Turbo providers
17 providers serve it, including Vercel AI Gateway, 302.AI and ZenMux. The lowest input price is $0.72 per million tokens at 302.AI. Each host sets its own price and limits, so the cheapest one is not always the one with the longest context.
| Provider | Input /M | Output /M | Cache read /M | Context | Max output |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vercel AI Gateway | $1.20 | $4 | $0.24 | 203K | 131K |
| 302.AI | $0.72 | $3.20 | – | 200K | 131K |
| ZenMux | $0.73 | $3.19 | $0.174 | 200K | 128K |
| CrossModel | $0.90 | $3.70 | $0.18 | 200K | 128K |
| DevPass (LLM Gateway) | $1.20 | $4 | $0.24 | 200K | 131K |
| Eden AI | $1.20 | $4 | $0.24 | 203K | 131K |
| Impossibl | $1.20 | $4 | $0.24 | 200K | 131K |
| Kilo Gateway | $1.20 | $4 | $0.24 | 203K | 131K |
| LLM Gateway | $1.20 | $4 | $0.24 | 200K | 128K |
| Merge Gateway | $1.20 | $4 | $0.24 | 200K | 131K |
| NanoGPT | $1.20 | $4 | $0.24 | 203K | 131K |
| Ofox | $1.20 | $4 | $0.24 | 200K | 131K |
Showing 12 of 17 providers: the lab first, then the major clouds, then the cheapest resellers.
What GLM 5 Turbo costs per month
Pick a workload close to yours or type your own volumes.
Supported request parameters
What you can set when you call GLM 5 Turbo through an OpenAI compatible API.
- Tools
tools - Structured outputs
structured_outputs - Temperature
temperature
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GLM 5 Turbo questions
How much does the GLM 5 Turbo API cost?
$1.20 per million input tokens and $4 per million output tokens, with cached input at $0.24. The estimator on this page turns that into a monthly bill for your own workload.
What is the context window of GLM 5 Turbo?
202,800 tokens of input, and it can write up to 131,072 tokens in one reply. As a rough guide, a million tokens is around 750,000 English words.
Which providers serve GLM 5 Turbo?
17 providers serve it, including Vercel AI Gateway, 302.AI and ZenMux. The lowest input price is $0.72 per million tokens at 302.AI. Prices differ by host, so the Providers table on this page lists each one with its input and output price.
Does GLM 5 Turbo support tool calling?
Yes. It accepts tool definitions and can return JSON that matches a schema, which is what an agent needs to call your APIs.
Is GLM 5 Turbo open source?
Its weights are published, so you can run it on your own hardware or a cloud of your choice. Read the license before commercial use.
When was GLM 5 Turbo released?
Mar 15, 2026.
Catalog data from models.dev (MIT licensed), refreshed daily, last on Oct 15, 2026. The summary is written from these facts.
Building on GLM 5 Turbo?
I test your real tasks on it and the two closest alternatives, then ship the agent on whichever wins on cost and accuracy.
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