Model

GLM-5.3

Name: GLM-5.3
Brand: zhipuai

Flagship GLM model for long-horizon coding, agents, and complex project delivery

49 providers · 56 listingsreleased Aug 14, 2026open weightsbeta

$0.4

lowest input /M · CrofAI

$1.40

lowest output /M · CrofAI

1.31M

context window

1.31M

max output

Compare providers (sorted by listed input price)

40 of 49 providers publish a price for GLM-5.3. The cheapest full-context option is OpenRouter at $1.4/$4.4 per M. CrofAI lists lower but caps context at 1M.

			Cache read /M	Cache write /M		Capabilities
CrofAI glm-5.3	$0.4	$1.40	$0.06	—	1M	reasoningtoolsstructuredno vision	Aug 14, 2026
Merge Gateway zai/glm-5.3	$0.7	$2.20	$0.13	—	1M	reasoningtoolsstructuredno vision	Aug 14, 2026
DigitalOcean glm-5.3	$0.95	$3.40	$0.2	—	1.05M	reasoningtoolsstructuredno vision	Aug 14, 2026
NanoGPTvariant z-ai/glm-5.3	$1	$3.20	$0.2	—	1.05M	reasoningtoolsstructuredno vision	Aug 14, 2026
ai& zai-org/glm-5.3	$1	$4	$0.3	—	1.05M	reasoningtoolsstructuredno vision	Aug 14, 2026
Cortecs glm-5.3	$1.11	$3.90	$0.279	—	1.05M	reasoningtoolsstructuredno vision	Aug 14, 2026
Vancine glm-5.3	$1.12	$3.52	$0.208	—	1M	reasoningtoolsstructuredno vision	Aug 14, 2026
AIHubMix glm-5.3	$1.13	$3.94	$0.282	—	1M	reasoningtoolsstructuredno vision	Aug 14, 2026
Vivgrid glm-5.3	$1.20	$4.20	$0.26	—	1M	reasoningtoolsstructuredno vision	Aug 14, 2026
LLM Gatewayvariant runware/glm-5.3	$1.20	$4	$0.2	—	1M	reasoningtoolsstructuredno vision	Aug 14, 2026
Requestyvariant glm-5.3@eu	$1.20	$4.20	$0.26	—	1.05M	reasoningtoolsno structuredno vision	Aug 14, 2026
Requestyvariant glm-5.3	$1.20	$4.20	$0.26	—	1.05M	reasoningtoolsno structuredno vision	Aug 14, 2026
CrossModel z-ai/glm-5.3	$1.20	$4.40	$0.3	$1.20	1M	reasoningtoolsstructuredno vision	Aug 14, 2026
DevPass (LLM Gateway) glm-5.3	$1.20	$4	$0.2	—	1.05M	reasoningtoolsstructuredno vision	Aug 14, 2026
Deep Infra zai-org/GLM-5.3	$1.20	$4	$0.12	—	1.05M	reasoningtoolsstructuredno vision	Aug 14, 2026
OrcaRouter z-ai/glm-5.3	$1.26	$3.96	$0.234	—	1M	reasoningtoolsstructuredno vision	Aug 14, 2026
GreenPT glm-5.3	$1.28	$5.11	$0.319	—	1M	reasoningtoolsstructuredno vision	Aug 14, 2026
TokenGo z-ai/glm-5.3	$1.40	$4.40	$0.26	—	1M	reasoningtoolsstructuredno vision	Aug 14, 2026
NanoGPTvariant TEE/glm-5.3	$1.40	$4.40	$0.26	—	1.05M	reasoningtoolsstructuredno vision	Aug 14, 2026
LLM Gatewayvariant baidu/glm-5.3	$1.40	$4.40	$0.26	—	1.05M	reasoningtoolsno structuredno vision	Aug 14, 2026

Best price history

Daily lowest published price across live providers. A lower line is better for the buyer.

Best input /M: $0.4▼ 42.9%
Best output /M: $1.40▼ 36.4%
Provider coverage: 56; 17 at the start · 24 snapshots

Best input priceBest output priceAug 21, 2026 → Sep 14, 2026

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Recent changes

Changelog →

repricedvia openrouter · Sep 14, 2026
- output: 131K → 944K tokens
- input: $1.09 → $1.40
- output: $3.43 → $4.40
- cache_read: $0.203 → $0.26
contextvia kilo · Sep 14, 2026
- context: 1.05M → 1.05M tokens
- output: 131K → 944K tokens
new modelvia agentrouter · Sep 13, 2026
contextvia kilo · Sep 13, 2026
- output: 944K → 131K tokens
new modelvia nan · Sep 13, 2026
repricedvia digitalocean · Sep 13, 2026
- output: 1.05M → 128K tokens
- input: $1.40 → $0.95
- output: $4.40 → $3.40
- cache_read: $0.26 → $0.2

Weights

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