What is the cheapest Z.AI model?

GLM-OCR is currently Z.AI's cheapest paid tracked model at $0.03 per 1M input tokens and $0.03 per 1M output tokens.

How many Z.AI models are tracked?

14 current Z.AI models are tracked, each linked to the official pricing page. The dataset is refreshed twice daily.

Does Z.AI offer cached-input pricing?

Z.AI lists cached-input (prompt-caching) prices for 11 tracked models — cached input is billed at a discount when a prompt prefix repeats.

Z.AI

Commercial provider · 14 models tracked · Founded 2019

Z.AI (formerly Zhipu AI) — makers of the GLM model family. Frontier and open-weight models with competitive pricing.

Z.AI pricing at a glanceAugust 2026 · $ per 1M tokens

Z.AI API pricing (August 2026): 14 current models range from $0.030 to $1.40 per 1M input tokens and $0.030 to $4.40 per 1M output tokens. The cheapest paid model is GLM-OCR at $0.030/1M input; the priciest is GLM-5.2 at $1.40/1M input / $4.40 output. Every price links to Z.AI's official pricing page and refreshes twice daily.

Models14

Input range$0.030–$1.40

Output range$0.030–$4.40

Cached-input tiers11

Today's Z.AI prices

14 models · cheapest blended first

Sorted by blended cost (cheapest first). Prices per 1M tokens, August 2026 — every price links to Z.AI's official pricing page.

Current Z.AI model prices per 1M tokens, sorted by blended cost
Model	Blended*	Input	Output	Cached in	Context	Status
GLM-4.7-Flash	$0	$0	$0	—	128K	Current
GLM-OCR	$0.030	$0.030	$0.030	—	128K	Current
GLM-4-32B-0414	$0.100	$0.100	$0.100	—	128K	Current
GLM-4.7-FlashX	$0.153	$0.070	$0.400	$0.010	128K	Current
GLM-4.5-Air	$0.425	$0.200	$1.10	$0.030	128K	Current
GLM-4.6V	$0.450	$0.300	$0.900	$0.050	128K	Current
GLM-4.5	$1.00	$0.600	$2.20	$0.110	128K	Current
GLM-4.6	$1.00	$0.600	$2.20	$0.110	200K	Current
GLM-4.7	$1.00	$0.600	$2.20	$0.110	128K	Current
GLM-5	$1.55	$1.00	$3.20	$0.200	128K	Current
GLM-5-Turbo	$1.90	$1.20	$4.00	$0.240	128K	Current
GLM-5V-Turbo	$1.90	$1.20	$4.00	$0.240	128K	Current
GLM-5.1	$2.15	$1.40	$4.40	$0.260	128K	Current
GLM-5.2	$2.15	$1.40	$4.40	$0.260	1M	Current