GLM 5 is Z.ai's foundation model with a 198K-token context window for processing extended documents and multi-turn conversations.
- Strengths
- Handles long-form text and extended context windows for document processing and complex conversation histories.
- Best for
- Applications requiring sustained context over extended interactions, such as document analysis and long-horizon reasoning tasks.
- Limitations
- Superseded by GLM 5.1 and later releases, which offer expanded context windows and additional capabilities; use newer variants for longer sequences or multimodal input.
Input / 1M
$0.6
Output / 1M
$1.92
Cached input / 1M
$0.12
Context window
198K
Price history
Input (solid)Output (dashed)
Price change
- 30d
- in decreased 36.8% out decreased 24.7%
- 90d
- in decreased 0.0% out decreased 0.0%
- 1y
- in decreased 0.0% out decreased 0.0%
- Since launch
- in decreased 0.0% out decreased 0.0%
Snapshots
| Effective | Input | Output | Cached in | Note | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Aug 2026 | $0.6 | $1.92 | $0.12 | Imported from OpenRouter | openrouter.ai |
| 23 Jul 2026 | $0.95 | $2.55 | $0.2 | Imported from OpenRouter | openrouter.ai |
| 20 Jul 2026 | $0.95 | $2.55 | $0.2 | Imported from OpenRouter | openrouter.ai |
| 15 Jul 2026 | $0.95 | $3.15 | $0.19 | Imported from OpenRouter | openrouter.ai |
| 11 Jun 2026 | $0.6 | $1.92 | $0.12 | Imported from OpenRouter | openrouter.ai |