by Zhipu AI

Z.ai: GLM 5.2.

text open weights datacenter 753B params 1M ctx
Cheapest input
$0.006/M
on OpenRouter
Cheapest output
$2.4/M
on DeepInfra
Hosted equiv.
~$0.86/hr
@ 100 tok/s on DeepInfra

Open-weights text model from Z.ai for long-horizon coding and agent work, with a one million token context and adjustable thinking effort, under the MIT licence.

Where to use it Top 3 cheapest · 6 total below

Cheapest hosted endpoints.

Provider Access $/M in $/M out
OpenRouter api aggregator $0.006 $6.8 Launch ↗
DeepInfra hosted inference $0.75 $2.4 Launch ↗
Together AI hosted inference $1.4 $4.4 Launch ↗
Sources

Official references.

Family

Variants in the GLM family.

Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash
321.3B open mit

Open-weights multimodal model from Z.ai with 320B total and 18B active parame...

glm-5.3
753.3B open glm-5.3

GLM-5.3 uses the same base model as GLM-5.2 — every gain comes from post-trai...

GLM-4.5
355.0B open MIT

Zhipu's frontier open-weight MoE — 355B total, 32B active. Strong agentic + r...

GLM-4.5-Air
106.0B open MIT

Smaller, cheaper sibling of GLM-4.5. 106B total, 12B active.

GLM-5.1
753.9B open mit

Zhipu's GLM 5.1 series — successor to GLM-5 on z.ai's API.

GLM-5
753.9B open mit

Zhipu's GLM 5 generation — closed flagship between GLM-4.7 and GLM-5.1.

GLM-5 Turbo
closed

Faster, cheaper sibling of GLM-5 on z.ai.

GLM-4.7
358.3B open mit

Open-weights coding model from Z.ai for English and Chinese, improving on GLM...

GLM-4.6
356.8B open mit

Open-weights English and Chinese text model from Z.ai with a 200K token conte...

GLM-4.5-Flash
closed

Lowest-latency, lowest-cost variant of GLM-4.5 on z.ai.

Z.ai: GLM 5.3 FlashX
closed

GLM-5.3-FlashX is the high-speed variant of Z.ai's GLM-5.3-Flash, a native mu...

Z.ai: GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal
closed

GLM-5.3-FlashX-Legal (GLM-Legal) is Z.ai's legal-domain variant of GLM-5.3-Fl...

Z.ai: GLM 4 32B
32.0B open

GLM 4 32B is a cost-effective foundation language model. It can efficiently p...

Z.ai: GLM 4.7 Flash
31.2B open mit

As a 30B-class SOTA model, GLM-4.7-Flash offers a new option that balances pe...

Z.ai: GLM 5V Turbo
closed

GLM-5V-Turbo is Z.ai’s first native multimodal agent foundation model, built ...

FAQ

Frequently asked.

How do I run Z.ai: GLM 5.2?
Z.ai: GLM 5.2 is open-weight, so you can self-host on rented GPUs. See the Run It Yourself tab for GPU configurations + cost estimates, or use one of the hosted inference providers listed on this page.
Where can I access Z.ai: GLM 5.2?
Z.ai: GLM 5.2 is available via Together AI, DeepInfra, OpenRouter, z.ai. Each access option lists its own pricing (per million tokens or hourly hosting).
How much does it cost to run Z.ai: GLM 5.2?
API pricing starts at $0.006/M input tokens and $6.8/M output tokens. Self-hosting cost depends on the GPU you rent — see the Run It Yourself tab.
Is Z.ai: GLM 5.2 open-source or proprietary?
Z.ai: GLM 5.2 is open-weight under the mit license. You can download and self-host it.