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GLM-5.3-Flash

Zhipu / Z.ai · released 2026 · open weights

MIT-licensed open weights with the same 1M context as the flagship at roughly a tenth of its rate; the open side of this ledger's 1M-context price gap.

Context window

1M

1,000,000 tokens

Input price

$0.15

per 1M tokens

Output price

$0.50

per 1M tokens

Blended

$0.24

3:1 in:out mix

Weights

Open

self-hostable

Released

2026

Zhipu / Z.ai

Long-context / tier pricingCached input $0.03/1M. Max output 128K. Listed prices are the base rate for prompts up to ~200K tokens.

Open-weights API prices are representative third-party-hosted rates; self-hosting costs only your own hardware.

Where it ranks

Of 32 models tracked.

Cost to run

#2

of 32

Input price

#2

of 32

Context window

#6(tied)

of 32

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Compare with

The nearest models by blended cost to run.

Put it to work

Specs from BitByteCore's hand-verified Frontier Ledger (v2026-09-19), this row verified 19 Sep 2026 against Zhipu / Z.ai's official pricing. Model pricing moves fast, so confirm with Zhipu / Z.ai before you rely on a figure.