GLM-5.3-Flash
Fresh input / cached input / output cost breakdown, active and scheduled rates, provenance, same-model deployment markup, and cost-comparable alternatives for this purchasable lane.
Illustrative workloads
Pick a useful starting shape, then fine-tune every input below.
Workload and pricing scenario
Adjust the token shape, cache behavior, time window, and service tier. Every number below updates immediately.
Workload cost calculator
Share of input tokens served from cache. Applied only to models with a cache meter.
Rows with a rate that changes by time of day, promo window or service tier are priced for this scenario instead of their flat listed rate; a brand-colored label under the model name names which one applies. Context size for band-priced rows uses the input-token count below.
Picking a specific hour also previews time-of-day rates that are scheduled but have not started billing yet; those rows are labelled · preview with their start instant. Now only ever shows rates that are billable at this moment.
What this lane charges right now
Priced under the workload and scenario above. The full published schedule below always shows every variant regardless of which scenario is selected.
List price (from September 10) — priced under the selected scenario, differs from the flat listed rate
Where this workload's cost goes
60M input tokens (90% cache hit) and 210K output tokens, at the resolved rate above.
$0.90 + $1.62 + $0.105 = $2.62
How much to trust these numbers
Native multimodal GLM-5 model with image, video and file input. Reasoning is always enabled; the current 50% promotion covers input, cached input and output, then reverts to the published list rate on 2026-09-09 at 16:00 UTC.
Z.ai official pricing page (docs.z.ai/guides/overview/pricing), captured 2026-08-28: GLM-5.3-Flash is listed at $0.075/M input, $0.015/M cached input and $0.25/M output, with strikethrough list prices of $0.15/$0.03/$0.50. The page states that the 50% promotion ends at 24:00 on September 9, 2026 (UTC+8, Singapore time). The official model guide (docs.z.ai/guides/vlm/glm-5.3-flash) lists image/video/text/file input, a 1M-token context window, 128K max output and reasoning that cannot be disabled. A full Azure Retail Prices API sweep on 2026-08-28 found no Foundry meter for GLM-5.3-Flash, so this direct-API row is the only lane.
Same-model deployment markup
How much more Microsoft Foundry charges for this exact model, over this Direct rate.
| Lane | Deployment | Workload cost | Foundry markup |
|---|---|---|---|
| GLM-5.3-Flash Fireworks-hosted | Foundry ·Global | $3.31 | +$0.686 (+26%) |
Other lanes within ±25% of this workload's cost
Same provider first, then ranked by cost proximity, for 60M in / 210K out. This is a cost ranking only — never a quality recommendation.
- DeepSeek-V4 FlashDeepSeek · Fireworks-hostedFoundry ·Data Zone$2.59CHF 2.08-$0.04 (-2%) vs this lane
- GPT-6 Luna Long ContextOpenAI / Azure OpenAIFoundry ·Data Zone$2.68CHF 2.16+$0.056 (+2%) vs this lane
- MAI-Code-1.1-FlashMicrosoft AIFoundry ·Global$2.53CHF 2.04-$0.093 (-4%) vs this lane
- GPT-5.6 LunaOpenAI / Azure OpenAIFoundry ·Global$2.53CHF 2.04-$0.093 (-4%) vs this lane
- DeepSeek-V4 FlashDeepSeekFoundry ·Global$2.76CHF 2.22+$0.134 (+5%) vs this lane
- GPT-6 Luna Long ContextOpenAI / Azure OpenAI · OpenAI direct APIDirect API$2.44CHF 1.96-$0.187 (-7%) vs this lane