GLM
Zhipu / Z.aiGLM-5.3 now has Fireworks-hosted Foundry Global and Data Zone lanes, while Z.ai's Flash and faster FlashX variants anchor the direct multimodal lanes.
GLM-5.3-Flash remains the cheapest 5.x multimodal direct lane: Z.ai's native model is listed at $0.15/M input, $0.03/M cached input and $0.50/M output. Its faster FlashX sibling is now live at $0.37/$0.075/$1.25 and keeps the same 1M-token window and 128K max output. Flash remains 50% off only in the historical launch window already modeled below; FlashX is a separate direct API variant with no Foundry meter.
GLM-5.3 is now also resold through Fireworks on Microsoft Foundry: Global is $1.75/$0.325/$5.50 per M and Data Zone is $2.10/$0.39/$6.60 (input/cached/output). Z.ai direct remains $1.40/$0.26/$4.40, and the model keeps a 1M-token window with 128K max output and always-enabled reasoning — three effort levels (low, high, max) rather than an on/off toggle.
GLM-5.2 lifts the window to a real 1M tokens (up 5x from 5.1's 200K), with 131K max output, the practical win for agentic coding. Input and output match 5.1's Data Zone rate, but Azure now publishes a dedicated 5.2 cached-input meter at $0.15/M, well below 5.1's $0.286/M (see below).
The original GLM-5 is still generally available and is the cheapest lane in this family: $1.10/M input and $3.52/M output on Foundry Data Zone, roughly 29% and 27% under 5.1 and 5.2, with the same 200K window as 5.1. If you do not need 5.2's 1M context, it is the value pick rather than a superseded model.
GLM-5-Turbo sits between GLM-5 and 5.1/5.2 at $1.20/M input and $4.00/M output, and is Z.ai-direct only with no Foundry meter.
Pricing
per 1M tokens · USD / CHF| Model | Tier / Host | Context | Input | Cached | Output | Confidence |
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GLM 5 The cheapest GLM lane on Foundry: ~29% below 5.1/5.2 on input and ~27% below on output, for the same 200K window as 5.1. | Foundry ·Data Zone Fireworks-hosted | 200K 128K max out | $1.10CHF 0.886 | $0.22CHF 0.177 | $3.52CHF 2.83 | official Azure Retail Prices API 'FW GLM 5' meters, captured 2026-07-25 (effective 2026-06-01): input $0.0011/1K, output $0.00352/1K, cached input $0.00022/1K. Each is exactly 1.1x the Z.ai direct rate, the standard Data Zone premium. No Global-tier meter is published for GLM 5, matching 5.1 and 5.2. |
GLM 5.1 | Foundry ·Data Zone Fireworks-hosted | 200K | $1.54CHF 1.24 | $0.286CHF 0.23 | $4.84CHF 3.90 | official Fireworks official live pricing page. |
GLM 5.2 Cached input is officially published at $0.15/M, ~48% below GLM 5.1's $0.286/M. | Foundry ·Data Zone Fireworks-hosted | 1M 131K max out | $1.54CHF 1.24 | $0.15CHF 0.121 | $4.84CHF 3.90 | official Azure Retail Prices API 'FW GLM 5.2' meters, captured 2026-07-22 (effective 2026-07-01): input $0.00154/1K, output $0.00484/1K, cached input $0.00015/1K, uniform across regions. Earlier estimate (equal to GLM 5.1) was right on input/output but high on cache. |
GLM 5.3 New Fireworks-hosted Global lane. Its 1.25x markup over Z.ai direct applies to input, cached input and output alike. | Foundry ·Global Fireworks-hosted | 1M 128K max out | $1.75CHF 1.41 | $0.325CHF 0.262 | $5.50CHF 4.43 | official Azure Retail Prices API, serviceName 'Foundry Models', productName 'Azure Fireworks Models', captured 2026-09-10: effective 2026-09-01 meters 'FW GLM 5.3 Inp Tokens' $0.00175/1K ($1.75/M), 'FW GLM 5.3 Cd Inp Tokens' $0.000325/1K ($0.325/M), and 'FW GLM 5.3 Opt Tokens' $0.0055/1K ($5.50/M), grouped consistently across 36 regions. Z.ai's official GLM-5.3 guide confirms the 1M-token context window and 128K maximum output. |
GLM 5.3 Fireworks-hosted Data Zone lane. The new model's Data Zone meter group is 1.20x its Global rate, not the older 1.10x pattern used by GLM 5/5.1/5.2. | Foundry ·Data Zone Fireworks-hosted | 1M 128K max out | $2.10CHF 1.69 | $0.39CHF 0.314 | $6.60CHF 5.31 | official Azure Retail Prices API, serviceName 'Foundry Models', productName 'Azure Fireworks Models', captured 2026-09-10: effective 2026-09-01 meters 'FW GLM 5.3 DZ Inp Tokens' $0.0021/1K ($2.10/M), 'FW GLM 5.3 DZ Cd Inp Tokens' $0.00039/1K ($0.39/M), and 'FW GLM 5.3 DZ Opt Tokens' $0.0066/1K ($6.60/M), grouped consistently across 23 US/EU Data Zone regions. Z.ai's official GLM-5.3 guide confirms the 1M-token context window and 128K maximum output. |
GLM-5.3-Flash New Fireworks-hosted Microsoft Foundry Global lane for the multimodal Flash model. The Foundry rate is separate from Fireworks' direct serverless price. | Foundry ·Global Fireworks-hosted | 1M | $0.188CHF 0.151 | $0.038CHF 0.031 | $0.625CHF 0.503 | official Azure Retail Prices API, productName 'Azure Fireworks Models', captured 2026-09-17: effective 2026-09-01 meters 'FW GLM-5.3-Flash Gl Inp Tokens' $0.000188/1K ($0.188/M), 'FW GLM-5.3-Flash Gl Cd Inp Tokens' $0.000038/1K ($0.038/M), and 'FW GLM-5.3-Flash Gl Opt Tokens' $0.000625/1K ($0.625/M), uniform across 20 commercial Global regions. Fireworks' official model page identifies GLM 5.3 Flash as a ready serverless multimodal model with a 1.04M-token context and direct $0.15/$0.03/$0.50 per M rates; this row is the separately metered Foundry resale lane. |
GLM-5 Z.ai publishes a cached-input rate for GLM-5 ($0.20/M). Cached-input storage is currently free for a limited time, a billing dimension this catalog does not model. | Direct API Z.ai direct API | 200K 128K max out | $1.00CHF 0.805 | $0.20CHF 0.161 | $3.20CHF 2.58 | official Z.ai official pricing page, captured 2026-07-25: input $1, cached input $0.2, output $3.2 per 1M tokens. Model page lists a 200K window and 128K max output. The 'Limited-time Free' marker on that page applies only to the separate Cached Input Storage column, not to these rates. |
GLM-5-Turbo Agentic / tool-calling variant priced between GLM-5 and GLM-5.1/5.2; no Foundry meter, so Z.ai direct is the only lane. | Direct API Z.ai direct API | 200K 128K max out | $1.20CHF 0.966 | $0.24CHF 0.193 | $4.00CHF 3.22 | official Z.ai official pricing page (docs.z.ai/guides/overview/pricing), captured 2026-07-29: $1.20/M input, $0.24/M cached input, $4.00/M output. The model page (docs.z.ai/guides/llm/glm-5-turbo) lists a 200K window and 128K max output and positions it as optimized for agentic long-chain execution and high-throughput tool calling. A full sweep of Azure's Foundry catalog on 2026-07-29 found no GLM-5-Turbo meter — only GLM 5, 5.1 and 5.2 are resold there. |
GLM-5.1 Z.ai is the family's first-party API; input/output already matched Z.ai exactly, and the cache rate is now sourced from there too. | Direct API Z.ai direct API | 200K | $1.40CHF 1.13 | $0.26CHF 0.209 | $4.40CHF 3.54 | official Z.ai official pricing page (docs.z.ai/guides/overview/pricing), captured 2026-07-26: $1.40/M input, $0.26/M cached input, $4.40/M output. Vendor label corrected from 'Fireworks direct API' to 'Z.ai direct API' — Z.ai is the developer's own API per this catalog's Direct-tier definition, and previously had no cached-input figure recorded. |
GLM-5.2 Identical direct rate to GLM-5.1. Z.ai is the family's first-party API. | Direct API Z.ai direct API | 1M 131K max out | $1.40CHF 1.13 | $0.26CHF 0.209 | $4.40CHF 3.54 | official Z.ai official pricing page (docs.z.ai/guides/overview/pricing), captured 2026-07-26: $1.40/M input, $0.26/M cached input, $4.40/M output (5.1 and 5.2 priced identically). Vendor label corrected from 'Fireworks direct API' to 'Z.ai direct API', matching the GLM-5 Direct row and closing the family's mixed-vendor Direct lane. |
GLM-5.3 Prices identically to GLM-5.1 and GLM-5.2 on all three dimensions. Keeps the family's 1M-token window with 128K max output, and always runs with reasoning enabled — three effort levels (low, high, max); disabling reasoning is not supported. | Direct API Z.ai direct API | 1M 128K max out | $1.40CHF 1.13 | $0.26CHF 0.209 | $4.40CHF 3.54 | official Z.ai official pricing page (docs.z.ai/guides/overview/pricing), captured 2026-08-19: $1.40/M input, $0.26/M cached input, $4.40/M output per 1M tokens, USD — identical to GLM-5.1 and GLM-5.2. The model guide (docs.z.ai/guides/llm/glm-5.3) lists a 1M-token window, 128K max output, and reasoning always enabled with three effort levels (low, high, max). A full Azure Retail Prices API sweep on 2026-08-19 (29,405 rows) found no Foundry meter for GLM 5.3, so this direct-API row is the only lane. |
GLM-5.3-Flash 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. | Direct API Z.ai direct API | 1M 128K max out | $0.15CHF 0.121 | $0.03CHF 0.024 | $0.50CHF 0.403 | official 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. |
List price (from September 10) List price (from September 10)$0.15 / $0.03 / $0.50 | ||||||
GLM-5.3-FlashX Faster-serving sibling of GLM-5.3-Flash with the same multimodal 1M-token context and 128K maximum output. Z.ai's model guide says FlashX is live through the API but not yet available on the GLM Coding Plan. | Direct API Z.ai direct API | 1M 128K max out | $0.37CHF 0.298 | $0.075CHF 0.06 | $1.25CHF 1.01 | official Z.ai official pricing page (docs.z.ai/guides/overview/pricing), captured 2026-09-18: GLM-5.3-FlashX is listed at $0.37/M input, $0.075/M cached input and $1.25/M output; the separate 'Limited-time Free' label applies to cached-input storage, which this schema does not model. Z.ai's official model guide (docs.z.ai/guides/vlm/glm-5.3-flash), captured 2026-09-18, identifies the API code as glm-5.3-flashx, supports video/image/text/file input, and lists a 1M-token context with 128K maximum output. A full paged Azure Retail Prices API sweep captured 2026-09-18 found no FlashX meter, so this is a direct-only lane. |
Quirks & gotchas
GLM 5.3 now has official Foundry meters
The Azure Retail Prices API now publishes named Fireworks-hosted GLM 5.3 meters effective 2026-09-01: Global at $1.75/$0.325/$5.50 per M and Data Zone at $2.10/$0.39/$6.60. The Global lane is 1.25x Z.ai direct on all three dimensions; this is the first GLM model in the catalog with both a Global and a Data Zone meter.
GLM 5's Data Zone rate is a clean 1.1x
All three of GLM 5's Foundry Data Zone meters land at exactly 1.1x the Z.ai direct rate: $1.00 to $1.10 input, $0.20 to $0.22 cached, $3.20 to $3.52 output. Two independently published sources agreeing on all three dimensions is the strongest confirmation this catalog gets that both numbers are right.
5.2 Data Zone: an estimate that held up
The unlisted GLM-5.2 Data Zone rate was set equal to GLM-5.1's ($1.54 / CHF 1.24 input, $0.286 / CHF 0.23 cached, $4.84 / CHF 3.90 output). Real invoices later matched almost exactly. A well-reasoned estimate, flagged as such, can hold until an official number lands.
1M context window on 5.2
GLM-5.2's 1M-token window (up from 200K on 5.1) puts it in the same autonomy tier as DeepSeek V4 for long runs.