Model Spend Arena2ND ED.
builds models · serves endpoints · 2026-08-14

Z.ai / Zhipu

Official site · 🇨🇳 China

Plan

GLM Coding (Lite / Pro / Max)

Tier$/monthIncluded usage
Lite$18.00
Pro$72.00
Max$160.00

console only partly convertible

As advertised. 2,000 / 12,000 / 28,000 credits per 5h; 10,000 / 60,000 / 140,000 per week (docs moved from prompts to credits, verified 2026-07-31)

What that actually means. Official guidance: one prompt is roughly 15-20 model invocations and the monthly quota runs about 15-30x the fee in API-priced usage. But the headline prompt count is soft -- peak hours burn 3x, so Lite's ~80 prompts per 5h is nearer 27.

Where to check what is left. z.ai subscription page; an undocumented monitor endpoint also exists and was verified directly

Models covered. GLM-5.3, GLM-5-Turbo, GLM-4.7, GLM-4.6V (vision, via MCP)

TRAP: quota consumed at 3x during peak hours and 2x off-peak on GLM-5.3 and GLM-5-Turbo (promo reduces to 1x off-peak through Sept 2026). Real capacity is well below the headline prompt counts, and this is not shown at purchase.

checked 2026-08-14 · high (quota) / medium-high (price) · source

Models it builds

ModelCoding indextok/s$/M in$/M out$ / sessionCache
GLM-5.268.8104.3$1.19$3.74$2.567980.6%
GLM-5.155.80.0$1.40$4.40$1.951675.1%
GLM 4.645.80.0$0.55$2.20
GLM 4.745.30.0$0.40$1.75

Models it serves

4 endpoints, cheapest first. This is the view the model-by-model tables cannot give you: what one provider actually offers, and at what precision.

ModelQuant$/M in$/M outContextUptime 30m
GLM 4.6fp4$0.60$2.20202,75299.3%
GLM 4.7fp4$0.60$2.20202,75294.2%
GLM-5.2fp8$1.40$4.401,048,57699.9%
GLM-5.1fp8$1.40$4.40202,75299.7%

Where to buy its models

Everyone serving these models, cheapest first, with the numeric precision each one runs. The lab is often not the cheapest place to buy its own model.

ModelServed byQuant$/M in$/M outUptime 30m
GLM-5.2Baidufp8$0.49$1.54100.0%
GLM-5.2DigitalOceanunknown$0.63$1.98100.0%
GLM-5.2Novitafp8$0.74$2.3399.3%
GLM-5.2GMICloudfp8$0.74$2.3398.9%
GLM-5.2StreamLakefp8$0.75$2.3799.7%
GLM-5.2DeepInfrafp4$0.75$2.4099.6%
GLM-5.2Sail Researchfp8$0.50$3.1599.6%
GLM-5.2CoreWeavefp4$0.76$2.4299.9%
GLM-5.2AkashMLfp8$0.77$2.4296.7%
GLM-5.2Decartfp4$0.77$2.5699.9%
GLM-5.2Inceptronfp4$0.75$2.9098.8%
GLM-5.2Alibaba / Qwenfp8$0.97$3.04100.0%
GLM-5.2Phalafp8$1.13$3.0099.7%
GLM-5.2SiliconFlowfp8$1.19$3.74100.0%
GLM-5.2Morphfp4$1.10$4.1096.1%
GLM-5.2Ambientfp8$1.05$4.4098.5%
GLM-5.2AtlasCloudfp8$1.26$3.96100.0%
GLM-5.2Waferfp4$1.26$3.9698.5%
GLM-5.2BaseTenfp8$1.40$4.40100.0%
GLM-5.2Cloudflareunknown$1.40$4.40
GLM-5.2Crusoefp8$1.40$4.4097.6%
GLM-5.2Fireworksunknown$1.40$4.4098.7%
GLM-5.2Friendliunknown$1.40$4.4098.6%
GLM-5.2Parasailfp4$1.40$4.4099.9%
GLM-5.2Togetherunknown$1.40$4.4099.1%
GLM-5.2Venicefp8$1.40$4.4098.9%
GLM-5.2Z.ai / Zhipufp8$1.40$4.4099.9%
GLM-5.2BaseTenfp8$2.10$6.60100.0%
GLM-5.2Cloudflareunknown$2.10$6.60100.0%
GLM-5.2Fireworksunknown$2.10$6.6098.5%
GLM-5.2Waferfp4$2.10$6.6099.6%
GLM-5.2Alibaba / Qwenfp8$2.31$7.26100.0%
GLM-5.1StreamLakefp8$0.97$3.0499.8%
GLM-5.1Chutesfp8$0.98$3.0874.6%
GLM-5.1Waferfp4$1.00$3.2095.5%
GLM-5.1DeepInfrafp4$1.05$3.50100.0%
GLM-5.1DigitalOceanunknown$0.97$4.3092.6%
GLM-5.1SiliconFlowfp8$1.19$3.7498.8%
GLM-5.1AtlasCloudfp8$1.26$3.96100.0%
GLM-5.1Phalaunknown$1.21$4.20
GLM-5.1Crusoefp8$1.20$4.40100.0%
GLM-5.1Alibaba / Qwenfp8$1.33$4.1899.5%
GLM-5.1Novitafp8$1.38$4.40100.0%
GLM-5.1Baidufp8$1.40$4.40100.0%
GLM-5.1Friendliunknown$1.40$4.40100.0%
GLM-5.1GMICloudfp8$1.40$4.4099.3%
GLM-5.1Nebiusfp8$1.40$4.4099.3%
GLM-5.1Parasailfp8$1.40$4.40100.0%
GLM-5.1Z.ai / Zhipufp8$1.40$4.4099.7%
GLM-5.1Venicefp8$1.54$4.8499.4%
GLM 4.6Venicefp4$0.43$1.75100.0%
GLM 4.6DeepInfrafp4$0.50$2.00
GLM 4.6Novitabf16$0.55$2.2098.5%
GLM 4.6AtlasCloudfp8$0.60$2.20100.0%
GLM 4.6Z.ai / Zhipufp4$0.60$2.2099.3%
GLM 4.7DeepInfrafp4$0.40$1.7599.7%
GLM 4.7StreamLakefp8$0.48$1.7696.4%
GLM 4.7AtlasCloudfp8$0.52$1.8596.7%
GLM 4.7Novitafp8$0.54$1.9895.4%
GLM 4.7Googleunknown$0.60$2.20100.0%
GLM 4.7Z.ai / Zhipufp4$0.60$2.2094.2%
GLM 4.7Mancer 2fp4$0.60$2.5098.4%
GLM 4.7Venicefp4$0.55$2.6598.9%
GLM 4.7Cerebrasfp16$2.25$2.75100.0%
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