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2025-07Price Data Last Verified: June 23, 2026
GLM-4.5 Air API Pricing & Cost Calculator
Lower-cost Zhipu AI GLM tier for everyday application traffic and budget-sensitive deployments.
Pricing Details
- Provider
- Zhipu AI
- Input Price
- $0.20 / 1M tokens
- Output Price
- $1.10 / 1M tokens
- Context Window
- 128K
Official source: docs.z.ai
Z.AI also lists cached-input pricing where supported; this table uses standard input pricing.
Cost Scenarios
Small Request$0.0013
Medium Request$0.013
Large Request$0.075
High Volume$0.75
Detailed Cost Breakdown
| Scenario | Input Tokens | Output Tokens | Input Cost | Output Cost | Total Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Request | 1,000 | 1,000 | $0.0002 | $0.0011 | $0.0013 |
| Medium Request | 10,000 | 10,000 | $0.002 | $0.011 | $0.013 |
| Large Request | 100,000 | 50,000 | $0.02 | $0.055 | $0.075 |
| High Volume | 1,000,000 | 500,000 | $0.20 | $0.55 | $0.75 |
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