How much does GLM-5.2 cost per month?

For a chatbot handling 10,000 requests a day with 1,000 input and 500 output tokens each, GLM-5.2 costs about $1,080 per month at Z.AI's list prices ($1.40 per 1M input tokens, $4.40 per 1M output tokens).

Does GLM-5.2 support prompt caching?

Yes. Cached input costs $0.26 per 1M tokens, compared with $1.40 for regular input. Writing to the cache costs Free per 1M tokens.

How long is GLM-5.2's context window?

GLM-5.2 accepts up to 1,000,000 tokens (1M) of context and returns up to 131,072 tokens per response.

GLM-5.2 API Pricing

Z.AI · released Jun 13, 2026 · 1M context · API model ID glm-5.2

GLM-5.2 by Z.AI API pricing: $1.40 per 1M input tokens and $4.40 per 1M output tokens (provider list price via models.dev, Oct 10, 2026).

Prices

GLM-5.2 prices, USD per 1M tokens
Price	USD per 1M tokens
Input	$1.40
Output	$4.40
Cache read	$0.26
Cache write	Free

Z.AI's list price for its own API, as compiled by models.dev and checked Oct 10, 2026, 09:00 UTC. Prices on cloud platforms and resellers can differ. Provider documentation

Estimated monthly cost

$1,080

per month

per day: $36.00
per request: $0.0036

Cost = input tokens × input price + output tokens × output price, 30 days a month. Cached input uses the cache read price. Cache write fees are not included.

Compare this workload across models

Monthly cost by workload

Workload	Per month
Chatbot1,000 in / 500 out tokens, 10,000 requests a day	$1,080/mo
RAG8,000 in / 500 out tokens, 5,000 requests a day	$2,010/mo
Coding agent50,000 in / 2,000 out tokens, 1,000 requests a day, 80% cached input	$996.00/mo

Context and capabilities

Context: 1,000,000 tokens
Max output: 131,072 tokens
Input: text
Output: text
Knowledge cutoff: Not published
Open weights: Yes
Tool calling: Yes
Reasoning: Yes
Structured outputs: Yes

Capabilities and limits as listed by models.dev.

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Price history

No price changes since we started tracking on Oct 8, 2026.

Questions

How much does GLM-5.2 cost per month?: For a chatbot handling 10,000 requests a day with 1,000 input and 500 output tokens each, GLM-5.2 costs about $1,080 per month at Z.AI's list prices ($1.40 per 1M input tokens, $4.40 per 1M output tokens).
Does GLM-5.2 support prompt caching?: Yes. Cached input costs $0.26 per 1M tokens, compared with $1.40 for regular input. Writing to the cache costs Free per 1M tokens.
How long is GLM-5.2's context window?: GLM-5.2 accepts up to 1,000,000 tokens (1M) of context and returns up to 131,072 tokens per response.