How much does GLM-5-Turbo cost per month?

For a chatbot handling 10,000 requests a day with 1,000 input and 500 output tokens each, GLM-5-Turbo costs about $960.00 per month at Z.AI's list prices ($1.20 per 1M input tokens, $4.00 per 1M output tokens).

Does GLM-5-Turbo support prompt caching?

Yes. Cached input costs $0.24 per 1M tokens, compared with $1.20 for regular input. Writing to the cache costs Free per 1M tokens.

How long is GLM-5-Turbo's context window?

GLM-5-Turbo accepts up to 200,000 tokens (200K) of context and returns up to 131,072 tokens per response.

GLM-5-Turbo API Pricing

Z.AI · released Mar 16, 2026 · 200K context · API model ID glm-5-turbo

GLM-5-Turbo by Z.AI API pricing: $1.20 per 1M input tokens and $4.00 per 1M output tokens (provider list price via models.dev, Oct 10, 2026).

Prices

GLM-5-Turbo prices, USD per 1M tokens
Price	USD per 1M tokens
Input	$1.20
Output	$4.00
Cache read	$0.24
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

$960.00

per month

per day: $32.00
per request: $0.0032

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	$960.00/mo
RAG8,000 in / 500 out tokens, 5,000 requests a day	$1,740/mo
Coding agent50,000 in / 2,000 out tokens, 1,000 requests a day, 80% cached input	$888.00/mo

Context and capabilities

Context: 200,000 tokens
Max output: 131,072 tokens
Input: text
Output: text
Knowledge cutoff: Not published
Open weights: No
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-Turbo cost per month?: For a chatbot handling 10,000 requests a day with 1,000 input and 500 output tokens each, GLM-5-Turbo costs about $960.00 per month at Z.AI's list prices ($1.20 per 1M input tokens, $4.00 per 1M output tokens).
Does GLM-5-Turbo support prompt caching?: Yes. Cached input costs $0.24 per 1M tokens, compared with $1.20 for regular input. Writing to the cache costs Free per 1M tokens.
How long is GLM-5-Turbo's context window?: GLM-5-Turbo accepts up to 200,000 tokens (200K) of context and returns up to 131,072 tokens per response.