GLM 5 API price
On OpenCheap, GLM 5 (Zhipu) costs $0.0081 per 1M input tokens and $0.026 per 1M output tokens (cached input $0.0017), through one OpenAI-compatible API.
Prices updated 2026-11-03 20:59 UTC.
Price per 1M tokens
| Input, our price | $0.0081 |
|---|---|
| Output, our price | $0.026 |
| Cached input, our price | $0.0017 |
| Context length | 204K tokens |
| OpenRouter list, input · output | $1.00 · $3.20 |
| vs list | −99% |
“vs list” compares our price with OpenRouter's list price on a 1:3 input:output blend, as on the Models page.
Variants
- GLM 5 Thinking (
opencheap/glm-5:thinking): $0.900 input · $2.90 output per 1M tokens
How to call GLM 5
Base URL https://api.opencheap.si/v1, model id opencheap/glm-5, and an API key from the console. Any OpenAI SDK works.
curl https://api.opencheap.si/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENCHEAP_API_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{ "model": "opencheap/glm-5", "messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Hi" }] }'import os
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(base_url="https://api.opencheap.si/v1", api_key=os.environ["OPENCHEAP_API_KEY"])
r = client.chat.completions.create(model="opencheap/glm-5",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hi"}])
print(r.choices[0].message.content)FAQ
What is the cheapest GLM 5 API?
On OpenCheap, GLM 5 costs $0.0081 per 1M input tokens and $0.026 per 1M output tokens, and cached input $0.0017 per 1M tokens. Each request is routed to the cheapest healthy source for the model. You pay from one prepaid balance, with no monthly fee.
Is it OpenAI-compatible?
Yes. Point any OpenAI SDK or HTTP client at the base URL https://api.opencheap.si/v1 with an OpenCheap API key, and call /chat/completions with the model id opencheap/glm-5. Requests and responses have the same shape as OpenAI's chat completions, streaming included.
Does it work with Cursor, Claude Code or Codex?
Yes. In Cursor, add the custom model opencheap/glm-5 with the base URL https://api.opencheap.si/v1. In Claude Code, set ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL to https://api.opencheap.si and ANTHROPIC_MODEL to opencheap/glm-5. In Codex, add OpenCheap as a model provider with base_url https://api.opencheap.si/v1. The quickstart has each setup step by step.