GLM 4.6 pricing
Source: openrouter · updated 2026-10-27
Short answer: GLM 4.6 costs $0.550 per million input tokens and $2.20 per million output tokens. That is a 3:1 blended rate of $0.963 per million tokens, ranking it #385 of 704 tracked models by input price.
Price breakdown
| Metric | USD |
|---|---|
| Input, per 1M tokens | $0.550 |
| Output, per 1M tokens | $2.20 |
| Output รท input multiple | 4.00× |
| 3:1 blended, per 1M tokens | $0.963 |
| Context window | 204,800 tokens |
What a typical workload costs
| Monthly volume | Input cost | Output cost | Total | 1M in / 250K out | $0.550 | $0.550 | $1.10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10M in / 2.5M out | $5.50 | $5.50 | $11.00 | ||||
| 100M in / 25M out | $55.00 | $55.00 | $110 |
Other z-ai models
| Model | Input | Output |
|---|---|---|
| GLM 5.2 | $0.034 | $7.00 |
| GLM 5.3 Flash | $0.050 | $0.180 |
| GLM 4.7 Flash | $0.060 | $0.400 |
| GLM 5.3 | $0.070 | $1.40 |
| GLM 4.5 Air | $0.130 | $0.850 |
Compare against
Cheaper alternatives
Next cheaper option: DeepSeek R1 at $0.550 per 1M input tokens. Next step up: Seed 2.1 Turbo at $0.500 per 1M input tokens.