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Glm 5 API Pricing & Quick Start

GLM-5 is Z.ai’s flagship open-source foundation model engineered for complex systems design and long-horizon agent workflows. Built for expert developers, it delivers production-grade performance on large-scale programming tasks, rivaling leading...

Intelligence#65 / 573
40
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
Speed#166 / 586
0.0
Output tokens per second (median)
Input Price#433 / 586
$0.95NT$ 31
USD / 1M tokens
Output Price#424 / 586
$2.55NT$ 83
USD / 1M tokens
First-token latency#1 / 586
0.00s
Time to first token (AA median)
ProviderZhipu AI
ReleasedFebruary 2026
Model IDz-ai/glm-5

Technical specifications

Context window
205K tokens
Reasoning
Yes
Input
Text
Output
Text

Pricing comparison

BazaarLink retail price alongside AA's observed market standard.

BazaarLink price our site

Input$0.95NT$ 31
Output$2.55NT$ 83
Cache read$0.20NT$ 6
Cache write
3:1 blended (est.)$1.35NT$ 44
All prices per 1M tokens. Supports TWD credit card / official invoice.

Market reference Artificial Analysis

Input$1.00
Output$3.20
Cache readAA not tracked
Cache writeAA not tracked
3:1 blended$1.55
Our price differs from AA reference by ~5%.
Source: artificialanalysis.ai

Independent benchmarks

Scores below come from Artificial Analysis, an independent third party. BazaarLink does not participate in the testing.

Intelligence 40
Coding
Math
MMLU
GPQA 82
This modelCategory leader
Overall intelligence
#65out of 573 models
Aggregated across academic benchmarks
Time to first token
🥇
#1out of 586 models
AA 全球 p50:0.00 秒
Intelligence
40
Top 11%
This model
40
Category leader
61
Median
15
GPQA
82%
This model
82%
Category leader
94%
Median
69%
HLE
27%
This model
27%
Category leader
53%
Median
7%
SciCode
46%
This model
46%
Category leader
60%
Median
33%
IFBench
72%
This model
72%
Category leader
83%
Median
44%
τ²-Bench Telecom
98%
This model
98%
Category leader
99%
Median
46%
AA-LCR
63%
This model
63%
Category leader
76%
Median
40%
Terminal-Bench Hard
43%
This model
43%
Category leader
66%
Median
14%

Top 5 — CodingCoding Index leaderboard

1GPT-5.6 Sol (xhigh)openai/gpt-5-6-sol-xhigh78$5 / $30
4GPT-5.6 Sol (high)openai/gpt-5-6-sol-high77$5 / $30
5Claude Opus 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Xhigh Effort)anthropic/claude-opus-5-xhigh77$5 / $25
AASource: Artificial Analysis · Independent third-party evaluation; not influenced by BazaarLinkView full evaluation on AA →

Quick Start

Use Glm 5 via BazaarLink API — just change the base_url:

Python
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://bazaarlink.ai/api/v1",
    api_key="sk-bl-YOUR_API_KEY",
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="z-ai/glm-5",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)
TypeScript
import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  baseURL: "https://bazaarlink.ai/api/v1",
  apiKey: "sk-bl-YOUR_API_KEY",
});

const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "z-ai/glm-5",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello!" }],
});
console.log(response.choices[0].message.content);

Why use Glm 5 via BazaarLink?

  • USD billing (TWD-quoted) + unified invoices — no foreign credit card needed for Taiwan teams
  • OpenAI-compatible API — zero code changes required
  • Automatic failover — multi-provider redundancy for the same model
  • Chinese-language support — local team, instant help
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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Glm 5?

GLM-5 is Z.ai’s flagship open-source foundation model engineered for complex systems design and long-horizon agent workflows. Built for expert developers, it delivers production-grade performance on large-scale programming tasks, rivaling leading...

How much does the Glm 5 API cost?

Glm 5 costs $0.9500 per 1M input tokens and $2.5500 per 1M output tokens when accessed through BazaarLink.

How do I use Glm 5 with the OpenAI SDK?

Set base_url to "https://bazaarlink.ai/api/v1" and use model ID "z-ai/glm-5". All OpenAI SDK methods (chat.completions, embeddings, streaming) work without code changes.

What is the context window for Glm 5?

Glm 5 supports a context window of 204,800 tokens.

Is Glm 5 available for free?

Glm 5 is a paid model. BazaarLink offers free trial credits on registration so you can test it without a credit card.

Relay integrity checks

Tested endpoints
21 runs
Independent hosts
15
Model-family fingerprint match
0%
Anomalies detected
19 runs
Data range
past 90 days

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