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title: "Z.ai (Zhipu) API pricing for agents · DotsAgent"
description: "Z.ai (Zhipu) models for building AI agents: input, cached and output prices per million tokens, context windows, documented agent features and recent API changes."
url: https://dotsagent.io/providers/zhipu
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# Z.ai (Zhipu) API models and prices

Z.ai's GLM models accept OpenAI Chat Completions, OpenAI Responses and Anthropic Messages requests. Thinking is always on for GLM-5.3, and requests that try to disable it now fail.

| — | — | — | — | — | — |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [GLM-5.3](https://dotsagent.io/models/glm-5-3)glm-5.3 | $1.40 | $0.26 | $4.40 | 1M | 2026-08-14 |
| [GLM-5.3-Flash](https://dotsagent.io/models/glm-5-3-flash)glm-5.3-flash | $0.15 | $0.030 | $0.50 | 1M | — |

US dollars per million tokens, standard tier, short-prompt rate · * long prompts cost more

[Official price page ↗](https://docs.z.ai/guides/overview/pricing)[Compare in the calculator](https://dotsagent.io/cost)

## Recent changes

- Aug 14, 2026Model[GLM-5.3 released](https://dotsagent.io/changelog#2026-08-14-glm-5-3-released)

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