Z.ai prices GLM-5.3 API access at $1.40 per million input tokens and $4.40 per million output tokens, unchanged from GLM-5.2 (Carl Franzen/VentureBeat)
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Z.ai has launched the API for its GLM-5.3 language model, allowing developers to build on top of it and integrate it into their applications. The pricing for the API is unchanged from the previous version, GLM-5.2, at $1.40 per million input tokens and $4.40 per million output tokens, according to VentureBeat.
The new model boasts improved coding and long-horizon agent performance, VentureBeat reports. Cached input costs $0.26 per million tokens, while cached-input storage is currently free for a limited time.
GLM-5.3's pricing is lower than several high-end frontier APIs, VentureBeat states. Z.ai plans to make the model's weights openly available, but a specific date and licensing terms have not been announced.
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- GLM-5.3 hits the API at $1.4/$4.4 per million tokens venturebeat.com
