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GLM-5.2 API pricing: cheapest provider
13 providers sell GLM-5.2. DeepInfra is cheapest; the most expensive charges 2.6× as much for the same model.
- Cheapest$1.16per 1M · DeepInfra
- Input · output$0.75 / $2.40per 1M tokens
- Price gap2.6×across 13 providers
- Accuracy91.9%GPQA · max reasoning
- Context1Mmax tokens
Standard list prices in USD from each provider's pricing page · last price change Sep 28, 2026 · How we collect and rank prices
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GLM-5.2 monthly cost by provider
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| Provider | Estimated / month | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Cached input / 1M | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 DeepInfraInference provider - lowest for your volumePricing page | $12.30 | $0.75 | $2.40 | $0.14 | 1,048,576 |
2 W&B Inference (CoreWeave)Inference providerPricing page | $12.44 | $0.76 | $2.42 | $0.14 | 262,000 |
3 SiliconFlowInference providerPricing page | $21.20 | $1.30 | $4.09 | $0.26 | 1,049,000 |
4 Alibaba Cloud Model StudioAI platformSingapore (International) list price; other regions differ.Pricing page | $22.80 | $1.40 | $4.40 | $0.28 | 1,000,000 |
5 BasetenInference providerPricing page | $22.80 | $1.40 | $4.40 | $0.14 | 1,048,576 |
6 Cloudflare Workers AICloud platformPricing page | $22.80 | $1.40 | $4.40 | $0.26 | 262,144 |
7 FriendliAIInference providerPricing page | $22.80 | $1.40 | $4.40 | $0.26 | 1,048,576 |
8 Mistral AIAI platformPricing page | $22.80 | $1.40 | $4.40 | $0.14 | 1,048,576 |
9 Nebius Token FactoryCloud platformPricing page | $22.80 | $1.40 | $4.40 | Not listed | 1,048,576 |
10 Novita AIInference providerPricing page | $22.80 | $1.40 | $4.40 | $0.26 | 1,048,576 |
Order depends on listed price for your volume only. No provider pays for its position.
Input volume includes the cached share, not an additional token volume. This is a list-price estimate, not a quote: cache-write charges, cache eligibility/TTL, batch discounts, long-context surcharges, regional pricing and taxes are excluded. Check the provider's terms for your workload before switching.
Accuracy: GPQA Diamond (graduate-level science questions) measured by Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0) on glm-5.2_max, run Jun 24, 2026. The model is the same at every provider, though quantized deployments can score lower.
Price history
The cheapest price has not changed since tracking started on Sep 28, 2026: $1.16 per 1M tokens at DeepInfra. All price changes
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from openai import OpenAI
import os
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://api.deepinfra.com/v1/openai",
api_key=os.environ["DEEPINFRA_API_KEY"],
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="zai-org/GLM-5.2",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}],
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DeepInfra lists GLM-5.2 46% below the developer's own API (Z.ai) on a blended basis. Check rate limits, data retention and model quantization before switching.
Context windows differ by provider, from 256K to 1M tokens. A cheaper host may not accept your longest prompts.
11 of 13 providers list a cached-input price. Repeated system prompts or documents can cost much less there than the standard input rate shown above.
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