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GLM 4.5V on Vercel AI Gateway

GLM-4 · Tsinghua Knowledge Engineering Group (THUDM)

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Last refreshed 2026-05-22. Next refresh: weekly.

Why use GLM 4.5V on Vercel AI Gateway?

Vercel AI Gateway offers GLM 4.5V with pay-as-you-go pricing at $0.60/1M input tokens. Vercel AI Gateway is a unified AI proxy providing a single OpenAI-compatible API endpoint to 275+ models from 25+ providers including Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Meta, Mistral, DeepSeek, xAI, Alibaba, Amazon, ByteDance, Cohere, MiniMax, MoonshotAI, KwaiPilot, Black Forest Labs, Recraft, Voyage AI, NVIDIA, and more.

Compare GLM 4.5V across 2 providers to find the best fit for your use case
Input / 1M
$0.60
Output / 1M
$1.80
Cache
read $0.11
Batch
Not sourced

Setup recipe

Python + curl
Install
pip install openai
Auth
export AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY=...
Call
import os
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
    api_key=os.environ["AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY"],
Model ID
zai/glm-4.5v

Request example

import os
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key=os.environ["AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY"],
    base_url="https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1"
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="zai/glm-4.5v",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Gotchas

  • Use provider model ID "zai/glm-4.5v", not the LLMReference slug "glm-4.5v".
  • creator/model-name e.g. kwaipilot/kat-coder-pro-v2
  • The examples expect AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY; rename it only if your application config maps the new variable.

Compare GLM 4.5V Across Providers

ProviderInput (per 1M)Output (per 1M)
Vercel AI Gateway$0.60$1.80
Novita AI$0.60$1.80

Pricing

TypePrice (per 1M)
Input tokens$0.60
Output tokens$1.80

Capabilities

VisionMultimodalFunction CallingTool Use

About GLM 4.5V

GLM-4.5V is a vision-language MoE model from Z.ai designed for multimodal agent applications, handling both image understanding and text generation at 64K context.

FAQ

What does GLM 4.5V cost on Vercel AI Gateway?

On Vercel AI Gateway, GLM 4.5V costs $0.6 per 1M input tokens and $1.8 per 1M output tokens.

What is the context window for GLM 4.5V on Vercel AI Gateway?

GLM 4.5V supports a 66,000 token context window on Vercel AI Gateway.

How does Vercel AI Gateway compare to other GLM 4.5V providers?

GLM 4.5V is available from 2 providers. The cheapest input pricing is $0.6/1M tokens from Vercel AI Gateway.

What API model ID do I use for GLM 4.5V on Vercel AI Gateway?

Use the model ID zai/glm-4.5v when calling Vercel AI Gateway's API.

Who created GLM 4.5V?

GLM 4.5V was created by Tsinghua Knowledge Engineering Group (THUDM) as part of the GLM-4 model family.

Is GLM 4.5V open source?

GLM 4.5V is not open source; the seed data lists it as proprietary.

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Model Specs

Released2026-01-01
Parameters106B (12B active)
Context64K
Architecturemoe

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