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Why use GLM-5.3 on Z.ai?
Z.ai offers GLM-5.3 with pay-as-you-go pricing at $1.40/1M input tokens. Z.ai is an AI model serving and inference platform for efficient LLM deployment.
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| Type | Price (per 1M) |
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| Input tokens | $1.40 |
| Output tokens | $4.40 |
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About GLM-5.3
GLM-5.3 is Z.ai's August 2026 coding-first post-training release on the same GLM-5.2 base model, focused on complex software engineering, long-horizon agentic coding, and emergent cybersecurity evaluation. It is available through the GLM Coding Plan and Z.ai API; open weights are scheduled after safety hardening. Official API model ID: glm-5.3.
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Released2026-08-14
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