Confirmed uses of Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash include generating text. Verified provider routes accept text and image input and produce text output. Supported combinations depend on the provider route.

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Identity and capabilities

Status
Current
Local execution
Available weights · transformers · mit Hardware requirements and licence restrictions apply.
Context window
1,000,000
Maximum output
128,000
Image input
Yes
Reasoning
Yes
Tool calling
Yes
Release date
First seen
2026-08-29 19:40:01Z UTC
Last verified

Current offers - prices in USD · per 1M tokens

Prices by provider, service tier, context and offer route
CloudflareHugging Face Inference Providers⊕ 4 routes ▾Novita AIOpenRouterTogether AIZ.AI
StandardNovita
Cached input
$0.03
—
$0.03
$0.006
$0.03
$0.03
Input
$0.15
$0.15
$0.15
$0.048
$0.15
$0.15
Output
$0.5
$0.5
$0.5
$0.2
$0.5
$0.5
Batch
Cached input———
$0.01
——
Input———
$0.05
——
Output———
$0.18
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Hugging Face Inference Providers · 4 routes — show all prices

The main table shows Novita: the lowest available starting token price for 2 input tokens per output token. Other input lengths, service tiers and usage ratios may favour another route.

Prices by provider, service tier, context and offer route
Novita
Together AI
Baseten
DeepInfra
Input
$0.15
$0.15
$0.15
$0.15
Output
$0.5
$0.5
$0.5
$0.5

Active promotions

No officially confirmed promotion applies to this model.

Recent price changes

  • Effective price increased · cause unverified
    • Input: $0.075 → $0.15
    • Output: $0.25 → $0.5
    Hugging Face Inference Providerszai-org/GLM-5.3-Flash
  • Effective price decreased · cause unverified
    • Input: $0.15 → $0.075
    • Output: $0.5 → $0.25
    Hugging Face Inference Providerszai-org/GLM-5.3-Flash
  • Effective price decreased · cause unverified
    • Input: $0.15 → $0.048
    • Output: $0.5 → $0.2
    OpenRouterz-ai/glm-5.3-flash
  • Effective price increased · cause unverified
    • Input: $0.0264 → $0.15
    • Output: $0.3966 → $0.5
    OpenRouterz-ai/glm-5.3-flash
  • Effective price decreased · cause unverified
    • Input: $0.0441 → $0.0264
    • Output: $0.5578 → $0.3966
    OpenRouterz-ai/glm-5.3-flash
  • Prices moved both ways · cause unverified
    • Input: $0.15 → $0.0441
    • Output: $0.5 → $0.5578
    OpenRouterz-ai/glm-5.3-flash
  • Effective price increased · cause unverified
    • Input: $0.01232 → $0.15
    • Output: $0.2 → $0.5
    OpenRouterz-ai/glm-5.3-flash
  • Effective price decreased · cause unverified
    • Input: $0.0156 → $0.01232
    • Output: $0.7928 → $0.2
    OpenRouterz-ai/glm-5.3-flash
  • Effective price increased · cause unverified
    • Input: $0.01494 → $0.0156
    • Output: $0.70272 → $0.7928
    OpenRouterz-ai/glm-5.3-flash
  • Base price changed
    • Input: $0.03114 → $0.01494
    • Output: $0.9 → $0.70272
    OpenRouterz-ai/glm-5.3-flash
  • Prices moved both ways · cause unverified
    • Input: $0.0227 → $0.03114
    • Output: $0.7076 → $0.9
    OpenRouterz-ai/glm-5.3-flash
  • Prices moved both ways · cause unverified
    • Input: $0.02295 → $0.0227
    • Output: $0.9 → $0.7076
    OpenRouterz-ai/glm-5.3-flash
  • Effective price decreased · cause unverified
    • Input: $0.02583 → $0.02295
    OpenRouterz-ai/glm-5.3-flash
  • Effective price increased · cause unverified
    • Input: $0.01521 → $0.02583
    OpenRouterz-ai/glm-5.3-flash
  • Prices moved both ways · cause unverified
    • Input: $0.019 → $0.01521
    • Output: $0.752 → $0.9
    OpenRouterz-ai/glm-5.3-flash
  • Prices moved both ways · cause unverified
    • Input: $0.01926 → $0.019
    • Output: $0.9 → $0.752
    OpenRouterz-ai/glm-5.3-flash
  • Effective price decreased · cause unverified
    • Input: $0.02403 → $0.01926
    OpenRouterz-ai/glm-5.3-flash
  • Base price changed
    • Input: $0.01323 → $0.02403
    OpenRouterz-ai/glm-5.3-flash
  • Prices moved both ways · cause unverified
    • Input: $0.02142 → $0.01323
    • Output: $1.125 → $0.9
    OpenRouterz-ai/glm-5.3-flash
  • Prices moved both ways · cause unverified
    • Input: $0.15 → $0.02142
    • Output: $0.5 → $1.125
    OpenRouterz-ai/glm-5.3-flash
  • Effective price decreased · cause unverified
    • Cached input (batch): $0.012 → $0.01
    • Input (batch): $0.06 → $0.05
    OpenRouterz-ai/glm-5.3-flash:batch
  • Prices moved both ways · cause unverified
    • Input: $0.036 → $0.15
    • Output: $0.9 → $0.5
    OpenRouterz-ai/glm-5.3-flash
  • Prices moved both ways · cause unverified
    • Input: $0.15 → $0.036
    • Output: $0.5 → $0.9
    OpenRouterz-ai/glm-5.3-flash
  • Prices moved both ways · cause unverified
    • Input: $0.036 → $0.15
    • Output: $0.9 → $0.5
    OpenRouterz-ai/glm-5.3-flash
  • Prices moved both ways · cause unverified
    • Input: $0.15 → $0.036
    • Output: $0.5 → $0.9
    OpenRouterz-ai/glm-5.3-flash
  • Prices moved both ways · cause unverified
    • Input: $0.036 → $0.15
    • Output: $0.9 → $0.5
    OpenRouterz-ai/glm-5.3-flash
  • Base price changed
    • Input: $0.0297 → $0.036
    OpenRouterz-ai/glm-5.3-flash
  • Base price changed
    • Input: $0.0261 → $0.0297
    OpenRouterz-ai/glm-5.3-flash
  • Base price changed
    • Input: $0.0232 → $0.0261
    • Output: $1.2 → $0.9
    OpenRouterz-ai/glm-5.3-flash
  • Prices moved both ways · cause unverified
    • Input: $0.15 → $0.0232
    • Output: $0.5 → $1.2
    OpenRouterz-ai/glm-5.3-flash
  • Prices moved both ways · cause unverified
    • Input: $0.0232 → $0.15
    • Output: $1.2 → $0.5
    OpenRouterz-ai/glm-5.3-flash
  • Prices moved both ways · cause unverified
    • Input: $0.15 → $0.0232
    • Output: $0.5 → $1.2
    OpenRouterz-ai/glm-5.3-flash