glm-5.2 pricing
glm-5.2 is priced at $0.35 per 1M input tokens and $1.40 per 1M output tokens, with roughly 180 ms to first token and about 120 tokens/sec output throughput.
Price per 1M tokens
Input $0.35 · Output $1.40 · Output/input ratio 4.0x.
- 1M input + 1M output tokens: $1.75
- 10M input + 2M output tokens/month: $6.30
- 100M input + 20M output tokens/month: $63.00
Cheaper alternatives to glm-5.2
Same workload, lower output price. Validate quality before switching.
- claude-3-haiku — $1.25/1M output (11% cheaper)
- gpt-5-nano — $1.20/1M output (14% cheaper)
- claude-haiku-4 — $1.00/1M output (29% cheaper)
- llama-4-behemoth — $1.00/1M output (29% cheaper)
How much are you wasting on glm-5.2?
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