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GLM 5.2

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GLM 5.2 is a large-scale reasoning model from Z.ai. It supports text input and output with a 1M-token context window, and is suited for long-horizon agent workflows, project-level software engineering,...

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Data source

Only tracked on Vercel AI Gateway.

GLM 5.2 usage over time

Vercel AI Gateway share of tokens, by day.

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Tidelines — LLM usage and market share

GLM 5.2 holds 3.46% today, up from 0.07% at the start of the visible window.

Data: Vercel AI Gateway as of 2026-10-09 · Source: tidelines.ai/models/z-ai-glm-5-2

Rank history

Tidelines — LLM usage and market share
Data: Vercel AI Gateway as of 2026-10-09 · Source: tidelines.ai/models/z-ai-glm-5-2

Adoption curve vs the pantheon

GLM 5.2's share plotted against days since first tracked, overlaid on other current leaders on the same axis. The question every new-model page asks: is this one going to make it?

Tidelines — LLM usage and market share
Data: Vercel AI Gateway as of 2026-10-09 · Source: tidelines.ai/models/z-ai-glm-5-2

Citable stat

As of 2026-10-09, GLM 5.2 holds 0.0% of Vercel AI Gateway token share, down 0.94pp over 30 days. Source: Tidelines (Vercel AI Gateway).

Cost per session

Median dollars spent on one GLM 5.2 session, by coding agent and session length.

Tidelines — LLM usage and market share

Token rate sets the price; session length and reasoning set the bill.

Agent1 turn2–9 turns10–49 turns50+ turns
Claude Code$0.016$0.059$0.351$2.61
Hermes Agent$0.0006$0.029$0.254$1.58
Kilo Code$0.0085$0.056$0.229$1.75

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Data: OpenRouter session-cost dataset as of 2026-09-27 · Source: tidelines.ai/models/z-ai-glm-5-2

Where to run it

GLM 5.2 pricing by provider

Tidelines — LLM usage and market share

Per-provider pricing, context, and uptime via OpenRouter. Sorted by output price.

GLM 5.2 is served by 33 tracked endpoints on OpenRouter. The cheapest output price is $1.68 per million tokens from Decart · 1049k, and the most expensive is $9.00 from Decart · 1049k. The largest context window offered is 1049k tokens. Prices are list rates and refresh daily.

ProviderInput $/MOutput $/MContextUptime
Decart · 1049k$0.27$1.681049k100.00%
DeepInfra$0.56$1.801049k100.00%
StreamLake$0.64$2.021024k100.00%
Novita$0.65$2.041049k100.00%
DigitalOcean$0.70$2.201049k100.00%
SiliconFlow$0.70$2.201049k100.00%
CoreWeave$0.76$2.421049k100.00%
Inceptron$0.69$2.941049k100.00%
AtlasCloud$0.94$2.951049k—
Phala$1.26$3.001049k100.00%
Alibaba · 1000k$0.97$3.041000k—
InferenceNet$0.25$3.401049k100.00%
Alibaba · 1000k$1.12$3.521000k—
Nebius$1.40$4.401049k—
Mistral · 1049k$1.40$4.401049k100.00%
BaseTen · 1049k$1.40$4.401049k100.00%
Together$1.40$4.401049k100.00%
Baidu · 1049k$1.40$4.401049k100.00%
Venice$1.40$4.401000k100.00%
GMICloud$1.40$4.401049k—
Parasail$1.40$4.40262k100.00%
Friendli$1.40$4.401049k100.00%
Z.AI$1.40$4.401049k100.00%
Mistral · 1049k$1.54$4.841049k—
Morph$0.08$6.001049k100.00%
BaseTen · 1049k$2.10$6.601049k100.00%
Relace$0.05$7.001049k100.00%
Wafer · 1049k$0.05$7.001049k100.00%
Alibaba · 1000k$2.31$7.261000k—
Baidu · 1049k$2.25$7.881049k—
Wafer · 1049k$0.19$8.001049k100.00%
Cloudflare$0.19$8.00262k100.00%
Decart · 1049k$2.50$9.001049k100.00%