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Z.ai: 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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Z.ai: GLM 5.2 usage over time

OpenRouter share of tokens, by day.

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Tidelines — LLM usage and market share

Z.ai: GLM 5.2 holds 1.94% today, up from 0.44% at the start of the visible window.

Data: OpenRouter as of 2026-09-01 · Source: tidelines.ai/models/z-ai-glm-5-2-20260616

Rank history

Tidelines — LLM usage and market share
Data: OpenRouter as of 2026-09-01 · Source: tidelines.ai/models/z-ai-glm-5-2-20260616

Adoption curve vs the pantheon

Z.ai: 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: OpenRouter as of 2026-09-01 · Source: tidelines.ai/models/z-ai-glm-5-2-20260616

Citable stat

As of 2026-09-01, Z.ai: GLM 5.2 holds 1.9% of OpenRouter token share, down 1.25pp over 30 days. Source: Tidelines (OpenRouter).

Cost per session

Median dollars spent on one Z.ai: 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$0.015$0.047$0.311$2.40
Hermes Agent$0.011$0.032$0.249$1.61
Kilo Code$0.0086$0.049$0.237$1.92

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Data: OpenRouter session-cost dataset as of 2026-08-30 · Source: tidelines.ai/models/z-ai-glm-5-2-20260616

Where to run it

Z.ai: GLM 5.2 pricing by provider

Tidelines — LLM usage and market share

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

Z.ai: GLM 5.2 is served by 30 tracked endpoints on OpenRouter. The cheapest output price is $1.56 per million tokens from DeepInfra, and the most expensive is $7.26 from Alibaba · 1049k. The largest context window offered is 1049k tokens. Prices are list rates and refresh daily.

ProviderInput $/MOutput $/MContextUptime
DeepInfra$0.49$1.561049k99.00%
Novita$0.56$1.761049k99.93%
StreamLake$0.56$1.761024k99.79%
Ambient$0.60$2.00203k87.02%
DigitalOcean$0.70$2.20262k99.78%
Decart$0.68$2.281049k89.43%
Inceptron$0.71$2.351049k97.55%
CoreWeave$0.76$2.421049k100.00%
AtlasCloud$0.94$2.951049k100.00%
Phala$1.26$3.001049k99.90%
Alibaba · 1049k$0.97$3.041049k99.96%
Sail Research$0.50$3.151049k99.95%
GMICloud$1.05$3.301049k99.04%
SiliconFlow$1.19$3.741049k100.00%
Reka$1.10$3.75262k100.00%
Mistral · 1049k$1.40$4.401049k99.87%
BaseTen · 1049k$1.40$4.401049k99.89%
Crusoe$1.40$4.401049k86.12%
Together$1.40$4.40512k98.41%
Baidu$1.40$4.401049k99.97%
Fireworks · 1049k$1.40$4.401049k99.15%
Venice$1.40$4.401000k96.93%
Parasail$1.40$4.40262k99.93%
Friendli$1.40$4.401049k99.97%
Cloudflare$1.40$4.40262k100.00%
Z.AI$1.40$4.401049k99.74%
Mistral · 1049k$1.54$4.841049k
BaseTen · 1049k$2.10$6.601049k99.70%
Fireworks · 1049k$2.10$6.601049k92.19%
Alibaba · 1049k$2.31$7.261049k100.00%