Z-AI
Z.ai: GLM 5.3
z-ai/glm-5.3-20260816Hugging Face ↗
GLM-5.3 is a large-scale reasoning model from Z.ai, built for complex software engineering and long-horizon agent tasks. It supports text input and output with a 1M-token context window, and improves...
Z.ai: GLM 5.3 usage over time
OpenRouter share of tokens, by day.
Z.ai: GLM 5.3 holds 2.36% today, up from 0.55% at the start of the visible window.
Rank history
Adoption curve vs the pantheon
Z.ai: GLM 5.3'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?
Citable stat
As of 2026-10-08, Z.ai: GLM 5.3 holds 2.4% of OpenRouter token share, up 0.08pp over 30 days. Source: Tidelines (OpenRouter).
Cost per session
Median dollars spent on one Z.ai: GLM 5.3 session, by coding agent and session length.
Token rate sets the price; session length and reasoning set the bill.
| Agent | 1 turn | 2–9 turns | 10–49 turns | 50+ turns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Code | $0.030 | $0.074 | $0.631 | $4.23 |
| Kilo Code | $0.030 | $0.104 | $0.552 | $3.30 |
| Hermes Agent | $0.0096 | $0.049 | $0.379 | $2.65 |
| Codex | $0.0058 | $0.041 | $0.304 | $0.774 |
Where to run it
Z.ai: GLM 5.3 pricing by provider
Per-provider pricing, context, and uptime via OpenRouter. Sorted by output price.
Z.ai: GLM 5.3 is served by 38 tracked endpoints on OpenRouter. The cheapest output price is $2.20 per million tokens from Inceptron, and the most expensive is $8.80 from Alibaba · 1000k. The largest context window offered is 1049k tokens. Prices are list rates and refresh daily.
| Provider | Input $/M | Output $/M | Context | Uptime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inceptron | $0.60 | $2.20 | 1049k | 100.00% |
| SiliconFlow | $0.70 | $2.20 | 1049k | 100.00% |
| Novita | $0.70 | $2.20 | 1049k | 100.00% |
| DeepInfra | $0.56 | $2.50 | 1049k | 100.00% |
| Phala | $0.84 | $2.64 | 1049k | 100.00% |
| Decart | $0.84 | $2.65 | 1049k | 100.00% |
| DigitalOcean | $0.91 | $2.86 | 1049k | 100.00% |
| Io Net | $0.49 | $2.90 | 262k | 100.00% |
| GMICloud | $0.98 | $3.08 | 1049k | — |
| Sail Research | $0.15 | $3.40 | 1049k | 100.00% |
| Alibaba · 1000k | $1.19 | $3.74 | 1000k | 100.00% |
| Friendli | $1.26 | $3.96 | 1049k | 100.00% |
| Reka | $0.14 | $4.20 | 262k | 100.00% |
| Relace | $0.06 | $4.40 | 1049k | — |
| InferenceNet | $0.08 | $4.40 | 1049k | 100.00% |
| Makora | $0.14 | $4.40 | 1049k | 96.67% |
| AkashML | $0.19 | $4.40 | 1049k | 100.00% |
| Mistral · 1049k | $1.40 | $4.40 | 1049k | 100.00% |
| Baidu | $1.40 | $4.40 | 1049k | 100.00% |
| BaseTen · 1049k | $1.40 | $4.40 | 1049k | 100.00% |
| Crusoe | $1.40 | $4.40 | 1049k | 100.00% |
| PrimeIntellect | $1.40 | $4.40 | 1049k | 100.00% |
| Venice | $1.40 | $4.40 | 1000k | — |
| Together | $1.40 | $4.40 | 1049k | 100.00% |
| Parasail | $1.40 | $4.40 | 1049k | 100.00% |
| Modal | $1.40 | $4.40 | 1049k | 100.00% |
| Fireworks · 1049k | $1.40 | $4.40 | 1049k | 100.00% |
| Cloudflare | $1.40 | $4.40 | 1049k | — |
| AtlasCloud | $1.40 | $4.40 | 1049k | 94.44% |
| Z.AI | $1.40 | $4.40 | 1049k | 100.00% |
| Wafer · 1049k | $0.07 | $4.80 | 1049k | 100.00% |
| Wafer · 1049k | $0.17 | $4.80 | 1049k | 100.00% |
| Mistral · 1049k | $1.54 | $4.84 | 1049k | — |
| Morph | $0.08 | $5.00 | 1049k | 100.00% |
| ModelRun | $2.10 | $6.60 | 1049k | 100.00% |
| Fireworks · 1049k | $2.10 | $6.60 | 1049k | 100.00% |
| BaseTen · 1049k | $2.10 | $6.60 | 1049k | 100.00% |
| Alibaba · 1000k | $2.80 | $8.80 | 1000k | — |