Z.ai GLM 5
Live per-token pricing via OpenRouter, verified 26 Aug 2026. Batch and long-context tiers are not published in the feed, so they are omitted rather than estimated.
An estimate from published per-token pricing and your assumptions. Actual costs vary by provider and usage tier.
Same workload as the calculator above, at each model's current price. Monthly USD.
Routed-token share over time. A price line joins it as real changes are recorded.
Mid cost · adoption flat. Observed relationship, not proof of causation.
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| Context window | 205K |
| Reasoning | ✓ Supported |
| Tool calling | ✓ Supported |
| Structured output | ✓ Supported |
| Image input | — Not supported |
| Audio input | — Not supported |
| Video input | — Not supported |
| Open weights | ✓ Yes |
| API availability | ✓ Yes |
| Commercial license | Verify terms with the provider |
- Current rank
- #56
- Peak rank
- #25
- Routed share
- 0.03%
- Peak share
- 0.72%
- Weeks ranked
- 0
- First tracked
- 4 May 2026
- Region of origin
- Asia · China
- Provider
- Z.ai
- Model family
- Not publicly disclosed
- Release date
- Not publicly disclosed
- Type
- Text
- Modalities
- text
- Context window
- 203K tokens
- Weights
- Open weight
- License
- Not publicly disclosed
In the week ending 12 Aug 2026, Z.ai GLM 5 held at #56 with 0.03% of routed tokens and a peak rank of #25. Over 14 tracked weeks its routed share has moved from 0.72% to 0.03% (-0.68 pp).
A sourced weekly interpretation of what is driving this model's routing is added as the record accumulates. yellow3 does not publish a reason for movement unless the routed-traffic data or a cited source supports it.
| Week ending | Rank | Routed share | Δ share | Movement | Region rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Aug 2026 | #56 | 0.03% | -0.04 | –no change | #20 | ranked |
| 5 Aug 2026 | #56 | 0.07% | -0.28 | ▼ 15places down | #19 | ranked |
| 29 Jul 2026 | #41 | 0.35% | +0.11 | ▲ 3places up | #12 | ranked |
| 22 Jul 2026 | #44 | 0.24% | -0.33 | ▼ 19places down | #14 | ranked |
| 15 Jul 2026 | #25 | 0.57% | +0.03 | ▲ 7places up | #10 | ranked |
| 8 Jul 2026 | #32 | 0.54% | +0.27 | ▲ 13places up | #12 | ranked |
| 1 Jul 2026 | #45 | 0.26% | -0.16 | ▼ 6places down | #17 | ranked |
| 24 Jun 2026 | #39 | 0.42% | +0.08 | ▲ 5places up | #14 | ranked |
| 17 Jun 2026 | #44 | 0.34% | -0.07 | ▼ 4places down | #16 | ranked |
| 10 Jun 2026 | #40 | 0.41% | -0.04 | ▲ 2places up | #16 | ranked |
| 3 Jun 2026 | #42 | 0.45% | +0.12 | ▲ 3places up | #18 | ranked |
| 27 May 2026 | #45 | 0.33% | -0.11 | ▼ 4places down | #18 | ranked |
| 20 May 2026 | #41 | 0.45% | -0.27 | ▼ 8places down | #16 | ranked |
| 13 May 2026 | #33 | 0.72% | – | NEW | #15 | NEW |
| Date | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Change | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Aug 2026 | $0.60 | $1.92 | ▼ 25% | OpenRouter listed price |
| 23 Jul 2026 | $0.95 | $2.55 | ▼ 19% | OpenRouter listed price |
| 22 Jul 2026 | $0.95 | $3.15 | ▲ 24% | OpenRouter listed price |
| 19 Jul 2026 | $0.95 | $2.55 | ▼ 19% | OpenRouter listed price |
| 14 Jul 2026 | $0.95 | $3.15 | ▲ 64% | OpenRouter listed price |
| 12 Jul 2026 | $0.60 | $1.92 | — | OpenRouter listed price |
- 4 May 2026First trackedDerived from yellow3 routed-traffic data
- 13 May 2026Peak routed share 0.72%Derived from yellow3 routed-traffic data
- 8 Jul 2026Biggest weekly rise +13 placesDerived from yellow3 routed-traffic data
- 22 Jul 2026Biggest weekly fall -19 placesDerived from yellow3 routed-traffic data
Region reflects where the model's developer is headquartered. Figures are OpenRouter routing traffic, aggregated over a trailing seven days - developer routing behaviour, not the whole market.