GLM (Z.AI) · Cheap + Fast
GLM 4.5
glm/glm-4.5 — GLM (Z.AI)'s cheap + fast model, accessible through Leanroute's OpenAI-compatible AI Gateway. Pay provider list price with zero per-request markup; flat $15/mo BYOK subscription covers the platform fee.
Pricing snapshot: August 2026. Re-validated monthly against the upstream GLM (Z.AI) pricing page.
Pricing
| Type | USD per 1M tokens |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $0.660 |
| Cached input (82% off) | $0.116 |
| Output tokens | $2.20 |
Leanroute's markup: $0. You pay the provider list price above, plus a flat $15/mo BYOK subscription (or 5% at top-up for prepaid credits). Compare pricing at /calculator.
Capabilities
Example request
curl https://api.leanroute.dev/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $LEANROUTE_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "glm/glm-4.5",
"messages": [
{ "role": "user", "content": "Hello, GLM 4.5!" }
]
}'OpenAI-wire-compatible — point any OpenAI SDK at api.leanroute.dev/v1 and set model: "glm/glm-4.5". Full endpoint reference at /docs/api.
Other GLM (Z.AI) models
- GLM 4 Plus$0.690/$0.690 · Flagship
- GLM 4 Flash$0.014/$0.014 · Cheap + Fast
- GLM 5.1$1.40/$4.40 · Flagship
- GLM 5.2$1.40/$4.40 · Flagship
- GLM 5$1.00/$3.20 · Flagship
- GLM 4.7$0.660/$2.20 · Cheap + Fast
- GLM 4.7 Flashx$0.076/$0.460 · Cheap + Fast
- GLM 4.6$0.660/$2.20 · Cheap + Fast
- GLM 5v Turbo$1.26/$4.06 · Flagship
- GLM 4.6v$0.360/$0.960 · Flagship
Same-tier alternatives across providers
- GPT 4o Mini$0.150/$0.600 · OpenAI
- GPT 5 Nano$0.050/$0.400 · OpenAI
- GPT 5.6 Luna$1.00/$6.00 · OpenAI
- Claude Haiku 4 5$1.00/$5.00 · Anthropic
- Gemini 2.5 Flash$0.300/$2.50 · Google
- Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite$0.100/$0.400 · Google
- Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite$0.300/$2.50 · Google
- Gemini 3.6 Flash$1.50/$7.50 · Google
Leanroute's router picks the cheapest same-tier model automatically when cheaper-model routing is on. Config at /dashboard/settings.
See also: Full model catalog · API reference · Savings calculator · Leanroute pricing