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GLM 5.3 cuts input price, raises output price
Z.ai has reset pricing on GLM 5.3. Input has dropped from $0.062 to $0.049 per 1M tokens, while output has risen from $2.6 to $3.39 per 1M tokens. The model is now cheaper to feed and more expensive to generate from.
Pricing8 Oct 2026Z.ai
What it means for a SaaS brand
If you run GLM 5.3 for AI-search monitoring or content generation, your cost mix has shifted towards output, so long generated answers now cost more per run while large prompts cost less. Re-check the budget on any job that produces long text, and consider pushing more context in rather than asking for longer completions.
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