Z-Ai glm-5

GLM-5 is Z

GLM-5 is Z.ai’s flagship open-source foundation model engineered for complex systems design and long-horizon agent workflows. Built for expert developers, it delivers production-grade performance on large-scale programming tasks, rivaling leading closed-source models. With advanced agentic planning, deep backend reasoning, and iterative self-correction, GLM-5 moves beyond code generation to full-system construction and autonomous execution.

Why It Looks Great

• Large Language Model architecture for efficient processing
• 202752 context window for long document handling
• Competitive pricing at $1.1/$3.5 per million tokens

Key Features

• Context Window: 202752 tokens
• Max Output: 202752 tokens
• Vision: Supported
• Function Calling: Supported

Specifications

Pricing

How to Use

1. Write your prompt — describe the task, provide context, and specify desired output format.
2. Submit — the model processes your request and returns the response.

API Integration

Base URL: https://llm.wavespeed.ai/v1 API Endpoint: chat/completions Model ID: z-ai/glm-5

API Usage

Python SDK

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key="YOUR_API_KEY",
    base_url="https://llm.wavespeed.ai/v1"
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="z-ai/glm-5",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}
    ]
)

print(response.choices[0].message.content)

cURL

curl https://llm.wavespeed.ai/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "model": "z-ai/glm-5",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
  }'

Notes

• Model: z-ai/glm-5
• Provider: Z-Ai