z-ai/glm-5
80,000 context · $0.72/M input tokens · $2.30/M output tokens
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...
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No upfront costs, pay only for what you use
Use the following code examples to integrate with our API:
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)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.
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Provider | Z-Ai |
| Model Type | Large Language Model (LLM) |
| Architecture | N/A |
| Context Window | 202752 tokens |
| Max Output | 202752 tokens |
| Input | Text |
| Output | Text |
| Vision | Supported |
| Function Calling | Supported |
| Token Type | Cost per Million Tokens |
|---|---|
| Input | $1.1 |
| Output | $3.5 |
Base URL: https://llm.wavespeed.ai/v1 API Endpoint: chat/completions Model ID: z-ai/glm-5
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 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!"}]
}'
z-ai/glm-5
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...
Input
$0.72 /M
Output
$2.3 /M
Context
80K
Max Output
131K
Tool Use
Supported
Access GLM 5 through our unified API — OpenAI-compatible, no cold starts, transparent pricing.
Pricing on WaveSpeedAI: $0.72 per million input tokens and $2.30 per million output tokens. Prompt caching and batch processing are billed separately and reduce effective cost on long, repetitive workloads.
GLM 5 supports up to 80K tokens of context with up to 131K tokens of output per request.
Yes. WaveSpeedAI exposes GLM 5 through an OpenAI-compatible endpoint at https://llm.wavespeed.ai/v1. Point the official OpenAI SDK at this base URL with your WaveSpeedAI API key — no other code changes required.
Sign in to WaveSpeedAI, create an API key in Access Keys, then send a request to https://llm.wavespeed.ai/v1/chat/completions with model id set to the value shown above. New accounts receive free credits to evaluate GLM 5 before paying per token.