GLM 4.5 Air

Zhipu AI chatreasoningtool_use

API ID: z-ai/glm-4.5-air

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Input Price
$0.05
/1M tokens
Output Price
$0.22
/1M tokens

About GLM 4.5 Air

GLM 4.5 Air is a budget-friendly general-purpose model from Zhipu AI with long context (131k), suitable for conversations, content creation, and general AI tasks.

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Price Ranking
#329 lowest price among 599 Chat models

Model Specifications

Context Length
131k
Max Output
131k
Release Date
2025-07-25
Capabilities
chat reasoning tool_use
Input Modalities
text
Output Modalities
text

Best For

  • Complex reasoning, math problems, multi-step logic
  • Conversations, content writing, general assistance

Consider Alternatives For

  • Image understanding (needs vision capability)
  • Simple Q&A (cheaper models available)

💰 Real-World Cost Examples

Estimated monthly costs for common use cases

Personal AI Assistant
$0.09
/month
50 conversations/day, ~500 tokens each
Customer Service Bot
$2.73
/month
1000 tickets/day, ~800 tokens each
Data Analysis Pipeline
$3.77
/month
500 analyses/day, ~2k tokens each
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🚀 Quick Start

Get started with GLM 4.5 Air API

OpenAI-compatible SDK 
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.provider.com/v1",
    api_key="YOUR_API_KEY"
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="z-ai/glm-4.5-air",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}
    ]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

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