GLM 5.2

Zhipu Ai chatreasoningtool_use Long

API ID: z-ai/glm-5.2-20260616

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Input Price
$1.40
/1M tokens
Output Price
$4.40
/1M tokens
Cached Input
$0.14
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About GLM 5.2

GLM 5.2 is a mid-range general-purpose model from Zhipu Ai with ultra-long context (1.0M), suitable for conversations, content creation, and general AI tasks.

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Price Ranking
#1076 lowest price among 1240 Chat models

Model Specifications

Context Length
1.0M
Max Output
262k
Release Date
2026-06-16
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
$1.95
/month
50 conversations/day, ~500 tokens each
Customer Service Bot
$60.60
/month
1000 tickets/day, ~800 tokens each
Data Analysis Pipeline
$84.30
/month
500 analyses/day, ~2k tokens each
Calculate Your Custom Usage

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🚀 Quick Start

Get started with GLM 5.2 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-5.2-20260616",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}
    ]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

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