GLM models: pricing bands, key models, and next actions

GLM is a strong route for China enterprise procurement, reasoning, and multimodal decisions. This page is not here to dump names. It compresses the Zhipu AI (GLM) route into a family-level entry, then routes people toward latest releases, pricing, alternatives, and direct key checks.

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GLM models

GLM is a strong route for China enterprise procurement, reasoning, and multimodal decisions.

Latest radar

Family members

Family pages work because they cluster the representative models from one route before deeper decisions begin.

Provider route

Zhipu AI (GLM)

This page does not replace the provider page. It translates provider supply into a more searchable family-level entry.

Context band

128K - 203K

The context spread across one family often determines which workflows it can really carry inside the china model route.

Input price band

$0.45 - $1.395

GLM 5.1 helps define the freshness edge inside this family, but the full price band matters more than one model.

Route judgment

GLM models should not behave like a loose list of names. It should help people judge the real decision route inside Zhipu AI (GLM) before they move deeper.

GLM is a strong route for China enterprise procurement, reasoning, and multimodal decisions. The current family input price band is roughly $0.45 - $1.395, with a context band around 128K - 203K, which makes it strong enough to stand as its own high-intent entry page.

The freshness anchor inside this family is GLM 5.1. That lets people understand the broader family first, then move into the latest radar, the model profile, pricing, or key checking.

Family members

GLM 5.1

Same routeGLMLatest radar

CTX

203K

$1.395

GLM 5.1 is a representative GLM route from Zhipu AI (GLM), positioned around 203K context and $1.395 input pricing.

Open model profile Alternatives GLM family

GLM 4.6 Air

Same routeGLM

CTX

128K

$0.45

GLM 4.6 Air is a representative GLM route from Zhipu AI (GLM), positioned around 128K context and $0.45 input pricing.

Open model profile Alternatives GLM family

GLM 4.5V

Same routeGLM Vision

CTX

128K

$0.80

GLM 4.5V is a representative GLM Vision route from Zhipu AI (GLM), positioned around 128K context and $0.80 input pricing.

Open model profile Alternatives GLM family

Model snapshot updated on 2026-05-11. Model-family pages cluster representative models, freshness signals, and provider paths into an entry that is easier to search and judge.

Next actions

Once the family is clear, keep moving forward

Open the GLM family provider profile

The family page explains the route. The provider profile explains protocol, base URL, and the broader supply position.

Open provider profile

Open the latest radar inside this family

The family page gives you the structure. The latest radar shows which release inside the family matters now.

Open latest radar

Inspect provider pricing behind this family

Once someone compares a family seriously, the next step often returns to pricing layers and supply structure.

Open pricing page