Z.ai: GLM 5.2 provider comparison

z-ai/glm-5.2

GLM 5.2 is a large-scale reasoning model from Z.ai. It supports text input and output with a 1M-token context window, and is suited for long-horizon agent workflows, project-level software engineering,...

Endpoints:: 28
Context:: 1M
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Comparison winners

Based on 1,000 input and 500 output tokens using the latest published median speed data.

Best cost/speed trade-off

Decartdecart/fp4

$2.2 / 1M tokens

7.76 s estimated response

Cheapest

Inceptroninceptron/fp4

$1.5933 / 1M tokens

$0.00239 for the sample request

Fastest

Weights & Biaseswandb/fp4

5.04 s estimated response

$2.3933 / 1M tokens

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Compare published endpoint pricing and estimated response time visually.

Effective price by endpoint

USD per 1 million tokens for input and output. Lower is better.

Inceptron has the lowest estimated cost for 1,000 input and 500 output tokens at $0.00239.

Estimated cost vs. response time

Based on 1,000 input and 500 output tokens. Cost is shown in USD per 1 million tokens. Lower and further left is better; the single best cost/speed trade-off appears at full opacity.

28 providers have complete pricing and speed data. Decart is closest to the ideal combination of lowest cost and fastest response.

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Provider endpoints

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Endpoint comparison for Z.ai: GLM 5.2
Provider / route	Current pricing ↗	Speed measurements	Endpoint details
Provider / route DeepInfra`deepinfra/fp4`	Current pricing Input price $0.93 / 1M tokens Output price $3 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.00243	Speed measurements 500-token response 18.64 s Response starts 0.78 s Output speed 28.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 98.82% Context 1M Model format fp4 Max output 32.8K 18 parameters frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, logit_bias, max_tokens, min_p, presence_penalty, reasoning, reasoning_effort, repetition_penalty, response_format, seed, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_p
Provider / route Inceptron`inceptron/fp4` Cheapest	Current pricing Input price $0.94 / 1M tokens Output price $2.9 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.00239	Speed measurements 500-token response 43.27 s Response starts 1.61 s Output speed 12.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 87.29% Context 1M Model format fp4 Max output 1M 17 parameters frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, logit_bias, logprobs, max_tokens, parallel_tool_calls, presence_penalty, reasoning, reasoning_effort, response_format, seed, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tools, top_logprobs, top_p
Provider / route Baidu Qianfan`baidu/fp8`	Current pricing Input price $0.97 / 1M tokens Output price $3.07 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.002505	Speed measurements 500-token response 11.82 s Response starts 1.18 s Output speed 47.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 99.52% Context 1M Model format fp8 Max output 131.1K 14 parameters frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, max_tokens, presence_penalty, reasoning, reasoning_effort, repetition_penalty, response_format, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_p
Provider / route StreamLake`streamlake/fp8`	Current pricing Input price $0.9737 / 1M tokens Output price $3.06 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.0025038 Discount 30.4%	Speed measurements 500-token response 18.81 s Response starts 2.14 s Output speed 30.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 99.90% Context 1M Model format fp8 Max output 128K 14 parameters frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, logprobs, max_tokens, reasoning, reasoning_effort, response_format, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_logprobs, top_p
Provider / route NovitaAI`novita/fp8`	Current pricing Input price $0.9744 / 1M tokens Output price $3.06 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.0025056 Discount 30.4%	Speed measurements 500-token response 22.65 s Response starts 3.42 s Output speed 26.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 97.04% Context 1M Model format fp8 Max output 131.1K 15 parameters frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, max_tokens, presence_penalty, reasoning, reasoning_effort, repetition_penalty, response_format, seed, stop, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_p
Provider / route GMICloud`gmicloud/fp8`	Current pricing Input price $0.98 / 1M tokens Output price $3.08 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.00252	Speed measurements 500-token response 15.09 s Response starts 1.58 s Output speed 37.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 97.84% Context 1M Model format fp8 Max output N/a 13 parameters include_reasoning, logprobs, max_tokens, reasoning, reasoning_effort, response_format, seed, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_logprobs, top_p
Provider / route DigitalOcean`digitalocean`	Current pricing Input price $1.05 / 1M tokens Output price $4.4 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.00325	Speed measurements 500-token response 12.35 s Response starts 1.24 s Output speed 45.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 97.62% Context 262.1K Model format unknown Max output N/a 11 parameters include_reasoning, logprobs, max_tokens, reasoning, reasoning_effort, response_format, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_logprobs, top_p
Provider / route Ambient`ambient/fp8`	Current pricing Input price $1.05 / 1M tokens Output price $4.4 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.00325	Speed measurements 500-token response 27.34 s Response starts 1.03 s Output speed 19.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 99.42% Context 101.4K Model format fp8 Max output 101.4K 20 parameters frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, logit_bias, logprobs, max_tokens, min_p, presence_penalty, reasoning, reasoning_effort, repetition_penalty, response_format, seed, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_logprobs, top_p
Provider / route Morph`morph`	Current pricing Input price $1.1 / 1M tokens Output price $4.1 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.00315	Speed measurements 500-token response 35.16 s Response starts 1.83 s Output speed 15.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 96.56% Context 1M Model format unknown Max output 1M 20 parameters frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, logit_bias, logprobs, max_tokens, min_p, presence_penalty, reasoning, reasoning_effort, repetition_penalty, response_format, seed, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_logprobs, top_p
Provider / route Wafer`wafer/fp4`	Current pricing Input price $1.2 / 1M tokens Output price $4.1 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.00325	Speed measurements 500-token response 29.01 s Response starts 1.24 s Output speed 18.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 99.73% Context 1M Model format fp4 Max output 131.1K 20 parameters frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, logit_bias, logprobs, max_tokens, min_p, presence_penalty, reasoning, reasoning_effort, repetition_penalty, response_format, seed, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_logprobs, top_p
Provider / route Decart`decart/fp4` Best cost/speed trade-off	Current pricing Input price $1.2 / 1M tokens Output price $4.2 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.0033	Speed measurements 500-token response 7.76 s Response starts 0.61 s Output speed 70.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 96.20% Context 1M Model format fp4 Max output 1M 19 parameters frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, logprobs, max_tokens, min_p, presence_penalty, reasoning, reasoning_effort, repetition_penalty, response_format, seed, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_logprobs, top_p
Provider / route Alibaba Cloud Int.`alibaba`	Current pricing Input price $1.24 / 1M tokens Output price $3.89 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.0031788 Discount 11.7%	Speed measurements 500-token response 18.45 s Response starts 1.78 s Output speed 30.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 99.98% Context 1M Model format unknown Max output 131.1K 14 parameters include_reasoning, logprobs, max_tokens, presence_penalty, reasoning, reasoning_effort, response_format, seed, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_logprobs, top_p
Provider / route AtlasCloud`atlas-cloud/fp8`	Current pricing Input price $1.26 / 1M tokens Output price $3.96 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.00324 Discount 10.0%	Speed measurements 500-token response 26.91 s Response starts 1.91 s Output speed 20.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 99.69% Context 1M Model format fp8 Max output 131.1K 17 parameters frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, logit_bias, max_tokens, min_p, presence_penalty, reasoning, reasoning_effort, repetition_penalty, response_format, seed, stop, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_p
Provider / route AkashML`akashml/fp8`	Current pricing Input price $1.3 / 1M tokens Output price $4.4 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.0035	Speed measurements 500-token response 17.13 s Response starts 1.50 s Output speed 32.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 99.42% Context 131.1K Model format fp8 Max output 131.1K 17 parameters frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, logprobs, max_tokens, presence_penalty, reasoning, reasoning_effort, repetition_penalty, response_format, seed, stop, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_logprobs, top_p
Provider / route SiliconFlow`siliconflow/fp8`	Current pricing Input price $1.3 / 1M tokens Output price $4.09 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.003348	Speed measurements 500-token response 28.65 s Response starts 6.91 s Output speed 23.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 94.53% Context 1M Model format fp8 Max output 262.1K 10 parameters frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, max_tokens, reasoning, reasoning_effort, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_p
Provider / route Weights & Biases`wandb/fp4` Fastest	Current pricing Input price $1.39 / 1M tokens Output price $4.4 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.00359	Speed measurements 500-token response 5.04 s Response starts 0.50 s Output speed 110.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 99.98% Context 262.1K Model format fp4 Max output 262.1K 17 parameters frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, logprobs, max_tokens, presence_penalty, reasoning, reasoning_effort, repetition_penalty, response_format, seed, stop, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_logprobs, top_p
Provider / route Z.ai`z-ai/fp8`	Current pricing Input price $1.4 / 1M tokens Output price $4.4 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.0036	Speed measurements 500-token response 14.82 s Response starts 3.71 s Output speed 45.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 99.71% Context 1M Model format fp8 Max output 131.1K 10 parameters include_reasoning, max_tokens, reasoning, reasoning_effort, response_format, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_p
Provider / route Fireworks`fireworks`	Current pricing Input price $1.4 / 1M tokens Output price $4.4 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.0036	Speed measurements 500-token response 11.10 s Response starts 1.10 s Output speed 50.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 99.22% Context 1M Model format unknown Max output N/a 18 parameters frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, logit_bias, logprobs, max_tokens, presence_penalty, reasoning, reasoning_effort, repetition_penalty, response_format, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_logprobs, top_p
Provider / route Cloudflare`cloudflare`	Current pricing Input price $1.4 / 1M tokens Output price $4.4 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.0036	Speed measurements 500-token response 9.47 s Response starts 0.70 s Output speed 57.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 99.97% Context 262.1K Model format unknown Max output 262.1K 20 parameters frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, logit_bias, logprobs, max_tokens, min_p, presence_penalty, reasoning, reasoning_effort, repetition_penalty, response_format, seed, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_logprobs, top_p
Provider / route Friendli`friendli`	Current pricing Input price $1.4 / 1M tokens Output price $4.4 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.0036	Speed measurements 500-token response 5.60 s Response starts 0.65 s Output speed 101.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 99.71% Context 1M Model format unknown Max output 1M 17 parameters frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, max_tokens, min_p, presence_penalty, reasoning, reasoning_effort, repetition_penalty, response_format, seed, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_p
Provider / route Parasail`parasail/fp4`	Current pricing Input price $1.4 / 1M tokens Output price $4.4 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.0036	Speed measurements 500-token response 12.31 s Response starts 0.68 s Output speed 43.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 100.00% Context 262.1K Model format fp4 Max output 262.1K 19 parameters frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, logit_bias, logprobs, max_tokens, presence_penalty, reasoning, reasoning_effort, repetition_penalty, response_format, seed, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_logprobs, top_p
Provider / route Venice`venice/fp8`	Current pricing Input price $1.4 / 1M tokens Output price $4.4 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.0036	Speed measurements 500-token response 13.51 s Response starts 1.31 s Output speed 41.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 98.71% Context 1M Model format fp8 Max output 131.1K 14 parameters frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, max_tokens, presence_penalty, reasoning, reasoning_effort, response_format, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_p
Provider / route Together`together`	Current pricing Input price $1.4 / 1M tokens Output price $4.4 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.0036	Speed measurements 500-token response 8.89 s Response starts 0.70 s Output speed 61.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 99.51% Context 262.1K Model format unknown Max output N/a 17 parameters frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, logit_bias, max_tokens, min_p, presence_penalty, reasoning, reasoning_effort, repetition_penalty, response_format, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_p
Provider / route Phala`phala`	Current pricing Input price $1.4 / 1M tokens Output price $4.4 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.0036	Speed measurements 500-token response 38.09 s Response starts 2.37 s Output speed 14.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 37.01% Context 1M Model format unknown Max output 131.1K 16 parameters frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, max_tokens, min_p, presence_penalty, reasoning, reasoning_effort, repetition_penalty, response_format, seed, stop, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_p
Provider / route Baseten`baseten/fp8`	Current pricing Input price $1.4 / 1M tokens Output price $4.4 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.0036	Speed measurements 500-token response 7.72 s Response starts 0.97 s Output speed 74.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 99.93% Context 256K Model format fp8 Max output 256K 13 parameters frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, max_tokens, presence_penalty, reasoning, reasoning_effort, response_format, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_p
Provider / route io.net`io-net/fp8`	Current pricing Input price $1.6 / 1M tokens Output price $3.5 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.00335	Speed measurements 500-token response 24.86 s Response starts 2.13 s Output speed 22.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 95.09% Context 262.1K Model format fp8 Max output 65.5K 17 parameters frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, logprobs, max_tokens, presence_penalty, reasoning, reasoning_effort, response_format, seed, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_logprobs, top_p
Provider / route Fireworks`fireworks/fast`	Current pricing Input price $2.1 / 1M tokens Output price $6.6 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.0054	Speed measurements 500-token response 6.63 s Response starts 0.89 s Output speed 87.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 99.57% Context 1M Model format unknown Max output N/a 18 parameters frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, logit_bias, logprobs, max_tokens, presence_penalty, reasoning, reasoning_effort, repetition_penalty, response_format, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_logprobs, top_p
Provider / route Wafer`wafer/fast`	Current pricing Input price $3 / 1M tokens Output price $10.25 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.008125	Speed measurements 500-token response 11.13 s Response starts 1.32 s Output speed 51.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 99.73% Context 1M Model format fp4 Max output 131.1K 18 parameters frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, logit_bias, max_tokens, min_p, presence_penalty, reasoning, reasoning_effort, repetition_penalty, response_format, seed, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_p

Endpoint data fetched Jul 15, 2026, 11:25 PM UTC.

GLM 5.2 deployment guide

How to choose a GLM 5.2 inference provider

GLM 5.2 is indexed here as a text model by Z.ai, with 28 provider endpoints from DeepInfra, Inceptron, Baidu Qianfan, StreamLake, NovitaAI, and others. The comparison preserves each exact OpenRouter routing tag so pricing and performance observations can be connected to the route an application would actually request.

Match the endpoint to the workload

The model publishes a 1M-token context window. It accepts text input and returns text output. 21 distinct supported parameters appear across the listed routes. Confirm limits on the specific endpoint rather than assuming every host exposes the same configuration.

Compare the real request economics

Inceptron currently has the lowest estimated cost for the standard 1,000-input/500-output-token sample at $0.00239. Input-heavy and output-heavy applications can produce a different result, so review both per-million-token prices in the endpoint table.

Balance response start and generation speed

Weights & Biases currently has the shortest estimated 500-token response at 5.04 seconds. Decart is the single endpoint closest to the current ideal cost/speed combination. Recent observations can change, so validate finalists with your own prompts.