GLM 5.2 pricing: real cost per million tokens

What Zhipu's GLM 5.2 really costs across 5 plans from 4 providers: monthly fees, usable allowances and real per-token prices, against the official API list price and independent leaderboards.

Data updated · How real prices are computed

As of 2026-10-08, the cheapest way to use GLM 5.2 is Droid Max at a real cost of about $0.02771 per million tokens ($200/month for roughly 7.217B tokens a month). We track 5 plans and API channels that serve GLM 5.2.

Lowest real price
$0.02771/MTokDroid Max
API list price
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Most monthly tokens
7.217BDroid Max
Plans & APIs
55 subscriptions · 0 metered APIs
Maker
Zhipu
Model ID
glm-5.2
Providers
Command Code, Factory, Ollama, OpenCode
Leaderboards
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.3, Terminal-Bench 4.0 (AA), Code Arena | WebDev Overall, Agent Arena · Overall (Ranking / Pareto), DeepSWE v1.1

Plot GLM 5.2 on the price–capability chart →

GLM 5.2 plans and real prices

Real price = monthly fee ÷ tokens you can actually use in a month. “vs API” shows how many times cheaper than the official API list price (standard workload mix) the plan is. “Evidence” opens the full calculation and sources for that row.

Every tracked way to use GLM 5.2, cheapest first
PlanProviderBillingMonthly feeMonthly tokensReal $/MTokvs APIConfidenceData date
Droid MaxFactorySubscription$200/mo7.217B$0.02771—MediumEvidence ↓
Command Code GOATCommand CodeSubscription$10/mo0.226B$0.04417—MediumEvidence ↓
OpenCode GoOpenCodeSubscription$10/mo0.194B$0.05155—MediumEvidence ↓
Ollama MaxOllamaSubscription$100/mo0.97B$0.1031—MediumEvidence ↓
Ollama ProOllamaSubscription$20/mo0.194B$0.1031—MediumEvidence ↓

Behind each number

For every plan: the data date, the exact calculation, the quota basis, how leaderboard scores were mapped, and the original adoption evidence with its sources.

Droid MaxFactory$0.027712/MTok
Data date
2026-09-29 · derived; uses the data date of Droid Max · claude-opus-5.5
Real price / MTok
$0.027712
Monthly tokens
7,217,100,000 (7.217B)
Quota confidence
Medium
Calculation
$200 / month ÷ 7,217,100,000 tokens × 1,000,000 ≈ $0.027712 / MTok
Quota basis

Anthropic workload: 97% cache reads / 2.5% cache writes / 0.5% output

Benchmark mapping
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.3: Medium (2 configurations)
Terminal-Bench 4.0 (AA): Low (1 configuration)
Code Arena | WebDev Overall: Low (1 configuration)
Agent Arena · Overall (Ranking / Pareto): Low (1 configuration)
DeepSWE v1.1: Low (2 configurations)Mapping confidence: how directly each score refers to the model served here.

Adoption evidence · source and rationale (translated from the Chinese record)

Derived from same-plan claude-opus-5.5 2.526B × 2.857142857142857

Factory official multipliers Opus 5.5 1.6× / glm-5.2 0.56×: the same Standard Usage pool scaled by multiplier — not a measurement of this model; inherits the Opus 5.5 row's Anthropic-tier workload, not recomputed for each model's own price gap; docs.factory.ai/docs/models; droid-model-multipliers-2026-09-29.json; Droid Core models draw Standard Usage first, then a separate free open-source pool applies (independent cap unmeasured); this value counts only the Standard Usage part

Command Code GOATCommand Code$0.0441696/MTok
Data date
2026-09-30 · official source date
Real price / MTok
$0.0441696
Monthly tokens
226,400,000 (0.226B)
Quota confidence
Medium
Calculation
$10 / month ÷ 226,400,000 tokens × 1,000,000 ≈ $0.0441696 / MTok
Quota basis

Standard workload: 97% cache reads / 2.5% input / 0.5% output

Benchmark mapping
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.3: Medium (2 configurations)
Terminal-Bench 4.0 (AA): Low (1 configuration)
Code Arena | WebDev Overall: Low (1 configuration)
Agent Arena · Overall (Ranking / Pareto): Low (1 configuration)
DeepSWE v1.1: Low (2 configurations)Mapping confidence: how directly each score refers to the model served here.

Adoption evidence · source and rationale (translated from the Chinese record)

https://commandcode.ai/docs/plans/goat official per-model allowance and three-part pricing; https://commandcode.ai/pricing; $10->$70 credits; code-subscriptions-round1-2026-09-06.json; goat-opencode-catalogs-round3-2026-09-30.json

Added 226.4M: min(shared monthly pool $70, model allowance $70) ÷ project standard-workload weighted price; official three-part pricing. Processing fee ignored; allowances of different models in the same plan are not additive; no usage-panel token+% screenshot — computed from official absolute credits and the price list

OpenCode GoOpenCode$0.0515464/MTok
Data date
2026-09-30 · official source date
Real price / MTok
$0.0515464
Monthly tokens
194,000,000 (0.194B)
Quota confidence
Medium
Calculation
$10 / month ÷ 194,000,000 tokens × 1,000,000 ≈ $0.0515464 / MTok
Quota basis

Standard workload: 97% cache reads / 2.5% input / 0.5% output

Benchmark mapping
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.3: Medium (2 configurations)
Terminal-Bench 4.0 (AA): Low (1 configuration)
Code Arena | WebDev Overall: Low (1 configuration)
Agent Arena · Overall (Ranking / Pareto): Low (1 configuration)
DeepSWE v1.1: Low (2 configurations)Mapping confidence: how directly each score refers to the model served here.

Adoption evidence · source and rationale (translated from the Chinese record)

https://opencode.ai/docs/go/ official per-model Usage and three-part pricing; opencode-go-round5-2026-09-06.json; goat-opencode-catalogs-round3-2026-09-30.json

Added 194M: min(shared monthly pool $60, model Usage $60) ÷ project standard-workload weighted price; single official tier. The official request counts serve only as a cross-check and are no longer the primary allowance figure; allowances of different models in the same plan are not additive

Ollama MaxOllama$0.103072/MTok
Data date
2026-09-06 · official source date
Real price / MTok
$0.103072
Monthly tokens
970,200,000 (0.97B)
Quota confidence
Medium
Calculation
$100 / month ÷ 970,200,000 tokens × 1,000,000 ≈ $0.103072 / MTok
Quota basis

Standard workload: 97% cache reads / 2.5% input / 0.5% output

Benchmark mapping
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.3: Medium (2 configurations)
Terminal-Bench 4.0 (AA): Low (1 configuration)
Code Arena | WebDev Overall: Low (1 configuration)
Agent Arena · Overall (Ranking / Pareto): Low (1 configuration)
DeepSWE v1.1: Low (2 configurations)Mapping confidence: how directly each score refers to the model served here.

Adoption evidence · source and rationale (translated from the Chinese record)

https://ollama.com/pricing official usage credits and three-part pricing; https://ollama.com/blog/transparent-pricing; code-subscriptions-round1-2026-09-06.json; ollama-deepseek-v41-round1-2026-09-11.json

Added 970.2M: shared monthly pool $300 ÷ project standard-workload weighted price; official three-part pricing. Allowances of different models in the same plan are not additive (assuming the shared pool is used up on a single model); no usage-panel token+% screenshot — computed from official absolute credits and the price list

Ollama ProOllama$0.103093/MTok
Data date
2026-09-06 · official source date
Real price / MTok
$0.103093
Monthly tokens
194,000,000 (0.194B)
Quota confidence
Medium
Calculation
$20 / month ÷ 194,000,000 tokens × 1,000,000 ≈ $0.103093 / MTok
Quota basis

Standard workload: 97% cache reads / 2.5% input / 0.5% output

Benchmark mapping
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.3: Medium (2 configurations)
Terminal-Bench 4.0 (AA): Low (1 configuration)
Code Arena | WebDev Overall: Low (1 configuration)
Agent Arena · Overall (Ranking / Pareto): Low (1 configuration)
DeepSWE v1.1: Low (2 configurations)Mapping confidence: how directly each score refers to the model served here.

Adoption evidence · source and rationale (translated from the Chinese record)

https://ollama.com/pricing official usage credits and three-part pricing; https://ollama.com/blog/transparent-pricing; code-subscriptions-round1-2026-09-06.json; ollama-deepseek-v41-round1-2026-09-11.json

Added 194M: shared monthly pool $60 ÷ project standard-workload weighted price; official three-part pricing. Allowances of different models in the same plan are not additive (assuming the shared pool is used up on a single model); no usage-panel token+% screenshot — computed from official absolute credits and the price list

GLM 5.2 benchmark scores

Highest archived configuration per leaderboard; ranks are among all models each board archives in this dataset. Scores are never mixed across boards.

GLM 5.2 on independent leaderboards
LeaderboardMetricScoreRankConfigurationEffortHarnessConfigsSnapshot
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.3Intelligence Index33.71#36 / 60GLM-5.2 (max)Max—22026-10-01
Terminal-Bench 4.0 (AA)Resolution Rate %1.01#41 / 53Artificial Analysis - GLM-5.2 (max)MaxArtificial Analysis12026-10-01
Code Arena | WebDev OverallArena Score1,605#21 / 54glm-5.2-maxMax—12026-09-30
Agent Arena · Overall (Ranking / Pareto)Net Improvement %3.64#15 / 39GLM 5.2 (Max)Max—12026-09-30
DeepSWE v1.1Pass@1 %43.78#28 / 33mini-swe-agent - glm-5-2 (max)Maxmini-swe-agent22026-09-03

Every archived configuration

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.3 2 configurations
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.3: every archived configuration (Intelligence Index)
ConfigurationScoreScore intervalHarness / effort / modeSource task cost (mean / median)CheckedLinks
GLM-5.2 (max)33.7055—— / Max / —— / —2026-10-01Source · Archive
GLM-5.2 (non-reasoning) [AA estimate]GLM-5.2 (non-reasoning)Marked intelligenceIndexIsEstimated=true in AA embedded payload; retained as estimate, not treated as fully measured.22.4323 AA estimate—— / — / —— / —2026-10-01Source · Archive
Terminal-Bench 4.0 (AA) 1 configuration
Terminal-Bench 4.0 (AA): every archived configuration (Resolution Rate %)
ConfigurationScoreScore intervalHarness / effort / modeSource task cost (mean / median)CheckedLinks
Artificial Analysis - GLM-5.2 (max)AA's own-harness independent measurement of Terminal-Bench 4.0 (the terminalBench40 field in the models-board payload, fraction×100); scored separately from the official tbench.ai board.1.0101—Artificial Analysis / Max / —— / —2026-10-01Source · Archive
Code Arena | WebDev Overall 1 configuration
Code Arena | WebDev Overall: every archived configuration (Arena Score)
ConfigurationScoreScore intervalHarness / effort / modeSource task cost (mean / median)CheckedLinks
glm-5.2-max1,6051,598.6 – 1,611.4— / Max / —— / —2026-10-01Source · Archive
Agent Arena · Overall (Ranking / Pareto) 1 configuration
Agent Arena · Overall (Ranking / Pareto): every archived configuration (Net Improvement %)
ConfigurationScoreScore intervalHarness / effort / modeSource task cost (mean / median)CheckedLinks
GLM 5.2 (Max)3.642.9 – 4.38— / Max / —— / $0.762026-10-01Source · Archive
DeepSWE v1.1 2 configurations
DeepSWE v1.1: every archived configuration (Pass@1 %)
ConfigurationScoreScore intervalHarness / effort / modeSource task cost (mean / median)CheckedLinks
mini-swe-agent - glm-5-2 (max)43.777842.052 – 45.503mini-swe-agent / Max / —$3.92 / $3.4642026-09-12Source · Archive
mini-swe-agent - glm-5-2 (high)36.283231.533 – 41.033mini-swe-agent / High / —$2.836 / $2.252026-09-12Source · Archive

These are reference mappings, not benchmarks of a subscription or API channel. Harness and quota-measurement effort alignment are unverified. Source task costs are not subscription task costs.

Frequently asked questions

How much does GLM 5.2 really cost per million tokens?

Measured as monthly fee ÷ tokens you can actually use, GLM 5.2 ranges from $0.02771 (Droid Max) to $0.1031 (Ollama Pro) per million tokens.

Which subscription gives the most GLM 5.2 usage?

Droid Max allows roughly 7.217B tokens of GLM 5.2 per month for $200.

How does GLM 5.2 score on independent leaderboards?

GLM 5.2 has scores on 5 leaderboards; its strongest placement is 3.64 (Net Improvement %) on Agent Arena · Overall (Ranking / Pareto), #15 of 39 models tracked.

Who makes GLM 5.2, and where can I use it?

GLM 5.2 (model ID glm-5.2) is made by Zhipu and is available through Command Code, Factory, Ollama, OpenCode.

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