GLM 5.2 Uncensored vs GLM-5.3 Uncensored
GLM-5.3 Uncensored costs less on both: $0.291 in and $0.873 out per million tokens, against $1.095 in and $4.68 out for GLM 5.2 Uncensored. Both on one key at UplinkSwitch, each next to its developer's list price.
Prices · per million tokens, USD
Get a key| Tokens | GLM 5.2 Uncensoredglm-5.2-uncensored | GLM-5.3 Uncensoredglm-5.3-uncensored |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $1.095no list price | $0.291no list price |
| Cached input | $0.2745no list price | $0.0825no list price |
| Output | $4.68no list price | $0.873no list price |
| Context window | 262,144 tokens | — |
| Max output | 65,536 tokens | — |
| Input | text | — |
| Formats | OpenAI SDK | OpenAI SDK |
| Developer | Z.ai | Z.ai |
List price: each developer's published rate, read October 2026. A model with no cached rate bills cached tokens at its input rate. Live from GET https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1/catalog.
What the same work costs · USD, here and at list
| Work | GLM 5.2 Uncensored | GLM-5.3 Uncensored |
|---|---|---|
| 1,000 chat requests | $4.53 | $1.02 |
| 100 long documents | $6.41 | $1.63 |
| A month of both, daily | $328.23 | $79.44 |
A chat request is 2,000 input and 500 output tokens; a long document is 50,000 in and 2,000 out; the month is 1,000 chats and 100 documents a day for 30 days, uncached. Over that month GLM-5.3 Uncensored costs $248.79 less here.
Same key, same URL
One base URL and one key serve both models. The GLM 5.2 Uncensored API and the GLM-5.3 Uncensored API answer at the same base URL in the OpenAI format, so a client or SDK setup moves between them by changing the model id. The request below calls GLM 5.2 Uncensored; put glm-5.3-uncensored in the model field to call GLM-5.3 Uncensored instead.
shell
curl https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1/chat/completions \
-H "authorization: Bearer sk-uplink-live-..." \
-H "content-type: application/json" \
-d '{"model":"glm-5.2-uncensored","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello"}]}'Model pages: GLM 5.2 Uncensored API, GLM-5.3 Uncensored API. More comparisons: Kimi K3 Uncensored vs GLM-5.3 Uncensored.
Questions
- Which costs less, GLM 5.2 Uncensored or GLM-5.3 Uncensored?
- GLM-5.3 Uncensored costs less on both: $0.291 in and $0.873 out per million tokens, against $1.095 in and $4.68 out for GLM 5.2 Uncensored.
- Can I switch between them by changing the model id?
- Yes. Both answer in the OpenAI SDK format at the same base URL with the same key. Change the model id from glm-5.2-uncensored to glm-5.3-uncensored and nothing else.
- Is there a subscription?
- No. Prepaid credit from $10, with no subscription or monthly fee. Each top-up locks your prices for 30 days.
- Is GLM 5.2 Uncensored the better pick?
- Better depends on the job; this page compares what the catalog can measure. GLM-5.3 Uncensored costs less on both: $0.291 in and $0.873 out per million tokens, against $1.095 in and $4.68 out for GLM 5.2 Uncensored. Both run on the same key, so the fair test is your own prompt sent to each model id.