GLM 5V Turbo API pricing
$4.80 in, $16.00 out per million tokens.
glm-5v-turbomanaged routeOpenAI SDK
Price · per million tokens, USD
Get a key| Tokens | Z.ai list price | UplinkSwitch | Saving |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input | — | $4.80 | — |
| Cached input | — | $0.96 | — |
| Output | — | $16.00 | — |
No list price on record.
Real-model check: Steady since Oct 20
GLM 5V Turbo: what it is · from Z.ai’s own model page, read 2026-10-20
Z.ai’s first multimodal coding model: it takes video, images, text and files, and writes code from them. Z.ai lists recreating a frontend from a mockup, GUI exploration with coding agents and debugging layouts from screenshots. It is served as glm-5v-turbo at $4.80 input and $16.00 output per million tokens, on the same key as every other model in the catalog.
| GLM 5V Turbo | |
|---|---|
| Developer | Z.ai |
| Parameters | not published |
| Context | 200K tokens, with up to 128K generated |
| License | not published (no open weights) |
| Source | Z.ai’s GLM-5V-Turbo page |
From Z.ai’s GLM-5V-Turbo page, read 2026-10-20.
curl
curl https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1/chat/completions \
-H "authorization: Bearer sk-uplink-live-..." \
-H "content-type: application/json" \
-d '{"model":"glm-5v-turbo","max_tokens":1024,"messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello"}]}'GLM 5V Turbo next to Z.ai’s other models · per million tokens, live
| Model | Here, in / out | 1,000 chat turns |
|---|---|---|
| GLM 5.3 FlashX | $0.0488 / $0.1625 | $0.18 |
| GLM 5.3 Flash | $0.09 / $0.15 | $0.26 |
| GLM-5.3 Flash Uncensored | $0.1086 / $0.3802 | $0.41 |
| GLM-4.7 Flash Uncensored | $0.12 / $0.60 | $0.54 |
| GLM 5.2 | $0.24 / $0.60 | $0.78 |
| GLM-5.3 Uncensored | $0.282 / $0.846 | $0.99 |
| GLM 5.3 | $0.3276 / $1.0296 | $1.17 |
| GLM 5.1 | $0.3824 / $1.2017 | $1.37 |
| GLM-5.3 Flash Cybersecurity | $0.525 / $1.75 | $1.93 |
| GLM-5.3 Flash Abliterated | $0.88 / $0.88 | $2.20 |
| GLM-5.3 Flash Apex Abliterated | $0.60 / $2.00 | $2.20 |
| GLM 4.5 Air | $0.56 / $3.44 | $2.84 |
| GLM 5.2 Uncensored | $1.095 / $4.68 | $4.53 |
| GLM-4.6 Derestricted v5 | $1.40 / $5.25 | $5.43 |
| GLM 4.7 Uncensored | $1.527 / $7.27 | $6.69 |
| GLM-5.3 Abliterated | $2.25 / $4.50 | $6.75 |
| GLM 5 | $3.80 / $10.20 | $12.70 |
| GLM-5.3 Flash Code Uncensored | $6.00 / $6.00 | $15.00 |
| GLM 5V Turbo | $4.80 / $16.00 | $17.60 |
A chat turn is 2,000 input and 500 output tokens. Live from the catalog, ordered by the cost of 1,000 turns.
Worked for GLM 5V Turbo: 1,000 turns are 2,000,000 input tokens and 500,000 output tokens. At $4.80 input and $16.00 output per million tokens, that is $9.60 + $8.00 = $17.60, paid from prepaid credit with no subscription.
GLM 5V Turbo API key · base URL and setup
- Create a key in the console at uplinkswitch.ai/console. Credit is prepaid from $10 with no subscription, and the key works at once.
- Point your SDK or tool at https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1, for example with OPENAI_BASE_URL, and send the key as the bearer token.
- Send glm-5v-turbo as the model. The same key calls every other model in the catalog.
Python · OpenAI SDK
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1",
api_key="sk-uplink-live-...",
)
completion = client.chat.completions.create(
model="glm-5v-turbo",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Summarize this in one line."}],
)
print(completion.choices[0].message.content)TypeScript · OpenAI SDK
import OpenAI from 'openai';
const client = new OpenAI({
baseURL: 'https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1',
apiKey: 'sk-uplink-live-...',
});
const completion = await client.chat.completions.create({
model: 'glm-5v-turbo',
messages: [{ role: 'user', content: 'Summarize this in one line.' }],
});
console.log(completion.choices[0].message.content);curl
curl https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1/chat/completions \
-H "authorization: Bearer sk-uplink-live-..." \
-H "content-type: application/json" \
-d '{"model":"glm-5v-turbo","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello"}]}'What would it cost? · paste a prompt, priced before you send it
Input is counted at about 4 characters per token.
Cheapest first. A real request is billed on the provider's own token count. Same estimate as JSON: POST https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1/estimate, no key needed.
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GLM 5V Turbo questions
GLM 5V Turbo is a model from Z.ai. Through UplinkSwitch it answers the OpenAI SDK on one key as glm-5v-turbo.
$4.80 per million input tokens and $16.00 per million output tokens, with cached input at $0.96.
It is pay as you go: prepaid credit from $10, with no subscription or monthly fee, billed per token. A 1,000-token prompt with a 500-token reply costs about $0.0128.
glm-5v-turbo. Send it as the model through the OpenAI SDK with base URL https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1.
Create one in the console at uplinkswitch.ai/console: prepaid credit from $10, no subscription, and the key is live at once. The same key calls GLM 5V Turbo and every other model in the catalog; send it as the bearer token with base URL https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1.
Every day each model gets the same test prompt, and the results are public on /proof. GLM 5V Turbo's latest result: Steady since Oct 20.
Yes: glm-5v-turbo on the OpenAI format at https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1, $4.80 input and $16.00 output per million tokens. No weights to download and no GPU of your own; the key also runs every other model in the catalog.
Not published, per Z.ai’s GLM-5V-Turbo page.
200K tokens, with up to 128K generated, per Z.ai’s GLM-5V-Turbo page.
No open weights are published; Z.ai serves it as a hosted model.
$1.76 for 100 chat turns of 2,000 input and 500 output tokens each, at $4.80 input and $16.00 output per million tokens, from prepaid credit with no subscription.