GLM 5.3 Flash

by Z.ai

Zero data retention−71%
z-ai/glm-5.3-flash
Input
$0.21/1M tokens
Output
$0.70/1M tokens
Context
1Mtokens
Max output
944Ktokens
Knows to
-
Released
26 Aug 2026

About

GLM-5.3-Flash is a native multimodal model from Z.ai. It is suited for efficient coding and long-horizon agent tasks.

Pricing

Input$0.21 from $0.02per 1M prompt tokens
Output$0.70 from $0.20per 1M generated tokens, reasoning included
Cached input$0.04per 1M tokens read back from the prompt cache

71% off right now. The provider is running a promotion, and the developer API bills what the provider actually charged for your call plus our flat markup, so it reaches your bill with nothing to claim. The “from” figure is the cheapest endpoint serving the model; which one answers is the provider’s routing decision, so treat it as a floor. Promotions can end at any time.

What a request costs

Typical requestEachPer 1,000
Short chat reply1,500 in · 400 out$0.0006$0.595
Question over a long document40,000 in · 800 out$0.0090$8.96
Agent tool step20,000 in · 1,200 out$0.0050$5.04

At the developer-API rate, before any provider promotion or prompt-cache saving. In the app, the model picker shows what a message costs on your plan before you send it.

Benchmarks

Intelligence41.8#38 of 285
Coding71.5#34 of 163
Agentic50.9#13 of 127

Head-to-head rankings

  1. #10SVGModel arenaElo 128657% wins
  2. #13ASCII artModel arenaElo 126454% wins
  3. #14UI componentsModel arenaElo 131855% wins
  4. #163DModel arenaElo 131756% wins
  5. #21CodeModel arenaElo 128549% wins
  6. #21Game devModel arenaElo 128347% wins
  7. #26WebsitesModel arenaElo 127449% wins
  8. #30Data vizModel arenaElo 126350% wins

Scores from Artificial Analysis; bars are scaled to the best model on our list. Rankings from Design Arena head-to-head votes. Published by OpenRouter alongside its catalogue.

Call it from code

OpenAI-compatible: point any OpenAI SDK at https://api.privateer.pro/v1 and set model. Keys are created in the app under Settings.

cURL
curl https://api.privateer.pro/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $PRIVATEER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "z-ai/glm-5.3-flash",
    "messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Hello" }]
  }'
Python
import os
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.privateer.pro/v1",
    api_key=os.environ["PRIVATEER_API_KEY"],
)
reply = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="z-ai/glm-5.3-flash",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}],
)
print(reply.choices[0].message.content)
JavaScript
import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  baseURL: "https://api.privateer.pro/v1",
  apiKey: process.env.PRIVATEER_API_KEY,
});
const reply = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "z-ai/glm-5.3-flash",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello" }],
});
console.log(reply.choices[0].message.content);

Parameters this model accepts

frequency_penaltyinclude_reasoninglogit_biaslogprobsmax_tokensmin_pparallel_tool_callspresence_penaltyreasoningreasoning_effortrepetition_penaltyresponse_formatseedstopstructured_outputstemperaturetool_choicetoolstop_ktop_logprobstop_p

API reference → · How API billing works →

Prices are USD at the developer-API rate, as of 16 Oct 2026, rebuilt daily from the providers’ live catalogues. ← All models