Updated 9 Nov · updated in the last 30 hours

Z.ai GLM 4.6: price cut input $0.550 → $0.500 per 1M tokens (-9 %), output $2.20 → $2.00 per 1M tokens (-9 %)

On the listed price of Z.ai GLM 4.6 changed: input $0.550 → $0.500 per 1M tokens (-9 %); output $2.20 → $2.00 per 1M tokens (-9 %). A later check on confirmed it. Prices as listed in the United States.

What changed

Z.ai GLM 4.6 is cheaper on OpenRouter. Source: price page as read.

What it does to a task

Standard tasks, visible output only, no cache discount; month = 20 tasks an hour around the clock.

Price change: Published input and output rates before and now; both money axes start at zero. Published rates · GLM 4.6 The same token volumes are priced before and after the confirmed rate change. Published rates · USD per million tokens. Open circle: before. Filled circle: now.
Price change.Published rates · GLM 4.6 The same token volumes are priced before and after the confirmed rate change. Published rates · USD per million tokens. Open circle: before. Filled circle: now. Open image · Explore the chart · Measured Lab · CC BY 4.0
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TaskPer task, beforePer task, nowPer month, beforePer month, now
L1 · Micro-task (classification or strict JSON extraction)$0.0013$0.0011$18.47$16.79
L2 · Deep analysis over a 50,000-token document$0.094$0.085$1,373.13$1,248.30
L3 · Agentic coding loop, 15 steps$0.743$0.676$10,852.55$9,865.95

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Published rates · GLM 4.6

What the price change does to your bill

The same token volumes are priced before and after the confirmed rate change.

Input / 1M tokens$0.55 → $0.50$0.00$1.00$2.00$3.00Output / 1M tokens$2.20 → $2.00$0.00$1.00$2.00$3.00Input / 1M tokens$0.55 → $0.50$0.00$1.00$2.00$3.00Output / 1M tokens$2.20 → $2.00$0.00$1.00$2.00$3.00

Published rates · USD per million tokens. Open circle: before. Filled circle: now.

Before$1,373.13Now$1,248.30$0$500$1,000$1,500Before$1,373.13Now$1,248.30$0$500$1,000$1,500
Fresh inputVisible output

159,000 input + 3,000 visible output tokens per task. No cache discount; hidden reasoning excluded.

$124.83 less per month at 14,600 tasks.

Before$18.47Now$16.79$0$5$10$15$20Before$18.47Now$16.79$0$5$10$15$20
Fresh inputVisible output

1,500 input + 200 visible output tokens per task. No cache discount; hidden reasoning excluded.

$1.68 less per month at 14,600 tasks.

Before$10,852.55Now$9,865.95$0$5,000$10,000$15,000Before$10,852.55Now$9,865.95$0$5,000$10,000$15,000
Fresh inputVisible output

1,315,500 input + 9,000 visible output tokens per task. No cache discount; hidden reasoning excluded.

$986.60 less per month at 14,600 tasks.

Assumption: 20 tasks/hour × 730 hours. No cache discount; hidden reasoning excluded.

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Confirmed price change

First seen and confirmed are different dates.

  1. Before
  2. First seen
  3. Confirmed
Published rate / 1MBeforeNow
Input$0.55$0.50
Output$2.20$2.00

A second measurement on a later date confirmed each new rate. The dates describe our readings, not a provider announcement date.

Sources: this page; published model prices (data (JSON)); task assumptions (data (JSON)). Published prices · Observed responses · Calculated scenarios · Assumptions stated with each chart.