Credit-basierter Coding-Plan für GLM-5.3 & GLM-5.3-Flash — Credits pro Woche, Off-Peak −50 %.

Lite

Name: z.ai — GLM Coding Plan
Brand: z.ai
Price: 18 USD
Availability: InStock

Monthly

Price/mo

$18

month

Credit pool

40K

month

Models

Value (API equivalence ÷ price)

≈ 3.50×

As of: Oct 30, 2026, 11:56 PMz.ai — GLM Coding Plan docs.z.ai docs.z.ai z.ai

What does the plan give you?#

Requests/month

4,298

GLM-5.3 · peak

Requests off-peak

8,595

50 % credits

Credits/month

40K

weekly credits × 4

Value

≈ 3.50×

API value

“Lite” costs $18/month and includes 40K credits — with GLM-5.3 that is about 4,298 requests/month at peak, or about 8,595 off-peak. The plan delivers more API value than it costs — it pays off especially for heavy users.

Peak Mon–Fri 06–10 UTC · Sat–Sun off-peak all day · off-peak = 50% credits.

Prices#

Price basis

USD = real costs in $: monthly price of the selected billing cycle ÷ monthly credits is the $ value per credit; fields and costs = credits × $/credit. Switching the cycle (discount) updates the USD prices accordingly. Off-peak = fewer credits → lower $ values.

Model	Input $/1M tokens	Cached $/1M tokens	Output $/1M tokens	≈ $/request	Requests/mo
GLM-5.3-FlashZ.ai · 1M tokens Off-Peak· 54:03:19	$0.0517	$0.0126	$0.18	$0.0007	26,059
GLM-5.3-FlashZ.ai · 1M tokens Peak· 54:03:19	$0.1035	$0.0252	$0.36	$0.0014	13,030
GLM-5.3Z.ai · 1M tokens Off-Peak· 54:03:19	$0.1552	$0.0382	$0.54	$0.0021	8,595
GLM-5.3Z.ai · 1M tokens Peak· 54:03:19	$0.3105	$0.0765	$1.08	$0.0042	4,298

Model overview#

All models included in z.ai — GLM Coding Plan — tier, context window and credits per 1M tokens.
Model	Provider	Tier	tokens	Input	Cached	Output
GLM-5.3	Z.ai	Peak	1M	690	170	2.4K
GLM-5.3	Z.ai	Off-Peak	1M	690	170	2.4K
GLM-5.3-Flash	Z.ai	Peak	1M	230	56	800
GLM-5.3-Flash	Z.ai	Off-Peak	1M	230	56	800

Plan comparison#

≈ Requests/mo: flagship model on the credit pool at monthly billing.
Plan	Lite	Pro	Max
Price/mo	$18	$80	$168
Quarterly (−20%)	$14.4	$64	$134.4
Yearly (−30%)	$12.6	$56	$117.6
Credit pool	10K week	60K week	140K week
Limits	5h: 2K · week: 10K	5h: 12K · week: 60K	5h: 28K · week: 140K
Commitment bonus	Jahr −30 % · Quartal −20 %	6× Lite usage	14× Lite usage
≈ Requests/mo	4,298	25,785	60,165
Value (API equivalence ÷ price)	≈ 3.50×	≈ 4.72×	≈ 5.25×

Changelog#

No changes.