GLM-5 · requesty

GLM-5 is Zai’s new-generation flagship foundation model, designed for Agentic Engineering, capable of providing reliable productivity in complex system engineering and long-range Agent tasks. In terms of Coding and Agent capabilities, GLM-5 has achieved state-of-the-art (SOTA) performance in open source, with its usability in real programming scenarios approaching that of Claude Opus 4.5.

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Output, $/1M $3.20

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Context 200 000

Max output 128 000

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Last checked 04.11.2026 12:00:14 UTC

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API

OpenAI-compatible API: the official OpenAI SDKs work with this base URL. Replace YOUR_API_KEY with your key from the provider.

API base URL	`https://router.requesty.ai/v1`
Endpoint	`https://router.requesty.ai/v1/chat/completions`
Model id	`zai/GLM-5`

curl

curl https://router.requesty.ai/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model": "zai/GLM-5", "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}], "max_tokens": 256}'

Python

import requests

r = requests.post(
    "https://router.requesty.ai/v1/chat/completions",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"},
    json={
      "model": "zai/GLM-5",
      "messages": [
        {
          "role": "user",
          "content": "Hello!"
        }
      ],
      "max_tokens": 256
    },
)
print(r.json())

JavaScript

const r = await fetch("https://router.requesty.ai/v1/chat/completions", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {Authorization: "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "Content-Type": "application/json"},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "model": "zai/GLM-5",
    "messages": [
      {
        "role": "user",
        "content": "Hello!"
      }
    ],
    "max_tokens": 256
  }),
});
console.log(await r.json());

Request (JSON)

{
  "model": "zai/GLM-5",
  "messages": [
    {
      "role": "user",
      "content": "Hello!"
    }
  ],
  "max_tokens": 256
}

Response (JSON)

{
  "id": "chatcmpl-...",
  "object": "chat.completion",
  "model": "zai/GLM-5",
  "choices": [
    {
      "index": 0,
      "message": {
        "role": "assistant",
        "content": "Hi! How can I help?"
      },
      "finish_reason": "stop"
    }
  ],
  "usage": {
    "prompt_tokens": 9,
    "completion_tokens": 12,
    "total_tokens": 21
  }
}

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Provider's API documentation

Source: AI Rate Card, https://airatecard.com/en/c/offer%3Arequesty%7Czai/GLM-5, prices checked 2026-11-04; seller's page: https://requesty.ai

Technical details

ID: offer:requesty|zai/GLM-5