Qwen3.5 Plus vs GLM 5.3 Prime: API price and specs

Qwen3.5 Plus is 94% cheaper than Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Prime on input price.

Qwen3.5 Plus is 89% cheaper than Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Prime on output price.

Qwen3.5 Plus is 92% cheaper than Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Prime on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.

Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Prime has a 4.9% larger context than Qwen3.5 Plus.

Field	Qwen3.5 Plus	Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Prime
Lowest input, per 1M	$0.11	$1.82 +1560.6%
Median input, per 1M	$0.36	$2.80 +677.8%
Lowest output, per 1M	$0.66	$5.72 +769.8%
Median output, per 1M	$2.21	$8.80 +298.2%
Lowest unit price	—	—
Cost of 1M in + 200k out	$0.24	$2.96 +1129.3%
Context	1M +4.6%	1M
Max output	66K +50%	131K
Providers	18	5 +72.2%
Regions	GLOBAL	GLOBAL
Accepts	image, image/bmp, image/heic, image/jpeg, image/png, image/tiff, image/webp, pdf, text, video, video/mp4, video/quicktime, video/x-flv, video/x-matroska, video/x-ms-wmv, video/x-msvideo	text
Returns	text	text
Type	Text models	Text models
Free option	no	no
Cheapest provider	aihubmix	edenai

Your own workload: how many tokens the model gets (input) and gives back (output) - for example, in a month. The "Cost" row of the table above is recalculated for these numbers, for each model.

Computed from current offers each time the page opens; the best value of a row is bold, the percent is how far behind the best.

Providers selling both

aihubmix, edenai, kilo, openrouter, zenmux

Frequently asked questions

Which is cheaper, Qwen3.5 Plus or Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Prime?

Qwen3.5 Plus is 94% cheaper than Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Prime on input price. Qwen3.5 Plus is 89% cheaper than Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Prime on output price. Qwen3.5 Plus is 92% cheaper than Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Prime on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.

Which has the larger context, Qwen3.5 Plus or Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Prime?

Qwen3.5 Plus: 1M tokens; Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Prime: 1M tokens.

Where can I use both Qwen3.5 Plus and Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Prime?

aihubmix, edenai, kilo, openrouter, zenmux