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Z.ai's GLM-5.2 model sees major price hike

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The Token Ledger has reported a significant price increase for Z.ai's GLM-5.2 model. The prompt price has risen from $0.60 to $1.40 per 1 million tokens, and the completion price has jumped from $2.00 to $4.40 per 1 million tokens. This represents an increase of $3.20 per 1 million tokens, prompting developers to re-evaluate cost budgets for high-volume or latency-critical applications using this model. AI

IMPACT Developers using GLM-5.2 should re-evaluate costs or consider alternative models due to a significant price increase.

RANK_REASON Price change announcement for an existing model.

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Z.ai's GLM-5.2 model sees major price hike

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  1. dev.to — LLM tag TIER_1 Dansk(DA) · 4663437Mehdi ·

    Token Ledger Digest – 2026-09-17

    <h1> Token Ledger Digest – 2026-09-17 </h1> <p><strong>Most cost‑impacting change:</strong> Z.ai’s GLM 5.2 saw its prompt price rise from $0.60 to $1.40 per 1M tokens and completion from $2.00 to $4.40 per 1M tokens – a <strong>+$3.20/M</strong> increase. Developers running laten…

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