Zhipu AI (Z.ai)

GLM-4.5-Air

Generally availableOpen weights131K contextReasoning

Summary

GLM-4.5-Air is an open-weight language model from Zhipu AI (Z.ai), released on 28 Jul 2025. It accepts text and generates text, with a 131K-token context window and up to 98K output tokens per response. As of 4 Oct 2026, the lowest listed API price is $0.13 per million input tokens and $0.85 per million output tokens (Novita AI), across 6 providers we track.

Lighter GLM-4.5 variant for fast coding assistance and cheaper agents

Last verified 4 Oct 2026. Every figure on this page links to its source.

Specifications

DeveloperZhipu AI (Z.ai)
Release date28 Jul 2025 [models.dev]
StatusGenerally available [models.dev]
WeightsOpen weights [Hugging Face]
Licensemit [Hugging Face]
Parameters110B [Hugging Face]
Context window131K (131,072 tokens) [models.dev]
Max output98K tokens [models.dev]
Knowledge cutoffApr 2025 [models.dev]
InputText [models.dev]
OutputText [models.dev]
Reasoning modeYes [models.dev]
Tool callingYes [models.dev]
Hugging Facezai-org/GLM-4.5-Air [Hugging Face]

GLM-4.5-Air API pricing by provider

USD per million tokens. Sorted by input price.

ProviderInputOutputCached inputContextSource
Novita AI
zai-org/glm-4.5-air
$0.13$0.85$0.03131Kmodels.dev, 4 Oct 2026
Hugging Face Inference Providers
zai-org/GLM-4.5-Air
$0.13$0.85–131Kmodels.dev, 4 Oct 2026
OpenRouter
z-ai/glm-4.5-air
$0.13$0.85$0.03131KOpenRouter, 4 Oct 2026
SiliconFlow
zai-org/GLM-4.5-Air
$0.14$0.86–131Kmodels.dev, 4 Oct 2026
Z.ai API
glm-4.5-air
$0.20$1.10$0.03131Kmodels.dev, 4 Oct 2026
Vercel AI Gateway
zai/glm-4.5-air
$0.20$1.10$0.03128Kmodels.dev, 4 Oct 2026

Frequently asked questions

What is the context window of GLM-4.5-Air?

GLM-4.5-Air has a context window of 131,072 tokens (131K) and can generate up to 98,304 tokens in a single response, according to models.dev.

How much does the GLM-4.5-Air API cost?

Through Z.ai API, GLM-4.5-Air costs $0.20 per million input tokens and $1.10 per million output tokens. The lowest listed price is $0.13 input / $0.85 output through Novita AI. Prices last verified 4 Oct 2026.

Is GLM-4.5-Air open source?

GLM-4.5-Air is an open-weight model: its weights are published on Hugging Face as zai-org/GLM-4.5-Air under the mit license. Check the license terms before commercial use.

When was GLM-4.5-Air released?

Zhipu AI (Z.ai) released GLM-4.5-Air on 28 Jul 2025, according to models.dev.

Which providers offer GLM-4.5-Air?

We track GLM-4.5-Air on 6 providers: Novita AI, Hugging Face Inference Providers, OpenRouter, SiliconFlow, Z.ai API, Vercel AI Gateway.

Change history

No changes detected since we started tracking this model. We re-check every source daily.

Sources