Z.ai: GLM 4.5 Air

GLM-4.5-Air is the lightweight variant of our latest flagship model family, also purpose-built for agent-centric applications.

Context
131K
Max output
98K
Input price
$0.13/1M tokens
Output price
$0.85/1M tokens

Capabilities

Reasoning & Interaction
Reasoning
Tool Calling
Output Control
Structured Output
JSON Mode

Details

Model IDz-ai/glm-4.5-air
Provider OpenRouter
Creator z-ai
Familyglm-4.5
License—
Status—
Typechat
Input modalitiestext
Output modalitiestext
Open weight—
Parameters—
Architecture—
Context window131K tokens
Max input—
Max output98K tokens
Reasoning tokens—
Knowledge cutoff—
Release date
Sourceofficial

Tools

Function Callingfunction_calling
Call external functions and APIs

Pricing

Input
$0.13
Output
$0.85
Cache write
—
Cache read
$0.03
Batch in
—
Batch out
—

Family Comparison: glm-4.5

ModelContextMax outPricing
Z.ai: GLM 4.5 Air (free)131K96K—
Z.ai: GLM 4.5 Air131K98K$0.13$0.85
Z.ai: GLM 4.5131K98K$0.6$2.2
Z.ai: GLM 4.5V66K16K$0.6$1.8

API

GET/v1/models/openrouter/z-ai/glm-4.5-air

Z.ai: GLM 4.5 Air

z-ai/glm-4.5-air

GLM-4.5-Air is the lightweight variant of our latest flagship model family, also purpose-built for agent-centric applications.

Changes · 5 entries
z-ai/glm-4.5-airupdateab879c8Jun 18, 2026, 08:32 AM
max_output_tokens131070→98304
pricinginput$0.125→$0.13cached input$0.06→$0.025
z-ai/glm-4.5-airupdatebbc8212May 29, 2026, 12:04 AM
max_output_tokens98304→131070
pricinginput$0.13→$0.125cached input$0.025→$0.06
z-ai/glm-4.5-airupdate1cd659eMar 24, 2026, 04:19 AM
capabilitiesjson modeyes
z-ai/glm-4.5-airupdate2b100acMar 23, 2026, 05:30 AM
familyglm-4.5
model_typechat
release_date2025-07-25
taglineGLM-4.5-Air is the lightweight variant of our latest flag...
tools["function_calling"]
z-ai/glm-4.5-aircreate7f5c66fMar 21, 2026, 05:16 AM