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GLM 5.3 Flash API pricing Calculated from credits

GLM 5.3 Flash by LU Cloud (LU Labs) costs about €0.50 per 1M input tokens and €1.67 per 1M output tokens (1M in + 1M out = €2.17). Calculated from published credit rates, not an official per-token price; see below.

API model id
zai-org/GLM-5.3-Flash
Input / 1M
€0.50
Output / 1M
€1.67
Cached input / 1M
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Context window
1.05M
Notes
Calculated, not an official per-token price: LU Labs bills in credits (15,000 credits per 1M input, 50,000 per 1M output, published 2026-09-02), priced here at the cheapest generally available €15 one-time pack (450,000 credits). Monthly and annual plans give cheaper credits.
Source
https://locallyuncensored.com/blog/run-glm-5-3-locally.html
Provider type
Inference host (HQ: DE)
Regions
unknown
EU data residency
unknown — Operated by David Drobnitza (sole trader, Viersen, Germany). LU Labs says account data is hosted in the EU; it does not publish where inference runs.
Currency
EUR (as published, not converted)
Pricing type
Calculated, not an official per-token price. How.
Last verified
2026-10-26

How this price is calculated

API keys (base https://lu-labs.ai/api/inference/v1) always spend credits at these rates. 1 credit is defined by LU Labs as $0.00001 catalog value; buyers pay in EUR. Checked 2026-10-26. Sources: locallyuncensored.com/blog/run-glm-5-3-locally.html, lu-labs.ai/blog/how-to-use-lu-labs-cloud-on-a-mac, lu-labs.ai/pricing. Not used in cheapest-price answers.

Cost estimate

ProviderModelCost
LU Cloud (LU Labs)GLM 5.3 Flash€0.92

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