Is OpenRouter Z.ai: GLM 4.5 deprecated?
Yes. Z.ai: GLM 4.5 is deprecated and OpenRouter shuts it down on 2026-12-31 — in ~3 months.
What kind of model is this?
Tags describe what Z.ai: GLM 4.5 takes in, what it is built for and how you can get it. Modality, access and language tags follow OpenRouter's own documentation; tier and use-case tags are our reading of the line-up.
- Modality
- Use case
- Tier
- Access
Specifications
- Input price
- $0.60 / M tokens
- Output price
- $2.20 / M tokens
- Price band
- Standard
- Context window
- 131.1K tokens
- Max output
- unknown
- Input
- Text
- Output
- Text
- Knowledge cutoff
- unknown
- Tool use
- unknown
- Structured output
- unknown
- Weights licence
- MIT License
- Model maker
- Z.ai
“unknown” means the figure has not been published, or we have not verified it yet — never that the answer is no. “not published” under the weights licence means this model is not offered with downloadable weights. The price band is ours: it bands the blended price (three parts input to one part output) as budget (≤ $0.50), standard (≤ $3), premium (≤ $12) or flagship.
These figures come from OpenRouter's listing, not from the model maker's own price sheet. Treat them as the cost of routing through OpenRouter, not as an official tariff.
Lifecycle
- Released unknown
- Deprecated not announced OpenRouter has not published the date this happened
- Retired in ~3 months
What is it good for?
No editorial profile for this model yet. The specifications above come from OpenRouter's own documentation and the suggestions below are derived from the data — shared tags, tier and price band — not written by hand.
What to use instead of Z.ai: GLM 4.5
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Z.ai: GLM 5.2 Derived
Same provider, same tier (mid-tier), similar price, also open weights; shares chat, coding, reasoning and agents.
$0.966 in · $3.036 out / M tokens 1M context
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Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Derived
Same provider, same tier (mid-tier), similar price, also open weights; shares chat, coding, reasoning and agents.
$1.40 in · $4.40 out / M tokens 1.3M context
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MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 Derived
Same provider, same tier (mid-tier), close in price, also open weights; shares chat, coding, reasoning and agents.
$3.00 in · $15.00 out / M tokens 1M context
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Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview Derived
Same provider, same tier (mid-tier), similar price; shares chat, coding, reasoning and agents.
$0.50 in · $3.00 out / M tokens 1M context
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Kimi K2 Thinking Derived
Alternative from Amazon Bedrock, same tier (mid-tier), similar price, also open weights; shares chat, coding, reasoning and agents.
$0.60 in · $2.50 out / M tokens 256K context
Derived suggestions are ranked from the data — shared tags, the same tier and a comparable price band — not from benchmark scores. Check the capability fit yourself: we track lifecycle, price and specifications.
Sources
- openrouter.ai https://openrouter.ai/z-ai/glm-4.5
- openrouter.ai https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models
- openrouter.ai https://openrouter.ai/docs/guides/get-started/for-providers
Verified against the source on . Dataset snapshot . Providers can change a date without notice — the link above is always the final word.
Common questions
- Is Z.ai: GLM 4.5 deprecated?
- Yes. Z.ai: GLM 4.5 is deprecated and OpenRouter shuts it down on 2026-12-31 — in ~3 months.
- When does Z.ai: GLM 4.5 shut down?
- OpenRouter has announced 2026-12-31 as the shutdown date for Z.ai: GLM 4.5.
- What does Z.ai: GLM 4.5 cost?
- $0.60 per million input tokens and $2.20 per million output tokens, as last verified on 2026-09-10.
- What can I use instead of Z.ai: GLM 4.5?
- Active alternatives include OpenRouter Z.ai: GLM 5.2, OpenRouter Z.ai: GLM 5.3, OpenRouter MoonshotAI: Kimi K3.