GLM 5.3 Flash
Access GLM 5.3 Flash through one API key. Z.ai Cheapest Multimodal GLM.
GLM 5.3 Flash is a native multimodal model from Z.ai suited for efficient coding and long-horizon agent tasks. Flash is for high-volume agents and coding tasks that also need to look at screenshots or video, at close to the lowest price on the platform.
No credit card required. Takes 30 seconds.
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Developers
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API calls served
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Endpoints
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Per call
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Send a message and see GLM 5.3 Flash respond in real time.
Maximum tokens in the response.
Real-time tokens
Context Window
1.3M tokens
Max Output
131K tokens
Input Price
$0.06 / 1M tokens
Output Price
$0.74 / 1M tokens
Strengths
$0.06 per 1M input and $0.74 per 1M output tokens.
Accepts text, images and video.
Handles up to 1,310,720 input tokens and returns up to 131,072 output tokens per call.
Sparse plus linear attention keeps long-context accuracy at low cost.
Quick start
Copy this snippet and start making calls with GLM 5.3 Flash.
const res = await fetch('https://api.yepapi.com/v1/ai/chat', {
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
},
body: JSON.stringify({
"model": "z-ai/glm-5.3-flash",
"messages": [
{
"role": "user",
"content": "Explain API gateways in 2 sentences."
}
],
"maxTokens": 256
}),
});
const { data } = await res.json();
console.log(data.message.content);Why use GLM 5.3 Flash through YepAPI?
GLM 5.3 Flash API — pricing, context window & access
GLM 5.3 Flash is a native multimodal model from Z.ai suited for efficient coding and long-horizon agent tasks. It pairs a 1,310,720-token context window with up to 131,072 output tokens per response, at $0.06 per 1M input and $0.74 per 1M output tokens through YepAPI.
Through YepAPI you call GLM 5.3 Flash on an OpenAI-compatible endpoint with a single key — the same key that reaches GPT-6, Claude, Gemini, Grok and the SEO, SERP and scraping APIs. Input: text, images, video.
What is GLM 5.3 Flash?
GLM 5.3 Flash is a native multimodal model from Z.ai suited for efficient coding and long-horizon agent tasks. Its hybrid sparse and linear attention architecture keeps long-context behaviour accurate while cutting cost to $0.06 / $0.74 per 1M tokens, with text, image and video input, a 1,310,720-token context window and up to 131,072 output tokens. It accepts text, images, video as input, handles up to 1,310,720 tokens of context and returns up to 131,072 output tokens per call.
Build with GLM 5.3 Flash via YepAPI
YepAPI serves GLM 5.3 Flash on the OpenAI-compatible /v1/ai/chat endpoint. Point your base URL at YepAPI, add your key, and set the model string to glm-5.3-flash (or the full z-ai/glm-5.3-flash). Function calling, structured outputs and reasoning settings pass straight through, and switching to any other model on the platform is a one-string change per request.
GLM 5.3 Flash API pricing — $0.06 / 1M input, $0.74 / 1M output
GLM 5.3 Flash costs $0.06 per 1M input tokens and $0.74 per 1M output tokens through YepAPI, pay per token with no minimums. Failed calls are never charged, and every request is itemised in your dashboard API Logs so you can see exactly what a 131,072-token response cost.
GLM 5.3 Flash use cases
Flash is for high-volume agents and coding tasks that also need to look at screenshots or video, at close to the lowest price on the platform.
Try GLM 5.3 Flash free
Every new YepAPI account includes $5 in free credit with no card required — enough to test GLM 5.3 Flash on your own prompts before committing to paid usage. Create an account, copy your key, and call glm-5.3-flash right away.
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$5 free credit on signup. No credit card required. Pay per call.
What developers say
“Switched from SerpAPI and cut our SERP costs by 80%. Same data quality, way simpler billing.”
“One API key for AI models, SERP data, and web scraping. Saved us from managing 4 separate providers.”
“The $5 free credit let us prototype our entire rank tracking feature before committing. No other API does that.”
Frequently asked questions
GLM 5.3 Flash is a native multimodal model from Z.ai suited for efficient coding and long-horizon agent tasks. Flash is for high-volume agents and coding tasks that also need to look at screenshots or video, at close to the lowest price on the platform.
Input tokens cost $0.06 per 1M tokens and output tokens cost $0.74 per 1M tokens through YepAPI. No monthly minimums — you only pay for what you use.
Sign up for a free API key, then send requests to the /v1/ai/chat endpoint.
GLM 5.3 Flash supports a 1.3M token context window with up to 131K output tokens per request.
Ready to use GLM 5.3 Flash?
$5 free credit on signup. No credit card required. Pay per call.
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