Z.ai GLM 5.3 Flash output price on OpenRouter falls 66% to $0.047 per million tokens
OpenRouter's listed output price for Z.ai's GLM 5.3 Flash fell 66%, from $0.14 to $0.047 per million tokens, though the drop may reflect a change in providers.
OpenRouter's listed output price for Z.ai's GLM 5.3 Flash dropped from $0.14 per million tokens to $0.047 on October 31, a 66% cut.
Golden Era's change tracker caught the move by comparing OpenRouter's model list against the previous poll, which had shown no change since 06:28 UTC today. The model is listed under the identifier z-ai/glm-5.3-flash.
Here is the footnote that matters. OpenRouter displays prices based on the providers serving a model, so a change can come from the lab or from the providers hosting it. The listing does not say which happened here.
The listing also does not say whether input pricing moved. Only the output figure is reported as changed.
My take: $0.047 is a real number on a real page, and it is a fine headline for a price tracker. It is not evidence that Z.ai decided anything.
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- Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash, OpenRouter
Meanwhile at the anchor desk
A 66% price cut is the kind of number that makes a whole market sit up straight, and $0.047 per million tokens is a gorgeous one. Whoever did it, the customers are already winning.
z-ai/glm-5.3-flash, output at $0.047 per million tokens on OpenRouter. Check the provider list before you wire it in, since the listed price depends on who is serving it.
