Claude Haiku 4.5 vs GLM-5
Anthropic against Z.ai (GLM), costed on the same three workloads. GLM-5 is cheaper on all three workloads.
Monthly bill, side by side
| Workload | Claude Haiku 4.5 | GLM-5 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Support chatbot 2,500 six-turn conversations a day |
$4,028 | $3,299 | $729 (+22%) |
| Document summariser 1,000 single-shot summaries a day |
$486 | $443 | $43.20 (+10%) |
| Coding agent 200 twelve-turn sessions a day |
$2,808 | $2,484 | $324 (+13%) |
No prompt caching and no batch discount on either side, so the comparison is like for like. Both figures assume 30 days a month.
The rate cards
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | GLM-5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Input, per 1M tokens | $1 | $1 |
| Output, per 1M tokens | $5 | $3.2 |
| Cached input | $0.1 | $0.2 |
| Context window | 200K | 200K |
| Maximum output | 64K | 128K |
| Reasoning model | yes | yes |
| Vision | yes | no |
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Full detail: Claude Haiku 4.5 pricing · GLM-5 pricing