GLM 5.3 credits
GLM 5.3 credits
A focused seven-day evaluation of GLM 5.3.
For individual developers using GLM 5.3 regularly.
For sustained coding, research and content workflows.
For intensive individual and small studio workloads.
Choose a billing path
Monthly plans suit repeatable usage; top-ups suit irregular demand. API requests and Playground conversations draw from the same visible credit budget, so compare completed work rather than token price alone.
First evaluation
Test a few representative prompts before committing.
02Steady personal work
Use a predictable monthly allowance for recurring work.
03Team workflow
Choose the larger monthly allowance for shared demand.
04Application traffic
Meter real requests and add credits for temporary peaks.
Top-ups never include a 5,000-credit tier. Choose 20K, 50K or 100K credits; each pack remains valid for 12 months.
Credit pack
Credit pack
Credit pack
Input
4.2 credits / 1K tokens
Output
13.2 credits / 1K tokens
Web search
30 credits / request
How credits work
One thousand credits equal one US dollar of usage value. A request deducts input and output credits from the same balance; optional web search adds its listed per-request charge. The usage shown after a response helps you compare real tasks instead of estimating from the prompt alone.
Monthly plans refill with the plan allowance at the start of each billing period, and unused subscription credits expire at the end of that period. Launch, Momentum and Scale top-ups remain valid for 12 months and can cover temporary spikes without changing the subscription.
Estimate a project by testing representative prompts and measuring completed work. Longer outputs, repeated attempts, search, tool loops and reviewer corrections can matter more than a headline token rate. Set request and output limits in API clients so an unexpected loop cannot consume an open-ended budget.
Subscriptions suit steady monthly work; top-ups suit irregular demand or a temporary evaluation. Credits are an internal usage unit rather than a cash balance and cannot be transferred between accounts. Review the checkout amount and plan terms before paying.