Is Z.ai: GLM 4.5V or Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 cheaper?

Z.ai: GLM 4.5V is cheaper on output tokens ($1.80 vs $25.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Z.ai: GLM 4.5V or Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5?

Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 has the larger context window (200K tokens).

Z.ai: GLM 4.5V vs Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5

Z.ai: GLM 4.5V is cheaper on output tokens, while Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 offers a larger context window. Choose Z.ai: GLM 4.5V or Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Z.ai: GLM 4.5V	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5
Provider	Kilo Gateway	Kilo Gateway
Input / 1M tokens	$0.60	$5.00
Output / 1M tokens	$1.80	$25.00
Context window	66K	200K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	Yes	No
Released	Aug 2025	Nov 2025

Z.ai: GLM 4.5V details →Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 details →

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