AllocateGLM 4.5 Air vs Glm 4.5 Air Fp8
On provider list prices, GLM 4.5 Air costs $0.20 per million input tokens against $0.20 for Glm 4.5 Air Fp8: effectively level. Output is $1.10 against $1.10. On Allocate both bill at list plus the 7% transaction fee.
Specifications and provider list prices from the Allocate catalog, checked 2026-07-08. Billed price is list plus the 7% transaction fee.
What the numbers say
Take 1,000,000 requests a month at 1,200 input and 350 output tokens each. That workload costs $625 a month on GLM 4.5 Air and $625 on Glm 4.5 Air Fp8 at list: a gap of $0.
Choose GLM 4.5 Air for
- Fine-tuning under a permissive license (MIT)
- Published cached-input pricing ($0.03 per M tokens)
Common questions
Which is cheaper, GLM 4.5 Air or Glm 4.5 Air Fp8?
GLM 4.5 Air, on this workload shape. At list prices it is $0.20/$1.10 per million tokens in and out against $0.20/$1.10 for Glm 4.5 Air Fp8. Billed on Allocate: $0.21/$1.18 against $0.21/$1.18, list plus 7%.
Which has the bigger context window?
They match: both read 131,072 tokens (128K) per request.
Can I fine-tune GLM 4.5 Air or Glm 4.5 Air Fp8?
Both publish open weights (GLM 4.5 Air: MIT; Glm 4.5 Air Fp8: MIT), so both can be fine-tuned. On Allocate the trained weights stay inside your boundary and belong to you.
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Run the numbers on your workload
Or don’t choose. On Allocate a route name is the contract: point yours at one model today, swap to the other tomorrow, and compare them on your live traffic with per-token metering.