GLM-5.3

by Z.ai

Released 63 days after GLM-5.2 · All Z.ai releases

GLM-5.3 is Z.ai's flagship coding and agentic model, post-trained on the GLM-5.2 base (753B MoE): 1M-token context, 128K output, text-only, reasoning always on with a low/high/max effort ladder.

Key info

Input
Output
Features
Context window
1M
Max output
131K
Input price
$1.20 /1M
Output price
$4.00 /1M
Released
  • EU residency available
  • US residency available
  • Zero data retention on pay-as-you-go
  • No training by default
  • GDPR DPA available

Available routes

GLM-5.3 runs on 9 different routes through the Opper gateway. Compare residency, ZDR, and training posture at a glance — full data-handling detail per route below.

ProviderRegionZero data retentionTrainingInputOutput
USZero data retentionNo$1.20$4.00
USNot by defaultNo$1.40$4.40
EUZero data retentionNo$1.16$4.65
MultiZero data retentionNo (opt-in)$1.40$4.40
USNot by defaultNo$1.25$4.40
USZero data retentionNo$1.40$4.40
EUZero data retentionNo$1.20$4.20
EUZero data retentionNo$1.75$4.50
USZero data retentionNo$1.19$4.40

Uptime and availability

GLM-5.3 runs on 2 independently monitored routes through the Opper gateway. A direct integration leaves you on one of them, the gateway serves whichever is healthy.

100%effective uptime, last 30 days
Averaged across these routes on their own, a single provider reached 100% over the same window.
Daily status through the gateway, which serves each request from whichever route is healthy.
2 monitored providers serve GLM-5.3.

Measured over the last 30 days from each provider's official status feed via StatusGator. Refreshed hourly. 7 further routes for this model are not on the board yet and are not counted above. See uptime for every provider Opper monitors.

Data handling per route

Each route hosting GLM-5.3 has its own privacy posture, residency, and GDPR terms. Postures are maintained by Opper with a last-verification timestamp.

DeepInfra United States🇺🇸

Zero data retention is on by default on Pay-as-you-go — no action required. No training on customer data. US; unknown; DPA available.

Zero data retention
On by default on Pay-as-you-go. Derived from the logging and moderation facts.
Training
No training on customer data.
Logging
None
Moderation
Not established
Caching
Not established
Subprocessor access
Not established
GDPR DPA
DPA available
Transfer mechanism
unknown

DigitalOcean United States🇺🇸

Zero data retention is not on by default — a moderation hold applies. No training on customer data. US; dpf sccs; DPA available.

Zero data retention
Not by default — a moderation hold applies. Derived from the logging and moderation facts.
Training
No training on customer data.
Logging
None
Moderation
Holds content for review
Caching
Content cached for replay
Subprocessor access
No subprocessor reads content
GDPR DPA
DPA available
Transfer mechanism
dpf sccs

Melious Germany🇩🇪

Zero data retention is on by default on Pay-as-you-go — no action required. No training on customer data. EU; DPA available.

Zero data retention
On by default on Pay-as-you-go. Derived from the logging and moderation facts.
Training
No training on customer data.
Logging
None
Moderation
Not established
Caching
Not established
Subprocessor access
Not established
GDPR DPA
DPA available
Transfer mechanism
Not applicable — data stays in EU

Modal Multi-region

Zero data retention is on by default on Pay-as-you-go — no action required. No training by default; opt-in possible. GLOBAL; SCCs; DPA available.

Zero data retention
On by default on Pay-as-you-go. Derived from the logging and moderation facts.
Training
No training by default; opt-in possible.
Logging
None
Moderation
Not established
Caching
Content cached for replay
Subprocessor access
Not established
GDPR DPA
DPA available
Transfer mechanism
SCCs

Morph United States🇺🇸

Zero data retention is not on by default — abuse monitoring, 30-day retention. No training on customer data. US; SCCs; DPA available.

Zero data retention
Not by default — abuse monitoring, 30-day retention. Derived from the logging and moderation facts.
Training
No training on customer data.
Logging
Abuse monitoring (30-day retention)
Moderation
Not established
Caching
Not established
Subprocessor access
Not established
GDPR DPA
DPA available
Transfer mechanism
SCCs

Novita United States🇺🇸

Zero data retention is on by default on Pay-as-you-go — no action required. No training on customer data. US; SCCs; DPA available.

Zero data retention
On by default on Pay-as-you-go. Derived from the logging and moderation facts.
Training
No training on customer data.
Logging
None
Moderation
Not established
Caching
Not established
Subprocessor access
Not established
GDPR DPA
DPA available
Transfer mechanism
SCCs

Sference United Kingdom🇬🇧

Zero data retention is on by default on Pay-as-you-go — no action required. No training on customer data. EEA; SCCs; DPA available.

Zero data retention
On by default on Pay-as-you-go. Derived from the logging and moderation facts.
Training
No training on customer data.
Logging
None
Moderation
Not established
Caching
Not established
Subprocessor access
No subprocessor reads content
GDPR DPA
DPA available
Transfer mechanism
SCCs

TensorX European Union🇪🇺

Zero data retention is on by default on Pay-as-you-go — no action required. No training on customer data. EU; DPA available.

Zero data retention
On by default on Pay-as-you-go. Derived from the logging and moderation facts.
Training
No training on customer data.
Logging
None
Moderation
Not established
Caching
Not established
Subprocessor access
Not established
GDPR DPA
DPA available
Transfer mechanism
Not applicable — data stays in EU

Wafer United States🇺🇸

Zero data retention is on by default on Pay-as-you-go — no action required. No training on customer data. US; SCCs; DPA available.

Zero data retention
On by default on Pay-as-you-go. Derived from the logging and moderation facts.
Training
No training on customer data.
Logging
None
Moderation
Not established
Caching
Not established
Subprocessor access
Not established
GDPR DPA
DPA available
Transfer mechanism
SCCs

Benchmarks

Independent benchmark scores — composite indices for reasoning, coding, and math, plus individual eval scores where available.

Global rank#20 of 633 LLMs
TierStrong
Output speed61 tok/s
First token2.67s
Intelligence Index44.9
Coding Index74.8
Reasoning & knowledge
GPQA Diamond
92%
Humanity's Last Exam
42%
Long-context reasoning
80%
Coding
SciCode
59%

Get started

Call GLM-5.3 through the Opper gateway with one API key. Let your coding agent set it up, or call it directly — Opper is drop-in compatible with the OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google AI SDKs.

Set it up with your agent

Copy this and paste it into a coding agent like Claude Code, Cursor or Codex and it'll wire up Opper for you.

Or call it directly

import OpenAI from "openai";
const client = new OpenAI({
apiKey: process.env.OPPER_API_KEY,
baseURL: "https://api.opper.ai/v3/compat",
});
const completion = await client.chat.completions.create({
model: "deepinfra/zai-org/GLM-5.3",
messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello" }],
});
console.log(completion.choices[0].message.content);

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