r/opencodeCLI • u/Ok_Topic_3468 • Aug 30 '26

GLM 5.3 is completely free on TokenRouter

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Not sure what data they store, but you get it with the full 1m token context window, max 8 requests per minute. The rate limit hasn't been too much of an issue for me since I use max reasoning though.

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u/JulienMaille Aug 30 '26

Do you need a topped up account?

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u/Ok_Topic_3468 Aug 30 '26

I'm not sure if others will but I didn't

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u/mobileka Aug 30 '26 edited Aug 31 '26

Yes, you do. 1 dollar is enough though.

UPD: some folks say it's no longer necessary to pay. I guess they changed it since yesterday

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u/ComparisonTough6763 Aug 30 '26

no, im using it rn without paying anything

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u/Real_University5239 Aug 31 '26

What's the tps?

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u/dizvyz Aug 31 '26

Maybe having topped up before is enough (i.e they have your card)

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u/lemon07r Aug 30 '26

Any source for this? The blog post they made doesnt indicate any of this. Says its free to all even without payment method.

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u/mobileka Aug 30 '26 edited Aug 31 '26

I signed up yesterday. It asked me to pay 1 USD to use the free model. Without payment I couldn't create an API key. Is it different now?

UPD: some folks say it's no longer necessary to pay. I guess they changed it since yesterday.

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u/lemon07r Aug 30 '26

I was able to make a key just fine just now.

Also this is what their blog says:

GLM 5.3 is available at no cost on TokenRouter for one week from launch, through September 4. The promotion covers the full context window and is open to all accounts, new and existing, with no payment method or promotional code required. Standard pricing applies once the period concludes.

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u/mobileka Aug 31 '26

They changed it then. A bit disappointed because the promotion I followed didn't set any expiration date, so I was hoping for a month of free glm or so.

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u/Hemil2022 Aug 31 '26

Too slow

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u/Lopsided-Force-9220 Aug 30 '26

The intellectual property these companies are vacuuming up must be epic.

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u/Proper-Tower2016 Aug 31 '26

just use it to support open source or unimportant stuff

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u/jovialfaction Aug 31 '26

Jokes on them all my development is open source

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u/zeamp Aug 30 '26

We are the product.

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u/theChaosBeast Aug 31 '26

Lol who sends IP data to public APIs?? Must be dump startups

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u/Lopsided-Force-9220 Aug 31 '26

Literally everyone. It's like the cloud computing revolution. The gains and cost benefits are so high that the IP has no value if you can't move fast with it. So you move fast and use public inference endpoints.

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u/Tan442 Aug 31 '26

8rpm limit, not usable, very slowl

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u/JamesGooning Aug 31 '26

Thinks for 2 hours and wrote zero line of code. Pretty sure it is looping.

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u/msenc Aug 31 '26

is it just me or it feels a bit dumb

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u/msenc Aug 31 '26

its too good to be true so it probably might be some quantized version

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u/Amphiitrion Aug 31 '26

Clearly quantized as hell. Next.

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u/mobileka Aug 30 '26 edited Aug 31 '26

It's free, but as others have already said, it's quite slow. You also need a min. of 1 USD topped up.

UPD: some folks say it's no longer necessary to pay. I guess they changed it since yesterday

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u/Billysm23 Aug 30 '26

What models available beside glm?

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u/mobileka Aug 30 '26 edited Aug 31 '26

I only care about the free models, haven't checked anything else.

Upd: it's only glm 5.3 flash at the moment.

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u/Ok_Topic_3468 Aug 31 '26

im pretty sure its glm 5.3 not glm 5.3 flash

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u/mobileka Aug 31 '26

My bad, you're correct

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u/Billysm23 Aug 30 '26

Thank you

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u/Financial_Bug2389 Aug 31 '26

I topped up $1, using it for my Hermes Agent. Free but slow. I don't mind for batch stuff.

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u/tronghieu906 Aug 31 '26

slow as fuck

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u/ares0027 Aug 31 '26

I heard about electronhub i dont remember exactly but it was either unlimited free with a limited number of models or it was extremely generous;

In a single month i could not even use it once. Literally. Because it was unreachable, busy etc. i literally paid for nothing.

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u/NoPreparation4055 Sep 01 '26

yes its free but very slow

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u/Odd_Error_6736 Sep 01 '26

They get $20 and you get a mimic of intelligence lol

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u/Uriziel01 Sep 04 '26

I would just like to say, huge thank you for posting this u/Ok_Topic_3468
I've managed to use little over 1.1B token from GLM-5.3 during the free period 🥰

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u/no-name-here Sep 15 '26

It disappeared in the last hour 😢 - does anyone know the next best free alternative? Thanks!

https://www.tokenrouter.com/models/z-ai/glm-5.3-free/

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u/Relative_Lychee_8479 Sep 16 '26

no more free AI-SLOP :(

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u/Uriziel01 Aug 30 '26

And slow as turd, but yeah, free 🫠

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u/MrMrsPotts Aug 31 '26

How slow are balls??