glm-5.1 - API in Egypt, billed in EGP

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GLM-5.1 is Z-AI's next-generation flagship model for agentic engineering, with significantly stronger coding capabilities than its predecessor. It achieves state-of-the-art performance on SWE-Bench Pro and leads GLM-5 by a wide margin on NL2Repo (repo generation) and Terminal-Bench 2.0 (real-world terminal tasks).

Modality

Chat

Context window

203K tokens

Max output

16K tokens

Region

US

Weights

Open weights

Published

Jul 14, 2026

Pricing

Input

60.06

EGP per 1M tokens

Output

200.20

EGP per 1M tokens

Monthly cost example

6,006 EGP

Illustrative estimate: 50M input + 15M output tokens per month at this model's catalog rates.

Use it via the API

glm-5.1 works with any OpenAI-compatible SDK — point the base URL at https://backend.sovereigneg.com/v1 and use your SovereignEG API key.

Run inference

OpenAI-compatible — POST /v1/chat/completions — drop-in for any OpenAI SDK.

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://backend.sovereigneg.com/v1",
    api_key="YOUR_API_KEY",
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="glm-5.1",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "What are some fun things to do in Cairo?"}
    ],
)

print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Frequently asked questions

How much does glm-5.1 cost?

60.06 EGP per 1M input tokens; 200.20 EGP per 1M output tokens. Billing is metered per token in Egyptian pounds (EGP), with no minimum commitment.

What is the context window of glm-5.1?

glm-5.1 supports a context window of 202,752 tokens (203K), with up to 16,384 output tokens per response.

Where is glm-5.1 hosted?

glm-5.1 is served from US (US-hosted inference).

Is glm-5.1 an open-weights model?

Yes — glm-5.1 is an open-weights model. You call it through the SovereignEG API like any other catalog model, with per-token EGP billing.

How do I use glm-5.1 via the API?

glm-5.1 is available through the OpenAI-compatible SovereignEG API: point your SDK's base URL at https://backend.sovereigneg.com/v1 and call /v1/chat/completions with model "glm-5.1" and your API key.