Bearer Club · Open-weight
Bearer Club GLM 5.3 API Member pricing vs list price
bearer-club-glm53
Open-weightBearer Club GLM 5.3 is Bearer Club's own-brand open-weight model with a 228K-token context window. It lists at $2.80 input and $8.80 output per 1M tokens, and Members pay $2.38 and $7.48 with a Private key.
Bearer Club GLM 5.3 prices per 1M tokens
Input / output, by membership tier and data policy. Every price is a percent of the provider's public list price.
| Tier | Private | Research ShareFinancial incentive notice |
|---|---|---|
| List price | $2.80 input, $8.80 output per 1M tokens | |
| Guest | Members onlyBecome a Member | Members onlyBecome a Member |
| Member | $2.38 input, $7.48 output per 1M tokens15% off list price | $2.24 input, $7.04 output per 1M tokens20% off list price |
| Executive | $2.10 input, $6.60 output per 1M tokens25% off list price | $1.96 input, $6.16 output per 1M tokens30% off list price |
Does Member pay for itself on Bearer Club GLM 5.3?
- Member ($199 a year) pays for itself once your Bearer Club GLM 5.3 spend at list price passes $111 a month with a Private key (about 26M tokens at a 3:1 input-to-output mix) or $82.92 a month with Research Share.
- Executive ($1,999 a year) costs less than Member above $1,500 a month (Private keys), about 349M tokens a month.
At this volume Member · Research Share saves $69.42 a month against list price.
| Plan | Usage / mo | Fee / mo | Net vs list / mo | Pays off above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member · Private | $366 | $16.58 | $47.92 | 26M tokens |
| Member · Research Share | $344 | $16.58 | $69.42 | 19M tokens |
| Executive · Private | $323 | $167 | −$59.08 | 155M tokens |
| Executive · Research Share | $301 | $167 | −$37.58 | 129M tokens |
Usage at each plan's price per token. The fee is the annual membership fee divided by 12 and covers every model, so spend on other models counts toward it too.
Specs
| Provider | Bearer Club |
|---|---|
| Model type | Open-weight |
| Context window | 228,096 tokens (228K) |
| Input and output | Text in, text out (chat completions) |
| Model ID | bearer-club-glm53 |
| Endpoint | POST https://api.bearer.club/v1/chat/completions |
| Plans | Member, Executive |
| List price per 1M tokens | $2.80 input, $8.80 output |
List price rank: 62nd lowest input price and 57th lowest output price of the 69 models. Its context window is larger than 7 of them.
Where Bearer Club GLM 5.3 fits
Bearer Club GLM 5.3 is a general chat model, a common choice for chat, drafting, summarization and question answering. By list price at a 3:1 input-to-output mix it is in the highest-priced third of the 69 models on Bearer Club.
Its 228,096-token window fits long documents in one request; inputs beyond that need splitting.
It is Bearer Club's own-brand open-weight model and is for Members and Executives only; it is not on the Guest plan.
Bearer Club does not publish benchmark scores. Test Bearer Club GLM 5.3 on your own prompts before you move traffic to it.
What 1,000 requests cost
Example request shapes, priced per 1,000 requests from the per-token prices above.
| Request (input / output tokens) | List price | Member Private | Executive Private |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short chat reply1,000 / 300 | $5.44 | $4.62 | $4.08 |
| Document summary20,000 / 1,000 | $64.80 | $55.08 | $48.60 |
| Long-context read200,000 / 2,000 | $578 | $491 | $433 |
Related models
- Kimi K3
$0.45 input / $15.00 output at list, 5% cheaper than Bearer Club GLM 5.3 at a 3:1 mix; 1M-token context; open-weight, on the Guest plan.
- Kimi K2.7 Code
$0.6712 input / $3.35 output at list, 3.2× cheaper than Bearer Club GLM 5.3 at a 3:1 mix; 262K-token context; open-weight, on the Guest plan.
- Qwen3.5 397B A17B
$0.50 input / $3.60 output at list, 3.4× cheaper than Bearer Club GLM 5.3 at a 3:1 mix; 262K-token context; open-weight, on the Guest plan.
- GLM 5.3
$0.03 input / $4.80 output at list, 3.5× cheaper than Bearer Club GLM 5.3 at a 3:1 mix; 1M-token context; open-weight, on the Guest plan.
Data policy for this model
Private: Your prompts and outputs are never used for training and never shared or licensed. For security, abuse prevention and debugging we store request and response content, encrypted, and delete it after 30 days; error details may be kept longer. We also keep usage details (model, tokens, cost, latency, status and time). The model provider may keep requests briefly for abuse monitoring under its own terms.
Research Share: available. Opt in per key and pay less. Data from that key will be used to accelerate AGI and supplied to top frontier labs for AGI purposes, and only for traffic after you opt in.
Regions
Each model is served only in the regions its provider supports. Per-model region details are not published yet.
Use Bearer Club GLM 5.3 with the OpenAI SDK
Change two settings: point the SDK at https://api.bearer.club/v1 and use your Bearer Club key, then pass bearer-club-glm53 as the model.
curl https://api.bearer.club/v1/chat/completions \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $BEARER_CLUB_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "model": "bearer-club-glm53", "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello from the Club!"}] }'import osfrom openai import OpenAIclient = OpenAI( base_url="https://api.bearer.club/v1", api_key=os.environ["BEARER_CLUB_API_KEY"], # your membership card)resp = client.chat.completions.create( model="bearer-club-glm53", messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello from the Club!"}],)print(resp.choices[0].message.content)import OpenAI from "openai";const client = new OpenAI({ baseURL: "https://api.bearer.club/v1", apiKey: process.env.BEARER_CLUB_API_KEY, // your membership card});const resp = await client.chat.completions.create({ model: "bearer-club-glm53", messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello from the Club!" }],});console.log(resp.choices[0].message.content);The official OpenAI SDKs and most OpenAI-compatible tools, such as Cursor, Cline, Continue, Open WebUI and LiteLLM, work the same way; the name of the base URL setting varies by tool.
Bearer Club GLM 5.3 FAQ
How much does Bearer Club GLM 5.3 cost on Bearer Club?
Bearer Club GLM 5.3 lists at $2.80 input and $8.80 output per 1M tokens. Members pay $2.38 / $7.48 with a Private key and $2.24 / $7.04 with Research Share; Executives pay $2.10 / $6.60 and $1.96 / $6.16.
Can Guests use Bearer Club GLM 5.3?
No. Bearer Club GLM 5.3 is Bearer Club's own-brand model, offered to members only, and it needs a Member ($199 a year) or Executive ($1,999 a year) membership.
When does Member pay for itself on Bearer Club GLM 5.3?
Member ($199 a year) pays for itself above about $111 a month of Bearer Club GLM 5.3 spend at list price with a Private key, or $82.92 a month with Research Share. The fee is shared across every model you call, so spend on other models counts too.
What context window does Bearer Club GLM 5.3 support?
228,096 tokens, roughly 170,000 English words. The prompt and the answer together have to fit in it.
What is the model id for Bearer Club GLM 5.3 on Bearer Club?
Use bearer-club-glm53 as the model in requests to https://api.bearer.club/v1/chat/completions. The same id appears in the https://api.bearer.club/v1/models list.
Further reading
- Replicate alternatives for developers watching token costs
Replicate alternatives compared: Bearer Club gives you Claude, GPT, Llama and DeepSeek on one OpenAI-compatible key at member prices. Verified prices inside.
- OpenAI-compatible API explained: one key for 69 models
OpenAI-compatible API: change base_url and api_key to reach 69 models including GPT-6, Claude, DeepSeek, and Gemini through Bearer Club at member prices.
Discounts are measured against each provider's public list price and vary by model, membership tier and data policy. See Pricing.