GLM 5.2vsHorizon Alpha
Horizon Alpha is cheaper than GLM 5.2 at $0/M vs $1.4/M input tokens.
| Spec | GLM 5.2 | Horizon Alpha |
|---|---|---|
| Input price | $1.4/M tokens | Free |
| Output price | $4.4/M tokens | Free |
| Context window | 1.0M tokens | 256K tokens |
| Weights | Open | — |
| Free API (OpenRouter) | No | No |
| Released | Jun 2026 | Jul 2025 |
Our Verdict
GLM 5.2
Horizon AlphaRunner-up
Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, GLM 5.2 has the edge: bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window, major provider backing.
Slight edge
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API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
GLM 5.2
Input
$1.40
Output
$4.40
Horizon Alpha
Input
$0.000
Output
$0.000
Where to run it
24 hosts, cheapest first
GLM 5.224 hosts
DeepInfrafp4$0.49 in$1.56 out1M99% upStreamLakefp8$0.68 in$2.13 out1M99.5% upNovitafp8$0.68 in$2.15 out1M100% upDigitalOcean$0.70 in$2.20 out262k99.3% upCoreWeavefp4$0.76 in$2.42 out1M99.9% upAtlasCloudfp8$0.94 in$2.95 out1M99.9% up
18 more hostsFewer hosts
Alibaba Cloudfp8$0.97 in$3.04 out1M99.9% upInceptronfp4$1.10 in$2.99 out1M98.7% upSiliconFlowfp8$1.19 in$3.74 out1M100% upPhalafp8$1.26 in$3.00 out1M99.9% upBaidu Qianfanfp8$1.40 in$4.40 out1M99.7% upBasetenfp8$1.40 in$4.40 out1M98.1% upCloudflare Workers AI$1.40 in$4.40 out262k100% upCrusoefp8$1.40 in$4.40 out1M99% upFireworks$1.40 in$4.40 out1M99.9% upFriendli$1.40 in$4.40 out1M99.8% upGMI Cloudfp8$1.40 in$4.40 out1M99.6% upMistral$1.40 in$4.40 out1M97.8% upParasailfp4$1.40 in$4.40 out262k99.9% upTogether$1.40 in$4.40 out512k98.3% upVenicefp8$1.40 in$4.40 out1M99.5% upZ.aifp8$1.40 in$4.40 out1M99.8% upDecartfp4$2.10 in$6.60 out1M100% upAmbientfp8degraded$0.60 in$2.00 out203k94.3% up
Horizon Alpha
No hosts listed on OpenRouter.
Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 11 Sep 2026.
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
57%
GLM 5.2 uses 368.3x more bold
GLM 5.2
Horizon Alpha
56%Vocabulary65%
18wSentence Length14w
0.27Hedging0.22
3.7Bold0.0
2.8Lists3.5
0.00Emoji0.00
0.56Headings0.00
0.24Transitions0.12
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