OpenAI compatible API. Attested gateway. Public status.

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct vs Z.AI GLM 5.2

Compare Qwen2.5 72B Instruct and Z.AI GLM 5.2 by providers, context, price, and TrustedRouter route support.

Verify gateway

1 URLbase_url migration

100smodels and routes

0prompt logs by default

Compare routesProviders, price, context, and policy posture in one view.

Use auto when uptime mattersKeep a primary model and let fallback handle provider failures.

Same API shapeUse the OpenAI client and set the model you want.

Practical read

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct has the lower cheapest prompt+completion route on TrustedRouter. Qwen2.5 72B Instruct has more provider fallback routes, while Z.AI GLM 5.2 has the larger context window. Probe-backed speed data is shown when enough recent samples exist.

$0.858/1MQwen2.5 72B Instruct cheapest route

$6.38/1MZ.AI GLM 5.2 cheapest route

703 msQwen2.5 72B Instruct measured p50 TTFT

not enough dataZ.AI GLM 5.2 measured p50 TTFT

Qwen2.5 72B InstructZ.AI GLM 5.2

Model idqwen/qwen-2.5-72b-instructz-ai/glm-5.2

PublisherTogetherZ.AI

Context131,072 tokens1,000,000 tokens

Provider routes32

Cheapest route$0.858/1M$6.38/1M

Privacy posturehas ZDR routeprovider posture varies

Modes chat chat

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct routes

Overview3 endpoints
PricingPrompt and completion rates
BenchmarksTrustedRouter and external sources
ProvidersAll serving providers

Z.AI GLM 5.2 routes

Overview2 endpoints
PricingPrompt and completion rates
BenchmarksTrustedRouter and external sources
ProvidersAll serving providers

Production choice

Pick a default model. Keep fallback enabled.

TrustedRouter is useful when you know the model you want, but still need provider rollover, budget limits, usage records, and a prompt path you can verify.

OpenAI clientPython

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.trustedrouter.com/v1",
    api_key="sk-tr-v1-..."
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="qwen/qwen-2.5-72b-instruct",
    messages=messages,
)