# CogView-4 (Z.ai) — API pricing and providers

> Image generation. Model id `zai/cogview-4`. Image model by Z.ai.

- Page: https://infro.io/models/zai/cogview-4
- Vendor: Z.ai (https://infro.io/models/zai)
- Modality: Image
- Endpoint through INFRO: `POST /v1/images/generations` at https://api.infro.io/v1
- List rate: $0.01 per image
- Rates checked: 2026-10-05

Rates are Z.ai's published list price: what the customer's own provider account bills, not an INFRO charge. INFRO is a BYOK control plane; it charges a software subscription and adds 0% to model spend.

## Providers that serve it

None of the provider kinds INFRO connects serves it in production today.

## Questions

### How much does the CogView-4 API cost?

Z.ai's published list rate for CogView-4 is $0.01 per image (checked 2026-10-05). The provider account you connect bills you at the rate on that account, so a negotiated rate replaces the list rate. INFRO adds 0% to model spend.

### Which providers serve CogView-4?

None of the provider kinds INFRO connects serves CogView-4 in production today.

### What is the CogView-4 model ID?

Request it from INFRO as "zai/cogview-4".

### How do I call CogView-4 through an OpenAI-compatible API?

Point an OpenAI SDK, or any HTTP client, at https://api.infro.io/v1 with an INFRO gateway key and send model "zai/cogview-4" to POST /v1/images/generations. INFRO runs the request on a provider account you connected and returns the provider's response with an estimated cost.

### Does INFRO mark up CogView-4 usage?

No. Z.ai or the provider you connect bills model usage to your own account. INFRO charges a software subscription for routing, failover, observability, budgets and policy, and takes 0% of model spend.