Z.AI (Zhipu GLM)

International GLM via z.ai — catalog zai, not a second Zhipu mainland-only SKU. Strong cheap/coding runner…

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International GLM via z.ai — catalog zai, not a second Zhipu mainland-only SKU. Strong cheap/coding runner beside DeepSeek/Moonshot; Depot coding pick stays Anthropic. Strengths: Clear USD international token matrix for GLM-5.x family; Free Flash SKUs for prototyping; Vision/OCR/image/video/ASR in one catalog.

Overall

7.8

curated_estimate

confidence: high · as of 2026-09-14

Capability fit

8.2

Price / performance

9.0

Latency / reliability

7.6

Developer & agent DX

8.0

Privacy / data retention

6.0

Lock-in risk (higher = worse)

4.6

Maturity / track record

8.0

Lock-in risk: higher = more lock-in (worse). Overall already inverts this dimension.

Sources: Z.AI pricing: https://docs.z.ai/guides/overview/pricing · Z.AI docs: https://docs.z.ai · Z.AI: https://z.ai

International GLM via z.ai — catalog zai, not a second Zhipu mainland-only SKU. Strong cheap/coding runner beside DeepSeek/Moonshot; Depot coding pick stays Anthropic.

Strengths

· Clear USD international token matrix for GLM-5.x family
· Free Flash SKUs for prototyping
· Vision/OCR/image/video/ASR in one catalog

Weaknesses

· Brand split Z.AI vs Zhipu mainland consoles
· Reliability/latency variance vs US frontier hosts
· Enterprise DPA/ZDR story thinner than Anthropic/OpenAI

Pricing notes

As of 2026-09-14 (docs.z.ai/guides/overview/pricing): International OpenAI-compat api.z.ai. GLM-5.3 / 5.2 / 5.1 $1.40 in / $0.26 cached / $4.40 out per 1M; GLM-5 input $1, cached $0.20, output $3.20; GLM-4.7 input $0.60, cached $0.11, output $2.20; GLM-4.7-FlashX input $0.07, cached $0.01, output $0.40 (all per 1M, matching stored rows; re-checked on docs.z.ai/guides/overview/pricing 2026-10-21); GLM-4.7-Flash and GLM-4.5-Flash free. Vision GLM-4.6V $0.30/$0.90; GLM-OCR $0.03; GLM-Image $0.015/img; CogVideoX-3 $0.20/video; GLM-ASR-2512 $0.03/MTok (~$0.0024/min). Web Search tool $0.01/use. Cached-input storage limited-time free.

Regions: global, cnLast reviewed: 2026-09-14Status: active

Sourced pricing

Contract status ambiguous · input_output_split_not_a_single_rate. Single normalized $/1M: null. Machine list: /api/pricing?provider=zai

GLM-4.7-Flash · usd_per_million_input_tokens · amount withheld · ambiguous · normalized null
GLM-4.5-Flash · usd_per_million_input_tokens · amount withheld · ambiguous · normalized null
GLM-4.6V-Flash · usd_per_million_input_tokens · amount withheld · ambiguous · normalized null
Web Search · usd_per_use · $0.01 · unit_mismatch · normalized null
GLM-Image · usd_per_image · $0.015 · unit_mismatch · normalized null
CogView-4 · usd_per_image · $0.01 · unit_mismatch · normalized null
CogVideoX-3 · usd_per_video · $0.2 · unit_mismatch · normalized null
GLM-ASR-2512 · usd_per_million_tokens · $0.03 · sourced_token_price
GLM Slide/Poster Agent · usd_per_million_tokens · $0.7 · sourced_token_price
General-Purpose Translation · usd_per_million_tokens · $3 · sourced_token_price
Popular Special Effects Video Templates · usd_per_video · $0.2 · unit_mismatch · normalized null
GLM-5.3-Flash · usd_per_million_input_tokens · $0.15 · sourced_token_price

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