Zhipu AI
BigModel is the developer route for Z.ai/智谱. The current docs list GLM-5.1, GLM-5, GLM-5-Turbo, GLM-5V-Turbo, GLM-Image, CogVideoX, GLM-TTS, ASR, Realtime, Embedding, CodeGeeX and agent/tool services, plus HTTP, Python, Java, OpenAI SDK compatibility and LangChain integration paths.
Editorial verdict
Developers comparing Chinese multimodal model APIs, agent services and OpenAI-compatible migration paths.
Avoid treating it as fully internationalized until account signup, billing and support are tested from your target region.
Z.ai now has an English product surface, while BigModel remains the API evidence base for the full GLM product line.
20 million free tokens are promoted on the English site; model pricing varies by API
Free trial tokens, Platform billing, Enterprise sales
Commercial use should follow the current product, API, model license and billing terms.
Review prompt, file, media upload, retention and training-use terms before sensitive workloads.
Use it to compare GLM text, vision, image, video, audio, embedding and rerank APIs.
Official docs include tool calling, web search, OCR, file parsing, batch, fine-tuning and agent APIs.
Docs mention OpenAI SDK compatibility, but production migration still needs endpoint, billing and model-behavior tests.
Model names, quotas, release status, regional access and commercial terms can change quickly; recheck official sources before procurement or production use.
qwen
deepseek
minimax-api
official · en · verified 2026-05-17
Confirms Z.ai branding, GLM, MaaS, product lineup and free-trial positioning.
docs · zh · verified 2026-05-17
Confirms one-stop MaaS positioning, SDKs, OpenAI SDK compatibility and LangChain integration.
docs · zh · verified 2026-05-17
Lists GLM text, vision, image, video, audio, embedding and other model families.
Last checked: 2026-05-17