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Zhipu AI

GLM-Image / CogView

Z.ai's image-generation API family, covering GLM-Image and CogView models on BigModel.

Partially availablePartial English UIPublic APIFreemium

Quick answer

Image generation is a separate BigModel capability and should be visible outside the generic GLM API profile.

Documentation
Pricing
Usage-based image API pricing varies by model
Availability
Partially available
API
Public API
Last checked
2026-08-04
Pricing detailsUse-case fitSource evidence

BigModel's model overview lists GLM-Image for image generation, plus CogView-4 and CogView-3-Flash for image generation with multi-resolution support.

Topic guide

GLM models, Coding Plan and Z.ai ecosystem

A source-backed map of the original GLM-5.3, open multimodal GLM-5.3-Flash, GLM-5.2, BigModel APIs, Coding Plan, ZCode, consumer agents and media products.

Editorial verdict

Best for

Developers evaluating Chinese image-generation APIs with text rendering and multimodal stack fit.

Avoid if

Avoid assuming consumer web licensing; this profile is API-first.

Why it matters

Image generation is a separate BigModel capability and should be visible outside the generic GLM API profile.

Trust: 2/2 sources verified, recently checkedCoverage: 100/100

Pricing

Usage-based image API pricing varies by model

Payment

Free model where available, Platform billing

Commercial use

Commercial use should follow the current product, API, model license and billing terms.

Privacy

Review prompt, file, media upload, retention and training-use terms before sensitive workloads.

Use-case fit

Image generation API

Strong

Use GLM-Image or CogView for text-to-image generation tests.

Global user checklist

RegistrationPartialAvailable through BigModel account flow; region should be tested.
English UIPartialEnglish site mentions GLM-Image, while detailed docs are Chinese.
API and docsConfirmedModel overview and API index list image-generation endpoints.
Commercial usePartialOutput rights and safety filters should be checked before campaign use.

Model names, quotas, release status, regional access and commercial terms can change quickly; recheck official sources before procurement or production use.

Pros

  • - Official image-generation API family
  • - GLM-Image and CogView are both tracked in model overview

Cons

  • - Detailed docs and billing are mainly Chinese

Decision paths

minimax-image

qwen

hailuo-ai

Sources

BigModel model overview

Documentation · ZH · verified 2026-08-04

Lists GLM-Image, CogView-4 and CogView-3-Flash.

BigModel docs index

Documentation · ZH · verified 2026-05-17

Lists image-generation API documentation entries.

Last checked: 2026-08-04

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Availability snapshot

Availability
Partially available
English UI
Partial English UI
API
Public API
Rating
4.0 (0)

Latest updates

Latest changes
Market · 2026-05-17

Z.ai international product map expanded

Zhipu AI is now tracked under the Z.ai brand across BigModel/GLM, z.ai, ChatGLM, AutoGLM, AutoClaw, Zread.ai, AMiner, Zlearn, Autotyper and GLM multimodal API lines.

API · 2026-05-17

BigModel GLM multimodal APIs filled in

The BigModel profile now reflects official docs for GLM text, vision, image, video, audio, embedding, rerank, agent, OCR, web search, fine-tuning and OpenAI-compatible access.

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