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z.ai

Z.ai's English-facing GLM assistant experience for chat, reasoning, search, creation and coding workflows.

Partially availableFull English UINo APIFreemium

Quick answer

It is the English-facing Z.ai consumer entry listed on the official site.

Official site
Pricing
Free online GLM experience; paid plan details should be checked in-product
Availability
Partially available
API
No API
Last checked
2026-08-04
Pricing detailsUse-case fitSource evidence

The English homepage positions z.ai as the free online experience of GLM models, with example workflows for brainstorming, reasoning, information Q&A, content creation and development.

Editorial verdict

Best for

Users who want to try GLM through an English web assistant before using APIs.

Avoid if

Avoid it for deterministic API workflows; use BigModel instead.

Why it matters

It is the English-facing Z.ai consumer entry listed on the official site.

Trust: 1/1 sources verifiedCoverage: 96/100 · backfill: sources

Pricing

Free online GLM experience; paid plan details should be checked in-product

Payment

Free access, Account billing where available

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

GLM assistant trial

Strong

Useful for testing everyday GLM chat, search and creation behavior.

Global user checklist

RegistrationPartialPublic English entry exists; test account creation from your region.
English UIConfirmedThe official site and entry are English-facing.
API and docsUnknownThis is a web assistant; API docs live under BigModel.
Data and privacy termsPartialReview account, chat and file handling before sensitive use.

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

Pros

  • - Clear English consumer entry
  • - Directly tied to GLM model experience

Cons

  • - Regional signup, quotas and billing still require testing

Decision paths

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Sources

Z.ai English website

Official · EN · verified 2026-08-04

Lists z.ai in the Products section and presents it as a free online GLM experience.

Last checked: 2026-08-04

Reviews

No approved reviews yet.

Availability snapshot

Availability
Partially available
English UI
Full English UI
API
No API
Rating
4.1 (0)

Latest updates

Latest changes
Open source · 2026-08-28

GLM-5.3-Flash adds open weights, API and multimodality

Z.AI released GLM-5.3-Flash under MIT with first-party API and local deployment paths. The natively multimodal model uses 320B total and 18B active parameters, a 1M context configuration, hybrid sparse and linear attention, and low, high or max reasoning effort. Existing GLM selection and Kimi comparison content now distinguishes this variant from the original text-only GLM-5.3 launch.

Release · 2026-08-14

Z.ai releases GLM-5.3 to Coding Plan users

At the original August 14 launch, Z.ai released GLM-5.3 for Coding Plan users using the same base model as GLM-5.2 with scaled post-training. The vendor reported stronger long-horizon coding and cybersecurity results, required thinking with low, high or max effort, and described general API access and weights as future work. The later GLM-5.3-Flash release is tracked separately.

Open source · 2026-06-21

GLM-5.2 released for long-horizon tasks

Z.ai released GLM-5.2 with a stable 1M-token context, High and Max thinking-effort controls, MIT-licensed open weights and local support through Transformers, vLLM, SGLang, xLLM and KTransformers. It is available through Z.ai and GLM Coding Plan; Z.ai reports major gains over GLM-5.1 on long-horizon and coding benchmarks, though those benchmark claims remain vendor-reported.

Pricing · 2026-06-13

GLM Coding Plan pricing and quotas added

Z.ai's Lite, Pro and Max coding subscriptions are now tracked with standard monthly prices of $18, $72 and $160, annual discounts, estimated 80/400/1,600 prompts per five hours, weekly caps, GLM model multipliers, 20+ supported tools and MCP quotas.

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