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Zhipu AI (Z.ai) ships the GLM family as both a hosted assistant and permissively licensed weights.

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3 data points checked · 2026-09-10

Model stack: VerifiedEntry price: VerifiedVersion: VerifiedHow this works →

Current version

GLM-5.3

Entry cost

from $18/mo

Changes / 30d

3

The short answers · verified September 12, 2026

What is the latest version of Z.ai GLM?
The current shipped version of Z.ai GLM is GLM-5.3, as of September 12, 2026.
How much does Z.ai GLM cost?
Z.ai GLM starts at $18 per month on its cheapest paid tier, as of September 12, 2026.
What AI model does Z.ai GLM use?
Z.ai GLM runs primarily on CogVideoX-3.

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Capabilities

  • Coding plan
  • Agentic tool use
  • Vision
  • Open weights
  • Artifacts
  • Thinking Mode
  • Deep Thinking
  • Function Calling
  • Context Caching
  • Structured Output
  • Web Search
  • Translation Agent
  • Vision Language Models
  • Video Generation
  • Text Generation
  • Image Generation
  • Streaming
  • Coding Plan
  • Streaming Messages
  • OpenAI Compatibility
  • Text-to-Image
  • Chat API
  • Tool Streaming Output
  • Web Search Stream Tool Call
  • GLM Coding Plan
  • HTTP API
  • OpenAI SDK Compatibility
  • Video Gen
  • Visual Programming
  • text-generation
  • image-generation
  • video-generation
  • audio-processing
  • coding-assistant
  • multimodal
  • Chat
  • Reasoning Effort Control
  • Python SDK
  • Java SDK
  • Stream Tool Call
  • chat
  • coding
  • vision
  • image generation
  • video generation
  • function calling
  • structured output
  • web search
  • thinking mode
  • Language Models
  • Image Generation Models
  • Video Generation Models
  • Audio Models
  • Tool Calling
  • Multimodal Coding
  • Vision Models
  • Video Gen Models
  • api
  • coding-plan
  • function-calling
  • deep-thinking
  • structured-output
  • web-search
  • Tool Streaming

Pricing

  • GLM Coding Plan

    Monthly access to world-class models, compatible with top coding tools like Claude Code and Cline.

    $18

Entry price over time

7/26/2026 · $39/12/2026 · $18

Geek mode

Models under the hood

  • CogVideoX-3

    Zhipu AI

    disclosed
  • CogView-4

    Zhipu AI

    disclosed
  • glm-4-32b-0414-128k

    Zhipu AI

    disclosed
  • GLM-4.5

    Zhipu AI

    disclosed
  • GLM-4.6

    Zhipu AI

    disclosed
  • GLM-4.6V

    Zhipu AI

    disclosed
  • GLM-4.7

    Zhipu AI

    disclosed
  • GLM-5

    Zhipu AI

    disclosed
  • GLM-5-Turbo

    Zhipu AI

    disclosed
  • GLM-5.1

    Zhipu AI

    disclosed
  • GLM-5.2

    Zhipu AI

    disclosed
  • GLM-5.3

    Zhipu AI

    disclosed
  • GLM-5.3-Flash

    Zhipu AI

    disclosed
  • GLM-5V-Turbo

    Zhipu AI

    disclosed
  • GLM-ASR-2512

    Zhipu AI

    disclosed
  • GLM-Image

    Zhipu AI

    disclosed
  • GLM-OCR

    Zhipu AI

    disclosed

Context window

1000000

Public API

yes

Multi-model routing

yes

Stack signals

  • mintlify

Shared model stack

Other tracked products running on the same foundation models — a quick read on how much of the catalog moves when one of these models changes.

green disclosed · amber inferred · grey unattributed. Aliases are folded into one model; provider concentration counts only models with an established vendor.

Reported scale

Reference data. Each figure is whatever the source actually said — weekly users, downloads, revenue run-rate — with its own definition and date. These are not comparable between tools and are never used to rank anything.

No public usage figure on record for this product.

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Change history

  • capability

    New capabilities: Tool Streaming

    63 tracked64 tracked · +Tool Streaming

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: api, coding-plan, function-calling

    57 tracked63 tracked · +api, coding-plan, function-calling, deep-thinking, structured-output, web-search

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Vision Models, Video Gen Models

    55 tracked57 tracked · +Vision Models, Video Gen Models

    source
  • model

    Z.ai GLM added GLM-ASR-2512, GLM-OCR to its model stack

    CogVideoX-3, CogView-4, GLM-4.5, GLM-4.6, GLM-4.6V, GLM-4.7, GLM-5, GLM-5-Turbo, GLM-5.1, GLM-5.2, GLM-5.3, GLM-5.3-Flash, GLM-5V-Turbo, GLM-Image, glm-4-32b-0414-128kCogVideoX-3, CogView-4, GLM-4.5, GLM-4.6, GLM-4.6V, GLM-4.7, GLM-5, GLM-5-Turbo, GLM-5.1, GLM-5.2, GLM-5.3, GLM-5.3-Flash, GLM-5V-Turbo, GLM-ASR-2512, GLM-Image, GLM-OCR, glm-4-32b-0414-128k

    source
  • model

    Z.ai GLM added GLM-5.3-Flash to its model stack

    CogVideoX-3, CogView-4, GLM-4.5, GLM-4.6, GLM-4.6V, GLM-4.7, GLM-5, GLM-5-Turbo, GLM-5.1, GLM-5.2, GLM-5.3, GLM-5V-Turbo, GLM-Image, glm-4-32b-0414-128kCogVideoX-3, CogView-4, GLM-4.5, GLM-4.6, GLM-4.6V, GLM-4.7, GLM-5, GLM-5-Turbo, GLM-5.1, GLM-5.2, GLM-5.3, GLM-5.3-Flash, GLM-5V-Turbo, GLM-Image, glm-4-32b-0414-128k

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Multimodal Coding

    54 tracked55 tracked · +Multimodal Coding

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Tool Calling

    53 tracked54 tracked · +Tool Calling

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Audio Models

    52 tracked53 tracked · +Audio Models

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Language Models, Image Generation Models, Video Generation Models

    49 tracked52 tracked · +Language Models, Image Generation Models, Video Generation Models

    source
  • version

    Z.ai GLM moved to GLM-5.3

    GLM-5.2GLM-5.3

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: chat, coding, vision

    40 tracked49 tracked · +chat, coding, vision, image generation, video generation, function calling, structured output, web search, thinking mode

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Stream Tool Call

    39 tracked40 tracked · +Stream Tool Call

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Python SDK, Java SDK

    37 tracked39 tracked · +Python SDK, Java SDK

    source
  • model

    Z.ai GLM added GLM-5.3 to its model stack

    CogVideoX-3, CogView-4, GLM-4.5, GLM-4.6, GLM-4.6V, GLM-4.7, GLM-5, GLM-5-Turbo, GLM-5.1, GLM-5.2, GLM-5V-Turbo, GLM-Image, glm-4-32b-0414-128kCogVideoX-3, CogView-4, GLM-4.5, GLM-4.6, GLM-4.6V, GLM-4.7, GLM-5, GLM-5-Turbo, GLM-5.1, GLM-5.2, GLM-5.3, GLM-5V-Turbo, GLM-Image, glm-4-32b-0414-128k

    source
  • capability

    Context window now 1000000

    1M1000000

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Chat, Reasoning Effort Control

    35 tracked37 tracked · +Chat, Reasoning Effort Control

    source
  • capability

    Context window now 1M

    10000001M

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: text-generation, image-generation, video-generation

    29 tracked35 tracked · +text-generation, image-generation, video-generation, audio-processing, coding-assistant, multimodal

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Visual Programming

    28 tracked29 tracked · +Visual Programming

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Video Gen

    27 tracked28 tracked · +Video Gen

    source
  • model

    Z.ai GLM added glm-4-32b-0414-128k to its model stack

    CogVideoX-3, CogView-4, GLM-4.5, GLM-4.6, GLM-4.6V, GLM-4.7, GLM-5, GLM-5-Turbo, GLM-5.1, GLM-5.2, GLM-5V-Turbo, GLM-ImageCogVideoX-3, CogView-4, GLM-4.5, GLM-4.6, GLM-4.6V, GLM-4.7, GLM-5, GLM-5-Turbo, GLM-5.1, GLM-5.2, GLM-5V-Turbo, GLM-Image, glm-4-32b-0414-128k

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: GLM Coding Plan, HTTP API, OpenAI SDK Compatibility

    24 tracked27 tracked · +GLM Coding Plan, HTTP API, OpenAI SDK Compatibility

    source
  • capability

    Context window now 1000000

    1M1000000

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Chat API, Tool Streaming Output, Web Search Stream Tool Call

    219

    source
  • capability

    Context window now 1M

    1M tokens1M

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Streaming Messages, OpenAI Compatibility, Text-to-Image

    1810

    source
  • capability

    Context window now 1M tokens

    1M1M tokens

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Streaming, Coding Plan

    169

    source
  • capability

    Context window now 1M

    1,000,000 tokens1M

    source
  • model

    Z.ai GLM added GLM-Image, CogVideoX-3, CogView-4 to its model stack

    GLM-4.5, GLM-4.6, GLM-4.6V, GLM-4.7, GLM-5, GLM-5-Turbo, GLM-5.1, GLM-5.2, GLM-5V-TurboCogVideoX-3, CogView-4, GLM-4.5, GLM-4.6, GLM-4.6V, GLM-4.7, GLM-5, GLM-5-Turbo, GLM-5.1, GLM-5.2, GLM-5V-Turbo, GLM-Image

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Text Generation, Image Generation

    149

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Agent Documents

    6 tracked7 tracked · +Agent Documents

    source
  • version

    Z.ai GLM moved to GLM-5.2

    GLM-4.7GLM-5.2

    source
  • pricing

    Entry price increased to $18/mo

    $0$18

    source
  • model

    Z.ai GLM added GLM-5.2, GLM-5.1, GLM-5, GLM-5-Turbo, GLM-4.6, GLM-4.5, GLM-5V-Turbo to its model stack

    GLM-4.6V, GLM-4.7GLM-4.5, GLM-4.6, GLM-4.6V, GLM-4.7, GLM-5, GLM-5-Turbo, GLM-5.1, GLM-5.2, GLM-5V-Turbo

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Thinking Mode, Deep Thinking, Function Calling

    59

    source
  • capability

    Context window now 1,000,000 tokens

    200K tokens1,000,000 tokens

    source
  • version

    GLM-4.7 released with open weights under MIT

    GLM-4.6GLM-4.7

    source
  • pricing

    Coding Lite plan introduced at $3/mo

    153

    source
  • version

    Z.ai GLM moved to GLM-5.2

    GLMGLM-5.2

    source
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APA
Tomorrow. (2026). Z.ai GLM — version, pricing and model stack [Data set entry]. AlienSquad. Retrieved 2026-09-17, from https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/tools/zhipu-glm
BibTeX
@misc{tomorrow-tools-zhipu-glm,
  author       = {{Tomorrow}},
  title        = {Z.ai GLM — version, pricing and model stack},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {AlienSquad},
  howpublished = {\url{https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/tools/zhipu-glm}},
  note         = {Accessed: 2026-09-17}
}