Z.ai GLM
Zhipu AI (Z.ai) ships the GLM family as both a hosted assistant and permissively licensed weights.
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Z.ai GLM vs Claude
Z.ai GLM (Zhipu AI) and Claude (Anthropic) both sit in Writing. Claude is the cheaper entry point at Free tier · from $17/mo. Claude shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (12 vs 7). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Z.ai GLM Zhipu AI | Claude Anthropic |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Writing | Writing |
| Version | GLM-5.3 | 5.5 |
| Entry cost | from $18/mo | Free tier · from $17/mo |
| Pricing tiers | Coding Plan $18 | Free free · Pro (Annual Subscription Discount) $17 · Pro (Billed Monthly) $20 · Max $100 · Ultra $200 · Team Standard seat (Billed Monthly) $25 · Team Standard seat (Billed Annually) $20 · Team Premium seat (Billed Monthly) $125 |
| Model stack | CogVideoX-3 · CogView-4 · glm-4-32b-0414-128k · 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-5.3-FlashX · GLM-5V-Turbo · GLM-ASR-2512 · GLM-Image · GLM-OCR | Claude Fable 5 · Claude Fable 5.1 · Claude Haiku 4.5 · Claude Haiku 5.5 · Claude Mythos 5 · Claude Mythos 5.1 · Claude Opus 4.5 · Claude Opus 4.8 · Claude Opus 5 · Claude Opus 5.5 · Claude Sonnet 5 · Claude Sonnet 5.5 · Opus 4.6 · Opus 4.7 · Sonnet 4.5 · Sonnet 4.6 |
| Context window | 1000000 | 1M |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 7 | 12 |
| Origin | China | Global |
| Capabilities | Coding plan, Agentic tool use, Vision, Open weights, Artifacts, Thinking Mode, Deep Thinking, Function Calling | Extended thinking, Agentic research, Computer use, Projects & memory, Artifacts, MCP connectors, Vision, Code execution |
Claude
Known for long context, careful reasoning, and artifact-style document editing.
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