Z.ai GLM
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- caveatZ.ai GLM Flash
Computefree tieridentity emailno cardlimit request-rateevidence documentedstale on 2026-12-04
- paidZ.ai GLM Coding Plan
Coding subscriptionsidentity cardlimit request-rateevidence documentedstale on 2026-11-22
Z.ai GLM Flash
Compute- Free allowance
- Three models are priced Free on every column of the official pricing table, with no time limit stated: GLM-4.7-Flash and GLM-4.5-Flash (text) and GLM-4.6V-Flash (vision), each 'Free | Free | Free | Free' for input, cached input, cached input storage and output.
- Verdict
- caveatusable, with a named limit or an unprobed read path
- Cost
- free tier
- Identity
- emailno card, no phone
- Binding limit
- request-rateno quota is published at all: the FAQ points rate limits at z.ai/manage-apikey/rate-limits, which is behind a login, so the concurrency ceiling is unknown until an account exists and it is the first thing to measure.
- Evidence
- documented25 sources; a first-party page was read and the sentence quoted
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-12-04checked 2026-11-03 (live); stale on 2026-12-04
| Free tier | Three models are priced Free on every column of the official pricing table, with no time limit stated: GLM-4.7-Flash and GLM-4.5-Flash (text) and GLM-4.6V-Flash (vision), each 'Free | Free | Free | Free' for input, cached input, cached input storage and output. Most paid rows carry 'Limited-time Free' in the cached input storage column; these three carry plain 'Free'. The paid GLM-5.3-Flash sits beside them at USD 0.15 input and USD 0.50 output per 1M tokens, which is the rate to price the free lane against. unit none; metered on wall-clock; recurring-free-model |
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| Price | none stated |
| Limits |
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| Identity | email an account on the Z.AI Open Platform ('Register or Login'); the quick start names a billing top-up only 'if needed'. The Z.ai international sign-in page (chat.z.ai/auth) offers Continue with Google, Continue with Email and Continue with GitHub and shows no phone field; unverified: whether the API console at z.ai uses the same sign-in, and whether a phone step follows: behind a sign-up |
| Egress | not stated |
| Interface | rest inferred from the tooling the provider documents; not probed |
| Tooling | not stated |
| Composes with | a free model with an OpenAI-compatible endpoint is the cheap first pass in a two-stage pipeline: GLM-4.7-Flash classifies or filters, and only the survivors go to a metered model. |
| Reliability | no reliability event recorded |
| Notes | The rate limit is not public: the pricing doc prints no limits, the FAQ points at z.ai/manage-apikey/rate-limits, and docs.z.ai/api-reference/rate-limit.md, the Rate Limits entry of the docs index, redirects there, where a reader who is not signed in gets a marketing page and no limits table, also when the page is rendered in a browser. The docs are served in English; the quick start lists register or login, a billing top-up only if needed, and an API key, and the FAQ says card recharge does not support 3DS verification. The console figure is unverified: behind a sign-up. |
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Evidence 25
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-22 | docs.z.ai/guides/overview/pricing | '| GLM-4.7-Flash | Free | Free | Free | Free |' and '| GLM-4.5-Flash | Free | Free | Free | Free |' in the text models table, quoted |
| 2026-10-22 | docs.z.ai/guides/overview/pricing | GLM-5.3-Flash priced USD 0.15 input and USD 0.50 output per 1M tokens, which is the paid comparator for the free Flash lane, quoted |
| 2026-10-22 | docs.z.ai/help/faq | 'How can I check the rate limits? You can check the rate limits from here: https://z.ai/manage-apikey/rate-limits', quoted; the page requires a login |
| 2026-10-28 | docs.z.ai/guides/overview/pricing | GLM-4.6V-Flash is priced Free on every column; GLM-4.7-Flash and GLM-4.5-Flash carry the same four Free cells |
| 2026-10-28 | docs.z.ai/guides/overview/pricing | GLM-5.3-Flash is priced $0.15 input and $0.50 output per 1M tokens, the paid comparator for the Free Flash rows |
| 2026-10-28 | docs.z.ai/guides/overview/quick-start | the quick start tells a new user to register on the Z.AI Open Platform and mentions a billing top-up only if needed |
| 2026-10-31 | docs.z.ai/help/faq | the FAQ sends rate limits to the console page z.ai/manage-apikey/rate-limits and prints no figure |
| 2026-10-31 | docs.z.ai/api-reference/rate-limit.md | the Rate Limits doc URL is served by the console route manage-apikey/rate-limits, not by a docs page |
| 2026-10-31 | docs.z.ai/api-reference/rate-limit.md | read without a sign-in, the Rate Limits doc URL ends at z.ai/manage-apikey/rate-limits and serves a marketing banner with no limits table |
| 2026-10-31 | z.ai/manage-apikey/rate-limits | rendered in a browser without a sign-in, the console rate-limits page shows a marketing banner and no limits table |
| 2026-10-31 | docs.z.ai/llms.txt | the docs index names api-reference/rate-limit.md as its Rate Limits page |
| 2026-10-31 | docs.z.ai/help/faq | a card recharge needs a card that does not go through 3DS verification |
| 2026-10-31 | docs.z.ai/guides/overview/quick-start | the quick start names a billing top-up only if needed between registering and creating a key |
| 2026-10-31 | docs.z.ai/guides/overview/pricing | GLM-4.7-Flash is still Free on every column of the pricing table, which prints no rate limit |
| 2026-11-03 | chat.z.ai/auth | the Z.ai international sign-in page offers email, GitHub and Google sign-in |
| 2026-11-03 | chat.z.ai/auth | the Z.ai international sign-in page offers Continue with Google |
| 2026-11-03 | docs.z.ai/legal-agreement/privacy-policy | not published |
| 2026-11-03 | docs.z.ai/guides/overview/concept-param | the Core Parameters page says concurrency quotas differ by user and plan and prints no per-model figure |
| 2026-11-03 | docs.z.ai/guides/overview/concurrency-limit | the docs path docs.z.ai/guides/overview/concurrency-limit answers Page Not Found, so no separate concurrency table is published |
| 2026-11-03 | docs.z.ai/guides/overview/pricing | GLM-4.5-Flash is priced Free on every column of the pricing table |
| 2026-11-03 | freellm.net/models/z-ai-zhipu-ai/glm-4-7-flash | a third-party index reports a free-tier limit of 1 concurrent request for GLM-4.7-Flash; the first-party console figure is behind a sign-up |
| 2026-11-03 | freellm.net/models/z-ai-zhipu-ai/glm-4-5-flash | a third-party index reports a free-tier limit of 1 concurrent request for GLM-4.5-Flash; the first-party console figure is behind a sign-up |
| 2026-11-03 | richertunes.github.io/ai-proxy/model-concurrency-findings/ | a third-party proxy log on a coding plan lists GLM-4.5-Flash at 1 observed and 2 configured concurrent requests, not stress-tested, which disagrees with the 1 of the index |
| 2026-11-03 | freellm.net/providers/z-ai-zhipu-ai | a third-party index reports phone verification for Z.ai, which the first-party sign-in page does not show |
| 2026-11-03 | docs.z.ai/guides/overview/pricing | GLM-4.7-Flash is still priced Free on every column |
More fields 1
| facets | {"class": "perpetual-free-allowance","free_tier_kind": "recurring-free-model","shape": {"vcpu": null,"ram_gib": null,"gpu_class": null,"gpu_count": null}} |
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Unknown values 6
- egress metered: egress metering was not published
- egress terms: a source was read and is silent on this field
- per object cap stated: the field does not apply to this kind of offer
- reliability note: nothing of this kind was observed
- retention stated: the field does not apply to this kind of offer
- tooling: a source was read and is silent on this field
Z.ai GLM Coding Plan
Coding subscriptions- Free allowance
- No free tier; Lite from USD 18 a month
- Verdict
- paidno free allowance; listed for its price
- Cost
- no price stated
- Identity
- cardcard required, no phone
- Binding limit
- request-rateLite 2,000 five-hour credits and 10,000 weekly; Pro 12,000 and 60,000; Max 28,000 and 140,000; credit cost = (input tokens x input multiplier + cached input x cached multiplier + output x output multiplier) / 10,000; GLM-5.3 multipliers...
- Evidence
- documented2 sources; a first-party page was read and the sentence quoted
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-11-22checked 2026-10-22 (live); stale on 2026-11-22
| Free tier | no free tier; Lite from USD 18 a month unit none; metered on none; usage is metered in credits, and the credit formula is published |
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| Price | none stated |
| Limits |
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| Identity | card a paid subscription |
| Egress | not applicable |
| Interface | rest, cli supported in Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Cline, ZCode and others |
| Tooling | any Claude-Code-compatible client, plus the named supported tools |
| Composes with | the credit formula lets a token budget be converted to a plan, which almost no other plan in this topic allows |
| Reliability | no reliability event recorded |
| Evidence note | documented the credit allowances and the per-model multipliers are quoted from the vendor documents today. Lite is USD 18; the Pro and Max prices were not readable. |
| Parsed numbers |
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Evidence 2
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-22 | docs.z.ai/devpack/overview | Lite from USD 18 a month; 5-hour and weekly credit allowances of 2,000 and 10,000 on Lite, 12,000 and 60,000 on Pro, 28,000 and 140,000 on Max; credit formula with per-model multipliers; 5-hour credits reset five hours after consumption and weekly credits every seven days |
| 2026-10-22 | z.ai/subscribe | Lite, Pro and Max tiers exist and Pro carries six times Lite usage; the price values did not render in any extraction route |
Unknown values 4
- egress terms: the field does not apply to this kind of offer
- per object cap stated: the field does not apply to this kind of offer
- reliability note: nothing of this kind was observed
- retention stated: the field does not apply to this kind of offer
Corrections
- 2026-10-22 Kimi and zai ladders do not match