Z.ai plans and models

3 plans from $18/mo to $168/mo and 2 models benchmarked. Every price links its source; last checked 2026-10-28.

Plans

GLM Coding Lite

$18/mo Coding subscription

Annual
$12.6/mo billed annually
Usage limit
2,000 credits/5h; 10,000 credits/week
Main limitation
Works only in officially supported coding tools; peak-hour deductions apply
Included models
GLM-5.3 GLM-5.3 Flash GLM-4.7 GLM-4.5 Air
Notes
Annual billing is 30% off ($12.60/month). Off-peak usage deducts 50% fewer credits.
Popularity
37/100 adoption estimate (assumed), not market share. GLM Coding Plan: no published subscriber count; 300K assumed from its bundled support across third-party agents. Tier share 0.50, assumed for the entry paid tier. Source

Vendor pricing checked 2026-10-24

GLM Coding Pro

$80/mo Coding subscription

Annual
$56/mo billed annually
Usage limit
12,000 credits/5h; 60,000 credits/week
Main limitation
6x Lite usage but the same supported-tool restriction
Included models
GLM-5.3 GLM-5.3 Flash GLM-4.7 GLM-4.5 Air
Notes
Annual billing is $56/month. Adds faster generation and peak-hour priority.
Popularity
33/100 adoption estimate (assumed), not market share. GLM Coding Plan: no published subscriber count; 300K assumed from its bundled support across third-party agents. Tier share 0.30, assumed for the mid tier. Source

Vendor pricing checked 2026-10-24

GLM Coding Max

$168/mo Coding subscription

Annual
$117.6/mo billed annually
Usage limit
28,000 credits/5h; 140,000 credits/week
Main limitation
Highest GLM tier; still limited to supported clients
Included models
GLM-5.3 GLM-5.3 Flash GLM-4.7 GLM-4.5 Air
Notes
Annual billing is $117.60/month. 14x Lite usage for heavy Claude Code, Cline or OpenCode users.
Popularity
25/100 adoption estimate (assumed), not market share. GLM Coding Plan: no published subscriber count; 300K assumed from its bundled support across third-party agents. Tier share 0.10, assumed for the top tier. Source

Vendor pricing checked 2026-10-24

Models

GLM-5.3

$0.079 / $4.80 per M OpenRouter · open weights

Intelligence
32 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5.0
Cost per task
$5.01
Output speed
86 tokens/s
Time to first answer token
2.44 s
Context window
1M
Recommended effort
highVendor swap: GPT-6 Luna medium scores 15.97 for $0.09 (2% of the cost)

Benchmarks Pricing checked 2026-10-28

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