ChatGLM
by Z.ai (Zhipu AI)
At a glance
Zhipu AI's conversational assistant (Qingyan) built on the GLM family of models.
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- Licence
- Not recorded
- Category
- AI Assistants
- Business model
- Freemium
- Availability
- China (mainland)
- Launched
- 2023-03
Overview
ChatGLM, branded Qingyan in China, is Zhipu AI's conversational assistant built on its GLM family of large language models. It handles Chinese and English dialogue, document reading, image understanding, and coding help, and is available on the web and as mobile apps. The assistant is free to use, with premium features and developer API access billed separately.
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Key features
- Conversational assistant in Chinese and English
- Document reading and summarization
- Image understanding and code assistance
- Backed by Zhipu AI's GLM model family
Use cases
- Everyday Q&A and writing help in Chinese
- Summarizing and querying uploaded documents
- Drafting and explaining code
Pricing
The ChatGLM/Qingyan assistant is free for consumers, with paid tiers for advanced models; developers pay usage-based fees for the GLM API.
Record details
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Links, dates and provenance
- Record updated
- 2026-09-10
- Founded
- 2019
- Headquarters
- CN
- Canonical URL
- https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/chatglm/
Selection profile
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- Drafting and editing text
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- Web app
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- Web
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- Vendor cloud
Vendor-hosted product; no self-hosted option is recorded.
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- Not recorded
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- Mainland China
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Suggest a correction - Public API
- Yes
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- proprietary
Commercial product; no source licence is published in the record.
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- Not recorded
Commercial product; the terms reviewed here do not state a non-commercial restriction, but that was not verified.
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- Not recorded
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- Subscription Free allowance: Limited Subscription required: No
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Frequently asked questions
What is ChatGLM?
ChatGLM (Qingyan) is Zhipu AI's conversational assistant built on its GLM large language models, supporting chat, documents, images, and code.
Is ChatGLM free?
The consumer assistant is free to use, while advanced model access and the developer API are paid.
Who develops ChatGLM?
ChatGLM is developed by Zhipu AI, a Beijing-based AI company spun out of Tsinghua University.
Who should not choose ChatGLM?
Anyone who needs a recorded price list or an official docs page: neither is recorded, because ChatGLM entered the guide after the vendor-fetch round that filled those fields.
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