GLM
by Z.ai (Zhipu AI)
At a glance
Family of open-weight large language models from Zhipu AI, spanning general, reasoning, and coding-focused variants.
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- Licence
- MIT
- Category
- Open Models
- Business model
- Open (open weights/source)
- Availability
- Global
- Launched
- 2023
Overview
GLM is a family of open-weight large language models from Beijing-based Zhipu AI (Z.ai), spanning general chat, reasoning, coding, vision, speech, and image generation. Recent generations such as GLM-5.3 emphasize software engineering and agentic capabilities, and weights for the main releases are published for download. Zhipu also sells hosted API access and coding subscription plans.
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Key features
- Open-weight models for chat, reasoning, and coding
- Agent-oriented capabilities with tool calling
- Multimodal variants spanning vision, OCR, speech, and image generation
- Permissive licensing with hosted API options
Use cases
- Self-hosting a capable open LLM for products
- Agentic coding via GLM coding plans and APIs
- Research on bilingual Chinese-English models
Pricing
GLM open weights are free under permissive licenses; Zhipu's hosted APIs and coding subscription plans are paid by usage or monthly fee.
Record details
Provenance, dates and links are kept here so the main sections stay about the product itself.
Links, dates and provenance
- Record updated
- 2026-09-10
- Model family
- GLM
- Founded
- 2019
- Headquarters
- CN
- Canonical URL
- https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/glm/
Selection profile
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- Tasks it fits
- Running models yourself
Derived from the record: category "open-models".
Suggest a correction - How you use it
- Model weights
Derived from record tag matching /^open-weights$/.
Suggest a correction - Runs on
- Not recorded
No platform support is stated in the record.
Suggest a correction - Where it runs
- Local machine
Open-weight models are run by the user, not served by the vendor.
Suggest a correction - Works offline
- Partly
Local execution implies the model can run without a network once downloaded, but the vendor does not state this in the record.
Suggest a correction - Official service region
- Global
Mirrors the availability field already on the record ("global").
Suggest a correction - Public API
- Yes
The record mentions an API surface.
Suggest a correction - Licence
- MIT
Mirrors the licence already recorded on the product record; not re-verified against the licence text by this migration.
Suggest a correction - Commercial use
- Permitted
Recorded licence allows commercial use (copyleft obligations may still apply).
Suggest a correction - Interface languages
- Not recorded
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Suggest a correction - Billing
- Open source Free Free allowance: Yes Subscription required: No
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Where each value comes from
- Tasks it fits
- Our inference
- How you use it
- Our inference
- Runs on
- Our inference
- Where it runs
- Our inference
- Works offline
- Our inference
- Official service region
- Our inference
- Public API
- Our inference
- Licence
- Our inference
- Commercial use
- Our inference
- Interface languages
- Unknown
Frequently asked questions
What is GLM?
GLM is Zhipu AI's family of open-weight large language models covering chat, reasoning, coding, and multimodal tasks.
Are GLM models open source?
Many GLM models are released with open weights under permissive licenses that allow commercial use.
How can I access GLM models?
You can download the weights, use Zhipu's paid API, or subscribe to its coding plans that bundle model access.
What does the GLM record not confirm?
No public documentation or pricing page is recorded because neither was confirmable on the site, and supported regions and interface languages stay unconfirmed.
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This record was last reviewed on 2026-09-10.
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