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Zhipu ZCode

LLM 7.0/10 Jun 16, 2026

Codex-like coding agent from Zhipu AI on its GLM models. Free access is a 5-day per-user trial (5M tokens/day, then throttled) — not a recurring monthly tier.

Tokens / month
25M
Tokens / day
5M
Credit window
5 days

Zhipu ZCode scores 7/10 for free value in LLM. The main constraint: ZCode app free offer = a 5-day per-user trial: 5M tokens/day (~25M tokens total across the trial), then throttled. NOT 30M/month and NOT recurring. Best free model is GLM-4.7-Flash (Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index 23).

Note: CORRECTED: not 30M/mo — 5-day per-user trial (5M tok/day), then throttled; best free model GLM-4.7-Flash Artificial Analysis 23
Category LLM Kind Coding agent + free model Caveats Third-party agent/runtime from a China-based platform that can see your code, prompts, and any keys you give it. Daily limit and data-handling terms are unverified and may change; verify before use. Renewal daily Card required No Eligibility anyone

Free value score

7.0 / 10
Show the math
Value 7.5/10
value = 18.4 $/mo
weighted score = 0.7 * 7.5/10
Model Quality 6.1/10
value = 34 artificial_analysis_score
weighted score = 0.2 * 6.1/10
Volume 5.8/10
value = 25000000 tok/mo
weighted score = 0.1 * 5.8/10
Access 4/10
value = 4/10
score = 4/10

Key metrics

GLM-4.7 34 Best model
25M T/mo Free tokens
5.0M T/day Tokens/day
No Commercial use

Models

4 free · 23 total

Limits may be stale — last re-verified outside this section's freshness window.

Model Family AA Access
GLM-4.7 GLM 33.8 free
GLM-4.7-Flash GLM 33.8 free
GLM-4.5-Flash GLM — free
GLM-4.6V-Flash GLM — free
GLM-5.2 GLM 51.1 paid
GLM-5.1 GLM 40.2 paid
GLM-5 GLM 39.5 paid
GLM-5-Turbo GLM 38.1 paid
GLM-5V-Turbo GLM 34.5 paid
GLM-4.7-FlashX GLM 33.8 paid
GLM-4.6 GLM 23 paid
GLM-4.5-Air GLM 16.5 paid
CogView-4 GLM — paid
GLM-4-32B-0414-128K GLM — paid
GLM-4.5 GLM — paid
GLM-4.5-AirX GLM — paid
GLM-4.5-X GLM — paid
GLM-4.5V GLM — paid
GLM-4.6V GLM — paid
GLM-4.6V-FlashX GLM — paid
GLM-ASR-2512 GLM — paid
GLM-Image GLM — paid
GLM-OCR GLM — paid

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What you get

Codex-style agent (ZCode 3.0) on the GLM model

Reported ~1M free tokens/day (verify)

Desktop app: Mac and Windows

Third-party, China-based platform

Gotchas

  • 5-day trial window

    The ZCode app offer is a per-user 5-day trial with daily token limits, not a recurring monthly free quota.

  • Data/privacy exposure

    This is a third-party agent/runtime from a China-based platform that can see your source code, prompts, and any keys you provide, and free-tier prompts/data-handling terms (including possible use for model improvement) should be reviewed before sending proprietary code.

Sources

free-tier glm agent third-party
Open service Source ← All LLM

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