Open-weight GLM checkpoints plus free Flash-tier API models
Z.ai (GLM Chat) — straight answers
What is Z.ai (GLM Chat)?
Z.ai (GLM Chat) is listed under General Purpose Chatbots, in the AI Chat & Assistants category on Flocci AI Tools. Free chat on Zhipu's flagship GLM-5.x models. It is freemium — a usable free tier with paid plans above it, and it lives at chat.z.ai.
Is Z.ai (GLM Chat) free?
Z.ai (GLM Chat) is freemium: there is a free tier you can work in and paid plans above it. It is one of 404 freemium tools in the catalog, all labelled the same way so you are never surprised by a paywall.
What can Z.ai (GLM Chat) do?
Z.ai (GLM Chat) does 3 things the catalog singles out: Free chat on zhipu's flagship glm-5.x models; built-in full-stack app/website builder mode; open-weight glm checkpoints plus free flash-tier api models.
What is the best free alternative to Z.ai (GLM Chat)?
Alibaba Quark AI Assistant is the closest free alternative: it sits in the same General Purpose Chatbots sub-category and is free. Amazon Nova, Apertus Chat (Public AI) and Baichuan Bai Xiao Ying (百小应) also start free. The full list is on the alternatives page.