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 429 freemium tools in the catalog, all labelled the same way so you are never surprised by a paywall.
Can I use Z.ai (GLM Chat) in a browser, or is there an app?
Z.ai (GLM Chat) works in a normal browser tab with no install. It is available on the web and an API. You can sign in with a Google account.
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)?
Apertus Chat (Public AI) is the closest free alternative: it sits in the same General Purpose Chatbots sub-category and is free. Falcon LLM Chat (TII), Google AI Mode and HuggingChat also start free. The full list is on the alternatives page.