GLM
by Z.ai
Best for budget-conscious developers who want frontier-level reasoning at a fraction of Western API costs. GLM-5 and GLM-5-Turbo deliver performance rivaling Claude 4.5 in backend refactoring and deep debugging, with broad compatibility across popular agents like Claude Code, Cursor, and Cline.
Pricing Plans
Lite
$9 /mo
120 prompts/5h, GLM-5 + GLM-5-Turbo access (quarterly billing)
Pro
$27 /mo
600 prompts/5h, priority GLM-5 access, GLM-5-Turbo
Max
$72 /mo
Highest usage limits, GLM-5 + GLM-5-Turbo, Vision/Web tools
Key Features
✓
IDE Extension ✕
Standalone App ✓
CLI Access ✓
Agentic Workflow ✓
GLM-5 Model ✓
SWE-Bench Optimized Platforms
Claude Code Cursor Cline Roo Code Continue.dev