Claude vs Z.ai Chat

$0

Free for everyone, with the lowest usage limits

• Chat on web
• desktop and mobile
• Web search
• File creation and code execution
• Memory across conversations
• Artifacts
• Connectors with remote MCP

$100/month

5x Pro usage every five hours and every week

• Everything in Pro
• 5x Pro usage
• Fable included up to half the weekly limit
• $100 per month in Claude Platform API credits
• Early access to advanced features
• Priority access at high traffic times

$200/month

For the longest tasks; no five-hour limit for verified accounts

• Everything in Max
• No 5-hour limit for verified accounts
• 10x Pro usage every week
• $200 per month in Claude Platform API credits (up from $100 on Max)
• Priority access at high traffic times

$25/user/mo

Standard seat for teams of 2 to 150; $20 per seat when billed annually. Premium seat is $125 monthly or $100 annually

• Claude Code and Cowork
• Central billing and administration
• SSO
• Admin controls for connectors
• More usage than Pro on Standard seats
• Premium seats with 5x Standard usage
• Up to $500 per month in pooled API credits

$20/user/mo

Seat price billed annually, 20-seat minimum, plus usage at API rates

• Everything in Team
• Admin-set user and org spend limits
• Role-based access
• SCIM
• Audit logs
• Compliance API
• Custom data retention controls
• Network-level access control
• IP allowlisting
• HIPAA-ready offering available
• Claude Security (beta)

$0

Web chat with GLM models at chat.z.ai

• Web chat
• GLM-5.3-Flash
• agent features

$18/month

Lightweight coding workloads

• 2,000 credits per 5 hours
• 10,000 credits per week
• GLM-5.3 and GLM-5.3-Flash

$80/month

Professional coding workloads

• 12,000 credits per 5 hours
• 60,000 credits per week
• Vision
• Web Search and Web Reader MCP

$168/month

High-volume coding workloads

• 28,000 credits per 5 hours
• 140,000 credits per week
• Vision
• Web Search and Web Reader MCP