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GLM Coding Plan

Canonical page on the main site: chinaaihub.com/agents/glm-coding-plan

Company

zhipu-ai

Description

Zhipu AI's coding-agent subscription (bigmodel.cn/glm-coding): one plan that powers ZCode (Zhipu's own coding client), AutoClaw (office agent) and 20+ third-party coding tools including Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and OpenClaw. Runs on GLM-5.3 / GLM-5.3-Flash with 1M-token context; credits refresh per 5-hour window and weekly. International counterpart on Z.AI from $18/month.

Agent Type

coding

Underlying Models

  • glm-5.3
  • glm-5.3-flash

Tool Calling

Yes

Mcp

Yes

Memory

Yes

Planning

Yes

Api

Yes

Pricing

China (bigmodel.cn): Lite ¥118/mo, Pro ¥538/mo, Max ¥1078/mo (quarterly 8-fold off, annual 7-fold off); credits per 5h 2,000/12,000/28,000 and weekly 10,000/60,000/140,000. Team seats: Standard ¥598/mo, Advanced ¥1198/mo. International (Z.AI): from $18/month. Off-peak = 50% credit rate; peak Mon-Fri 14:00-18:00 UTC+8 = 2x.

Deployment

cloud

Open Source

No

License

proprietary

Documentation

https://docs.bigmodel.cn/cn/coding-plan/overview.md

Use Cases

  • Full development chain from requirements to deployable product in one task (1M context)
  • Code generation, debugging/repair and codebase Q&A
  • Agentic Engineering workflow (plan-implement-iterate)
  • ZCode coding client (150% quota, free idle-time tasks, data MCP)
  • AutoClaw office agent - deep research, business data analysis, task automation
  • Night campaign 23-00 to 09-00 - GLM-5.3-Flash unlimited via ZCode

Limitations

  • Quota caps (5-hour + weekly) with refresh waiting; no spillover billing to other balances
  • Valid only inside officially supported coding tools; self-built apps/SaaS must use the standard API
  • Peak hours (Mon-Fri 14:00-18:00) cost 2x credits
  • OpenClaw tasks run at secondary priority under load (preemption by coding-agent tasks)
  • Team plan - no mixed standard+advanced purchase; 1 seat per member; max 5 API keys per seat
  • Launch date not publicly disclosed in fetched sources (plan revision dated 2026-07-30)

Last Verified

2026-09-20

Sources

source_name source_url source_type last_verified confidence
GLM Coding Plan landing page https://bigmodel.cn/glm-coding official 2026-09-20 high
BigModel Coding Plan docs - overview https://docs.bigmodel.cn/cn/coding-plan/overview.md official 2026-09-20 high
Z.AI Coding Plan international docs https://docs.z.ai/devpack/overview.md official 2026-09-20 high