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GLM Coding Lite
Zhipuentry$18
Last checked: 2026-07-29
This tier is sold in China too, at a price the vendor sets for that market: GLM Coding Lite（国内）¥49 per month
- First limit you hit
- 400 prompts per 7 days (approx.)
- Equivalent API value
- $22Priced on GLM-5.2
- Value multiple
- 1.24×
- When it runs out
- Stops until the window resets
- Scenario
- Interactive use only
Allowances
80prompts per 5 hours (approx.)
›The vendor's own wording
The plan table gives the Lite row as "Up to approx. 80 prompts" for the "5-Hour Limit (Dynamically refreshed; quota resets 5 hours after consumption)", under the heading "we apply usage limits on a 5-hour and weekly basis". The figure is the vendor's own estimate: "上述次数 为预估值，实际可用量会因项目复杂度、代码库大小以及是否启用自动接受等 因素而有所不同。"Open the source page
400prompts per 7 days (approx.)
›The vendor's own wording
"Up to approx. 400 prompts" in the "Weekly Limit (Activated upon subscription; resets every 7 days)" column of the Lite row.Open the source page
100web search / web reader / repo MCP calls per month (combined)
›The vendor's own wording
"Lite 套餐：联网搜索 MCP / 网页读取 MCP / 开源仓库 MCP 每月合计 100 次。 达到当月调用上限后，该类 MCP 当月将无法继续调用。"Open the source page
Models included
| Model | Capability | Burn rate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| GLM-5.2default | untiered | 2 | "GLM-5.2/GLM-5-Turbo 作为高阶模型，对标 Claude Opus，调用时将按照 '高峰期 3 倍，非高峰期 2 倍' 系数消耗额度。（作为限时福利，GLM-5.2/GLM-5-Turbo 将在非高峰期仅作为 1 倍抵扣，持续到 9 月底。）注：'高峰期'为每日的 14:00～18:00 （UTC+8）。" |
| GLM-5-Turbo | untiered | 2 | Same peak/off-peak multiplier as GLM-5.2: 3x during 14:00-18:00 (UTC+8), 2x otherwise, temporarily 1x off peak until the end of September. |
| GLM-4.7 | untiered | 1 |
Subscription versus your own API key
This compares two ways of working the same way — in an IDE or CLI, where BYOK tools make a direct API key a real option. It is not a claim that subscriptions are cheaper than the API in general.
| Model | Effective price / 1M tokens | vs API rate | Breakeven |
|---|---|---|---|
| GLM-5.2untiered | $0.77 | 0.80 | 18.8M |
| GLM-5-Turbountiered | $0.77 | 1.15 | 26.9M |
| GLM-4.7untiered | $0.77 | 3.12 | 72.9M |
Usage terms
Quoted from the vendor's own terms. We do not give legal advice.
The plan is confined to Zhipu's list of supported coding tools: "套餐仅限在官方支持的指定工具与产品环境中使用。在除规定工具外调用 API， 不可享用 Coding 套餐的额度。" API calls made outside those tools are billed separately: "单独调用 API 是独立计费的，不可享用 Coding 套餐的额度。" OpenClaw is allowed but demoted — "套餐支持 OpenClaw 使用，但采用次级调度与 尽力交付策略，Coding Agent 任务享有资源抢占优先权".
Change history
- 2026-07-28Recorded from the seed file