Zhipu AI
Zhipu AI (Z.ai / BigModel) is a Chinese AI research lab and the developer of the GLM (General Language Model) family. The Z.ai open platform exposes chat completions, vision, image generation, video generation, web search, audio transcription, embeddings, fine-tuning, and agent APIs across the GLM-5, GLM-4.7, GLM-4.6, and GLM-4.5 model series.
Zhipu AI publishes 3 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network: Agents API, Tools API, and Paa S API. Tagged areas include Artificial Intelligence, LLM, Inference, GLM, and ChatGLM.
The Zhipu AI catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.
Zhipu AI’s developer surface includes pricing, engineering blog, authentication, documentation, and 12 more developer resources.
What this lets a business do 2
Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →
Kin Score
Markets this provider is in provisional
The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.
| Market | Position | Depth | Registered MCP server | Declares compatibility |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retrieval, Vector and RAG | covered | 51.8 | - | 1 |
| Agent Skills (SKILL.md packages) | covered | 51.8 | - | 1 |
Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.
Standards implemented 3
Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.
APIs 3
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
Zhipu AI Agents API
The Agents API from Zhipu AI — 3 operation(s) for agents.
Zhipu AI Tools API
The Tools API API from Zhipu AI — 1 operation(s) for tools api.
Zhipu AI Paa S API
The Paa S API from Zhipu AI — 10 operation(s) for paa s.
Open Collections 4
Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).
Z.AI Agents API
OPEN COLLECTIONZ.AI Agents Paas API
OPEN COLLECTIONZ.AI Agents Tools API API
OPEN COLLECTIONZ.AI API
OPEN COLLECTIONMCP Servers 1
Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.
Zhipu AI API pricing
Prices published by Zhipu AI, read 2026-10-07 from docs.z.ai/guides/overview/pricing. A free plan or tier is listed.
| Plan | Price |
|---|---|
| GLM-5.3-Flash | $0.15 per 1M tokens input |
| GLM-5.3-FlashX | $0.37 per 1M tokens input |
| GLM-5.3 | $1.4 per 1M tokens input |
| GLM-5.2 | $1.4 per 1M tokens input |
| GLM-5.1 | $1.4 per 1M tokens input |
| GLM-5 | $1 per 1M tokens input |
| GLM-4.7 | $0.6 per 1M tokens input |
| GLM-4.7-FlashX | $0.07 per 1M tokens input |
All 29 plans, limits and sources →
Rate limits
- API Default Concurrency: 1 concurrent requests
- GLM Coding Plan Window: 5-hour and weekly window
- Peak Hours Multiplier: 2-3x quota multiplier
Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against Zhipu AI's documentation. Rate-limit details →
Pricing Plans 1
Published pricing tiers and plan structures.
Rate Limits 1
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
Zhipu AI Rate Limits
RATE LIMITSFinOps 1
Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.
Zhipu AI Finops
FINOPSSpectral Rules 1
Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs. Counts are the severity each rule declares, not results of running them.
Zhipu AI API Rules
SPECTRALSecurity Posture 3
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Agentic Access (API Evangelist recommendations) 1
Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.
Resources
Documentation 1
Reference material describing how the API behaves
Agent Surfaces 2
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Build 1
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
Access & Security 3
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Operate 1
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Commercial 3
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Company 4
The organization behind the API
Other 1
Properties that don't map to a standard resource type
Source (apis.yml)
Zhipu AI API — frequently asked questions
Does Zhipu AI have an API?
Yes. APIs.io lists 3 APIs from Zhipu AI, including Zhipu AI Agents API, Zhipu AI Tools API and Zhipu AI Paa S API.
Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Zhipu AI API?
Yes. APIs.io indexes 3 OpenAPI specifications for Zhipu AI, each linked for download from this page.
How do I authenticate with the Zhipu AI API?
Zhipu AI uses bearer-token authentication (http · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Zhipu AI Authentication.
How much does the Zhipu AI API cost?
Zhipu AI publishes its prices; its GLM-5.3-Flash plan is $0.15 per 1M tokens input as of 2026-10-07. APIs.io lists 29 pricing plans for Zhipu AI, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.
Does Zhipu AI have an MCP server?
Yes. APIs.io lists 1 MCP server for Zhipu AI: Remote MCP server at docs.z.ai over HTTP.
Is the Zhipu AI API ready for AI agents?
Zhipu AI has a Kin Score of 38.1 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 35.7 (agent-ready), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-13.
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