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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 APIs on the APIs.io network: Agents API, Paas API, and Tools API API. Tagged areas include Artificial Intelligence, LLM, Inference, GLM, and ChatGLM.

Zhipu AI’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, and 11 more developer resources.

32.5/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 25/100 agent aware saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-14 · rubric v0.22.0
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
1 APIs
Artificial IntelligenceLLMInferenceGLMChatGLMMulti-Modal

Kin Score

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scored 2026-09-14 · rubric v0.22.0
Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.
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Standards implemented 1

Interfaces this provider implements that became standards by being copied rather than ratified. Each is profiled by the API Commons, and the evidence column says how the claim was established — not that it was made.

declared — publishes a spec that declares them
2 core of 338 operations graded · api-commons/models

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 Paas API

The Paas API from Zhipu AI — 10 operation(s) for paas.

Zhipu AI Tools API API

The Tools API API from Zhipu AI — 1 operation(s) for tools api.

Open Collections 5

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Z.AI Agents API

OPEN COLLECTION

Z.AI Agents Paas API

OPEN COLLECTION

Z.AI Agents Tools API API

OPEN COLLECTION

Z.AI API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Zhipu Ai Rate Limits

3 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Security Posture 3

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Zhipu Ai Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Zhipu Ai Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Zhipu Ai Vulnerability Disclosure

disclosure policy published

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Zhipu Ai Agentic Access

14 operations · 13 acting

14 operations · 13 acting

AGENTIC

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 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: zhipu-ai
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zhipu-ai/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Zhipu AI
kind: company
description: 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.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/zhipu-ai.png
tags:
- Artificial Intelligence
- LLM
- Inference
- GLM
- ChatGLM
- Multi-Modal
tags_raw:
- AI
- LLM
- Inference
- GLM
- ChatGLM
- Multimodal
created: '2026-05-08'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: zhipu-ai:zhipu-ai-agents-api
  name: Zhipu AI Agents API
  description: The Agents API from Zhipu AI — 3 operation(s) for agents.
  humanURL: https://docs.z.ai/api-reference/llm/chat-completion
  baseURL: https://api.z.ai/api
  tags:
  - Agents
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/zhipu-ai-agents-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.z.ai
  - type: Signup
    url: https://z.ai
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://docs.z.ai/guides/overview/pricing
  - type: LegacyBaseURL
    url: https://open.bigmodel.cn/api/paas/v4
- aid: zhipu-ai:zhipu-ai-paas-api
  name: Zhipu AI Paas API
  description: The Paas API from Zhipu AI — 10 operation(s) for paas.
  humanURL: https://docs.z.ai/api-reference/llm/chat-completion
  baseURL: https://api.z.ai/api
  tags:
  - Platform-as-a-Service
  tags_raw:
  - Paas
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/zhipu-ai-paas-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.z.ai
  - type: Signup
    url: https://z.ai
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://docs.z.ai/guides/overview/pricing
  - type: LegacyBaseURL
    url: https://open.bigmodel.cn/api/paas/v4
- aid: zhipu-ai:zhipu-ai-tools-api-api
  name: Zhipu AI Tools API API
  description: The Tools API API from Zhipu AI — 1 operation(s) for tools api.
  humanURL: https://docs.z.ai/api-reference/llm/chat-completion
  baseURL: https://api.z.ai/api
  tags:
  - Tools API
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/zhipu-ai-tools-api-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.z.ai
  - type: Signup
    url: https://z.ai
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://docs.z.ai/guides/overview/pricing
  - type: LegacyBaseURL
    url: https://open.bigmodel.cn/api/paas/v4
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/zhipu-ai-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/zhipu-ai-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/zhipu-ai-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/zhipu-ai-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/zai-org
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/zhipuai
- type: Website
  url: https://www.zhipuai.cn/
- type: AlternateWebsite
  url: https://z.ai
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.z.ai
- type: Plans
  url: plans/zhipu-ai-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/zhipu-ai-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/zhipu-ai-finops.yml
- type: Integrations
  url: https://www.zhipuai.cn/integrations
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://docs.z.ai/llms.txt
integrations:
- name: Z.AI
- name: Animation
- name: Send
- name: AI Slides
- name: Full Stack
- name: Magic Design
- name: Help Me Write
- name: ad
- name: GLM-5-Turbo
- name: GLM-5
- name: GLM-4.6V
- name: AutoGLM
- name: GLM-4.5V
- name: translate
- name: 海报
- name: 模型微调
- name: AI 搜索工具
- name: AutoClaw
- name: 智谱清言
- name: 智谱学习中心
- name: Zread.ai
- name: AMiner
- name: 智谱AI输入法
- name: business
- name: 智谱首份业绩报告发布,探索AGI智能上界
- name: 智谱(02513.HK)公布2025年度业绩发布会安排
- name: 中关村自主大模型产业联盟第一次会员大会 结果公示
- name: GLM-PC 基座模型,CogAgent-9B 开源
- name: Agent 新进展:跨 app、跨设备、更多玩法|智谱 Agent OpenDay
- name: 智谱与英特尔深化智能生态合作,落地端侧智谱清言和CodeGeeX智能编程助手
- name: wechat
- name: WeChat QR Code
- name: github
- name: huggingface
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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