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LLM 7.3/10

GLM-5.2 + GLM-5-Turbo + GLM-4.7 in Claude Code/OpenCode/Cline via Anthropic- and OpenAI-compatible endpoints; ~80 prompts/5h, ~400 prompts/week (1 prompt = 15-20 model calls); 1 concurrent project

Z.ai GLM Coding Lite scores 7.3/10 for free value in LLM. The main constraint: Paid — $18/mo (monthly billing −10% = $16.20; yearly −30% = $12.60/mo). GLM-5.2 + GLM-5-Turbo + GLM-4.7 in Claude Code/OpenCode/Cline via Anthropic- and OpenAI-compatible endpoints; ~80 prompts/5h, ~400 prompts/week (1 prompt = 15-20 model calls); 1 concurrent project.

Category LLM Kind Paid plan Caveats ToS restricts use to officially supported tools (custom harnesses risk throttling); GLM-5.2/GLM-5-Turbo burn 3x quota at peak hours, 2x off-peak (1x off-peak promo to end-Sept 2026); no refunds; severe 429 storms during model launches (Jun 16-17 2026)

Free value score

7.3 / 10
Show the math
Model Quality 9.2/10
value = 51 artificial_analysis_score
weighted score = 0.2 * 9.2/10
Requests 3.1/10
value = 11520 req/mo
weighted score = 0.1 * 3.1/10
Access 10/10
value = 10/10
score = 10/10
Price Efficiency 7.4/10
value = 15 value/$
weighted score = 0.7 * 7.4/10

Key metrics

GLM-5.2 51 Best model
12K R/mo Requests/month
15x Value ratio

What you get

Paid — $18/mo (monthly billing −10% = $16.20; yearly −30% = $12.60/mo). GLM-5.2 + GLM-5-Turbo + GLM-4.7 in Claude Code/OpenCode/Cline via Anthropic- and OpenAI-compatible endpoints; ~80 prompts/5h, ~400 prompts/week (1 prompt = 15-20 model calls); 1 concurrent project

Z.ai values the monthly quota at 15-30x the fee => ~$270 effective GLM-5.2 API usage for $18/mo; cheapest entry to GLM-5.2

Sources

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