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Differences between the free and paid versions of GLM 4.7 #6074
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Do the free and paid versions of GLM 4.7 have the same response speed? Is the paid version of GLM 4.7 faster? I'm considering paying for it; please answer my questions. Thank you.
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adm-alvin-decruz commentedon Dec 24, 2025
On z.AI, the paid version performs better as you pay more for it.
opencaw commentedon Dec 24, 2025
Since this was my first time using the service, I subscribed to Max's service. I asked them a small question, and after half an hour using GLM 4.7, it still wasn't resolved. My refund request was refused. It's an outrageous and unfair contract term; it's absolutely terrible.
pohlipit23 commentedon Dec 25, 2025
Did anyone notice an actual difference between using the free one from opencode vs z.ai code plan 4,7?
osminogin commentedon Dec 26, 2025
I don't correlate the hype surrounding the zAI models with my actual use of them (on the free version, but I don't see the point in buying the paid one yet). GLM-4.7 herself says her knowledge cutoff is data up to the end of 2023 or early 2024.
moonray commentedon Jan 26, 2026
The free version was actually pretty good for tool calling and orchestration. Now that I'm using the z.ai max sub, it feels slow and dumb. That has to be a bug.
jonathanm-tkf commentedon Jan 27, 2026
The same thing happens to me. It's extremely frustrating. I've tried to contact the company, but I haven't had any luck.
Even the free models work better than a MAX subscription. It's ridiculous.
Does anyone know how to fix this? I feel like it worked faster when I didn't have the plan.
bawadev commentedon Feb 12, 2026
Same thing happened from me. It almost feels like a Scam from zai after buying from Max plan. its practically not usable !!
jhaan1979 commentedon Feb 23, 2026
It looks like its repeating itself with GLM5 on Zen. GLM5-free performs a lot better than the paid GLM5. GLM5-free is on par with kimi-k2.5 and opus. But the paid one often gets stuck in reasoning loops and switches over to gibberish (looks like its having a stroke).
So I'm back to switching between GLM5-free and the paid kimi-k2.5.
github-actions commentedon Apr 25, 2026
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