Inspiring AGI to Benefit Humanity - free AI chatbot & agent powered by GLM
Zhipu AI is a Chinese large language model provider that operates internationally under the name Z.ai. At its core is the GLM model family for text, reasoning, agents, coding, vision, OCR, image, video, and audio capabilities. The platform offers API access, coding plans, web search, Translation Agent, and Slide/Poster Agent.
Zhipu AI / Z.ai – GLM
LLM "Inspiring AGI to Benefit Humanity - free AI chatbot & agent powered by GLM"
Location: China ⓘ JINGSHENG HENGXING TECHNOLOGY PTE. LTD., 10 Anson Road, #26-03, International Plaza, Singapore 075903
Z.AI describes GLM-4.5-Flash as a free model variant for reasoning, coding, and agents; in addition, free trial quotas may be available depending on the platform status. Subscription GLM Coding Plan
Personally assigned coding subscription for officially supported coding tools; not intended for general API use, resale, or use by third parties. Other API Usage / Usage-Based Billing API access to GLM models, SDKs, OpenAI-compatible usage, streaming, function calling, structured output, context caching, and tool usage; billing is usage-based depending on the model and platform rules.
Enterprise / Individual Agreements Separate written agreements are possible; no confirmed information is available regarding standardized EU enterprise plans or EU hosting.
Target audience
Zhipu AI / Z.ai is aimed at developers, AI product teams, companies, agencies, and technically proficient users who want to use LLMs for coding, agents, tool calling, web search, document processing, and multimodal applications.
Outstanding features
The GLM family covers text, vision, OCR, image, video, audio, and agents. Z.ai is particularly strong in coding workflows, agentic engineering, long execution chains, API usage, and open models such as GLM-4.5 and GLM-5.
Main use cases
Typical applications include coding assistants, AI-powered web search, RAG, document analysis, presentation creation, translations, chatbots, image analysis, OCR, image and video generation, as well as multi-stage agent processes.
Usage & notes
The free chatbot or the API docs are suitable for quick tests. For productive use with EU data, however, companies should carefully review the DPA, subprocessors, hosting, transfer mechanisms, and training opt-out.
| Target audience | Assessment |
|---|---|
| Private individuals | Conditionally – suitable for chat, coding, and experimentation, but primarily technical or developer-oriented. |
| Self-employed / freelancers | Yes, if API/coding use is relevant – useful for text, code, agents, research, and automation projects. |
| SMEs | Conditionally to yes – suitable for product-related LLM integration if data protection, provider location, and contractual terms are reviewed. |
| Large enterprises | Conditionally – API DPA available, but additional reviews of SCCs, subprocessors, and governance are necessary for EU-regulated use. |
| Developers / teams | Yes – strong focus on API, SDKs, OpenAI-compatible usage, function calling, structured output, and coding workflows. |
| Privacy-sensitive organizations | Rather only conditionally – processing via Singapore; EU data residency, a DPA in line with German standards, and subprocessor transparency are not consistently guaranteed. |
| Model / family | Type | Best suited for |
|---|---|---|
| GLM-5.1 | Text/reasoning LLM | Current top-tier GLM model for complex agent, coding, and reasoning tasks. (Z.AI) |
| GLM-5 | Flagship LLM, open according to the Z.ai blog | Agentic engineering, complex software development, system design, autonomous workflows. (Z.AI) |
| GLM-5-Turbo | Faster GLM-5 model | Tool calling, long agent chains, coding assistants, productive API workflows. (Z.ai) |
| GLM-4.7 / GLM-4.7-FlashX / GLM-4.7-Flash | Text models | All-round text, cost-efficient API usage, fast chat and assistant functions. (Z.AI) |
| GLM-4.6 | Text LLM with long context | Coding, smart office, translation, agents, long documents. (Z.AI) |
| GLM-4.5 / GLM-4.5-Air | Open MoE models | Self-hosting, research, agents, coding, reasoning; Air for more efficient deployments. (Hugging Face) |
| GLM-4.5-X / GLM-4.5-AirX | Performance/speed variants | High-performance API workloads, fast agent and coding workflows. (Z.AI) |
| GLM-4-32B-0414-128K | More compact text model | Cost-effective LLM applications with long context. (Z.AI) |
| GLM-5V-Turbo | Vision-language model | Image understanding, visual QA, multimodal agents. (Z.AI) |
| GLM-4.6V / GLM-4.6V-FlashX / GLM-4.6V-Flash | Vision-language | Visual reasoning, OCR-related tasks, image analysis, function calls with images. (Z.ai) |
| GLM-OCR | OCR/document model | PDF, image, and code block recognition, document extraction. (Z.AI) |
| AutoGLM-Phone-Multilingual | Agent/VLM model | Mobile agents, app control, multilingual smartphone workflows. (Z.AI) |
| GLM-Image / CogView-4 | Image generation | Text-to-image, creative image generation, marketing visuals. (Z.AI) |
| CogVideoX-3 / Vidu Q1 / Vidu 2 | Video generation | Text-to-video, image-to-video, start-to-end video generation. (Z.AI) |
| GLM-ASR-2512 | Audio / speech recognition | Audio transcription and speech recognition. (Z.AI) |
| GLM Slide/Poster Agent | Agent | Presentations, posters, visual office creation. (Z.ai) |
| Translation Agent | Agent | Multilingual translations and translation workflows. (Z.ai) |
Hosting & Data
1) On-prem / local hosting
Meaning: The company operates the solution on its own hardware or within its own infrastructure. In the strictest sense, not only the application runs locally, but ideally the model as well.
2) Private cloud / data center
Meaning: The solution runs in a dedicated or more clearly separated cloud environment, often with a hosting provider or hyperscaler, but in a German data center or in a particularly controlled environment.
3) EU SaaS / managed
Meaning: The provider operates the solution itself as a service. The company uses the tool as a ready-made cloud service, ideally with EU data residency.
4) Hybrid
Meaning: One part of the processing remains internal / local / in a private cloud, while another part runs in an external cloud or EU SaaS.
5) AVV / DPA
Meaning: This is the data processing agreement or Data Processing Addendum. It governs that the provider processes personal data on behalf of the customer and is bound by the customer's instructions.
6) No training
Meaning: The provider does not use your prompts, uploads, attachments, chat histories, or outputs for training or improving the general model — ideally excluded by contract.
7) Open-source / transparency path
Meaning: There is a path toward greater technical transparency and sovereignty, for example through:
- open models
- documented components
- self-hostable parts
- traceable architecture
- export / switching options
| On-prem / local hosting | ❓ |
| Private cloud / data center | ❓ |
| EU SaaS / Managed | ❓ |
| Hybrid | ❓ |
| DPA / AVV | ⚠️ |
| No training on customer data | ⚠️ |
| Open source / transparency path | ⚠️ |
On-Prem / local hosting: indirect / not available
On-premise or local hosting of the Z.ai/GLM solution is not stated on the website. There are references to 'open-source' or 'open-weight' models, but there is no documented self-hosting or local deployment guide for the service evaluated here.
Private Cloud / data center: unclear
A dedicated private cloud, single-tenant, or specifically segregated data center option is not stated on the website.
EU SaaS / managed: indirect / not available
The website does not mention an EU-/EEA-based managed SaaS operation. Instead, it states that the services are generally provided from Singapore and that customer data is generally processed in Singapore.
Hybrid: unclear
A hybrid operating model with partly local/internal and partly external processing is not stated on the website.
DPA / DPA: partial
A DPA for API services is documented on the website and contains typical processor obligations. However, no separate DPA execution process, no downloadable contract document for customers, and no further EU-specific contractual documentation are stated on the website.
No training: partial
For API services, it is stated that End User Content is used only to provide the API services, to comply with law, to enforce policies, and to prevent abuse, and not to develop or improve the services except with explicit consent. For other website/product use outside the API context, an equally strong exclusion is not clearly documented on the website.
Open-source / transparency path: partial
The website repeatedly refers to 'open-source' or 'open-weight' in connection with model performance and mentions open or open-source tools such as OpenCode or Eigent as an integration path. However, a complete sovereign open-source/self-hosting path for the evaluated service itself is not stated on the website.
Data processing
For API services, the website describes processing under a processor model. According to the DPA, customer data is generally processed in Singapore. API input and output content is reportedly not stored, but processed in real time; other customer data may be stored temporarily for service provision or to fulfill legal obligations. For international data transfers, the website refers only generally to appropriate safeguards and legally recognized transfer mechanisms. Subprocessors and specific data center locations are not stated on the website.
Conclusion
From an EU-/EEA perspective, the documentation is not sufficient for GDPR-compliant use. Although privacy documents and a DPA for API services exist, the documented standard operation is in Singapore, without declared EU data residency, without EU data centers, without a proven European hosting path, and without clearly documented subprocessors or certifications. Therefore, no reliable positive GDPR assessment is documented for a European tool directory; the best path evidenced on the website is not sufficient.
Sources
| On-prem / local hosting | ❓ |
| Private cloud / data center | ❓ |
| EU SaaS / Managed | ❓ |
| Hybrid | ❓ |
| DPA / AVV | ⚠️ |
| No training on customer data | ⚠️ |
| Open source / transparency path | ⚠️ |
On-Prem / local hosting: indirect / not available
On-premise or local hosting of the Z.ai/GLM solution is not stated on the website. There are references to 'open-source' or 'open-weight' models, but there is no documented self-hosting or local deployment guide for the service evaluated here.
Private Cloud / data center: unclear
A dedicated private cloud, single-tenant, or specifically segregated data center option is not stated on the website.
EU SaaS / managed: indirect / not available
The website does not mention an EU-/EEA-based managed SaaS operation. Instead, it states that the services are generally provided from Singapore and that customer data is generally processed in Singapore.
Hybrid: unclear
A hybrid operating model with partly local/internal and partly external processing is not stated on the website.
DPA / DPA: partial
A DPA for API services is documented on the website and contains typical processor obligations. However, no separate DPA execution process, no downloadable contract document for customers, and no further EU-specific contractual documentation are stated on the website.
No training: partial
For API services, it is stated that End User Content is used only to provide the API services, to comply with law, to enforce policies, and to prevent abuse, and not to develop or improve the services except with explicit consent. For other website/product use outside the API context, an equally strong exclusion is not clearly documented on the website.
Open-source / transparency path: partial
The website repeatedly refers to 'open-source' or 'open-weight' in connection with model performance and mentions open or open-source tools such as OpenCode or Eigent as an integration path. However, a complete sovereign open-source/self-hosting path for the evaluated service itself is not stated on the website.
Data processing
For API services, the website describes processing under a processor model. According to the DPA, customer data is generally processed in Singapore. API input and output content is reportedly not stored, but processed in real time; other customer data may be stored temporarily for service provision or to fulfill legal obligations. For international data transfers, the website refers only generally to appropriate safeguards and legally recognized transfer mechanisms. Subprocessors and specific data center locations are not stated on the website.
Conclusion
From an EU-/EEA perspective, the documentation is not sufficient for GDPR-compliant use. Although privacy documents and a DPA for API services exist, the documented standard operation is in Singapore, without declared EU data residency, without EU data centers, without a proven European hosting path, and without clearly documented subprocessors or certifications. Therefore, no reliable positive GDPR assessment is documented for a European tool directory; the best path evidenced on the website is not sufficient.
Sources
Strengths & weaknesses at a glance
| Strengths | Weaknesses |
|---|---|
| • Very broad model portfolio. | • GDPR situation for EU companies is not fully transparent. |
| • Well suited for coding, agents, tool use, web search, and multimodal workflows. | • No publicly and clearly documented EU-only operation. |
| • Open model weights for GLM-4.5 and GLM-5 according to official sources. | • Chinese provider with an international Singapore contract path; data transfers and subprocessors must be contractually reviewed. |
| • International API/developer documentation path available. | • Many models/versions change quickly, so version control is important. |
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GDPR-compliant usage possible?
The website does document a privacy policy as well as a DPA for API services embedded in the privacy policy, but for the European region it does not demonstrate fully GDPR-compliant use. The main argument against this is that, according to the provider’s own statements, it generally provides the services from Singapore and as a rule processes customer data in Singapore. An EU/EEA data residency, EU data centers, an EU SaaS offering, on-premise/self-hosting of the actual model, or a European hosting path are not specified on the website.
Positive
Positively documented are a privacy policy, a DPA for API services, the classification of the provider as a processor for customer data in the API context, commitments to processing on instructions, and the statement that End User Content for API services is not used to develop or improve the services except with explicit consent. In addition, it is stated that content in the API service is not stored but processed in real time.
Negative
The main negative point is that, according to the website, the services are generally provided from Singapore and customer data is generally processed in Singapore. For international transfers, only general references to 'appropriate safeguards' and 'legally recognized transfer mechanisms' are made, without naming specific EU mechanisms, SCC documents, EU data centers, or EU data residency. Subprocessors, specific server locations, certifications such as ISO 27001 or SOC 2, as well as an AVV/DPA conclusion process as a separate customer artifact are not specified on the website. A self-hosting or on-premise path for the platform is also not specified.
Server location
The website states that the provider generally provides the services from Singapore, that group companies and engaged service providers are typically based in Singapore, and that customer data is generally processed in Singapore. An EU/EEA data center or EU data residency is not specified on the website.