DeepSeek
DeepSeek
✓ 17 Aug 2026
Free chat with open-weight reasoning models, and the cheapest serious API anywhere — though DeepSeek announced a substantial price rise in August 2026.
Overview
GLM sold as a coding plan that heavily undercuts Western agents. Works only inside officially supported coding tools.
Pricing
Coding Lite
$12.60 annual
$18/mo
Coding Pro
$50.40 annual
$80/mo
Coding Max
$168/mo
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Price history
- Coding Max recorded at $168 · 17 Aug 2026
- Coding Pro recorded at $80 · 17 Aug 2026
- Coding Lite recorded at $18 · 17 Aug 2026
Facts
| Category | Open models |
|---|---|
| Company | Zhipu AI |
| Free plan | No |
| Starting price | $18/mo |
| Top plan | $168/mo |
| Pricing model | subscription |
| API | Not verified |
| Open weights | Yes |
| Commercial use | Not verified |
| Rating | Not rated — we do not publish scores we cannot source. |
Data
Last verified: 17 Aug 2026
Pricing source: z.ai
Listing status: Unclaimed, verified
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