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GLM vs OpenAI API
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Measured differences - no winner is declared
Products (2)
| Attribute | GLM | OpenAI API |
|---|---|---|
| Company | Z.ai (Zhipu AI) | OpenAI |
| Type | Open source | API |
| Popularity rank | #74 27places down | #30 unchanged |
| Trend 7d | -51% | +12% |
| Momentum 30d | -26% | -25% |
| Wikipedia views 28d | — | — |
| HN stories 28d | 24 | 1 |
| Entry price | — | —Not verified |
| Free tier | Unknown | No |
| Enterprise plan | Unknown | Yes |
| Open source | Yes (MIT) | No |
| Deployment | local, cloud | cloud |
| Platforms | — | — |
| Text | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reasoning | ✓ | ✓ |
| Coding | ✓ | ✓ |
| Image generation | – | ✓ |
| Video generation | – | – |
| Speech | – | ✓ |
| Web search | – | – |
| Deep research | – | – |
| Agents | ✓ | ✓ |
| Computer use | – | – |
| File analysis | – | – |
| Memory | – | – |
| API | – | ✓ |
| Local / offline | ✓ | – |
| Linked models | 18 | 100 |
| GitHub stars | — | 31,720 |
| Launched | — | 11 Jun 2020 |
| Last tracked event | — | — |
| Price data freshness | Not verified | Not verified |
Popularity rank over time
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