{"id":630,"date":"2026-04-08T13:24:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T13:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/630\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T13:24:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T13:24:27","slug":"chinas-zhipu-ai-open-sources-flagship-model-raises-prices-to-narrow-gap-with-us-rivals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/630\/","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s Zhipu AI open-sources flagship model, raises prices to narrow gap with US rivals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese artificial intelligence company Zhipu AI open-sourced its latest flagship model, GLM-5.1, on Wednesday while raising application programming interface prices by 10 per cent, signalling a shift towards monetising advanced AI capabilities as <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/policy\/article\/3348956\/chinese-firms-trail-us-peers-ai-adoption-due-corporate-culture-ex-openai-executive?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">competition with US rivals intensifies<\/a>.The move marked Zhipu\u2019s second price increase this year, following a broader overhaul in February that lifted rates for its coding subscription plans by more than 30 per cent. While the latest adjustment was more modest, it applied across multiple billing categories, including cloud-based input tokens, indicating a more comprehensive recalibration of its <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/article\/3348910\/china-build-inclusive-ai-network-ease-cost-pressures-small-firms?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pricing strategy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The combination of open-sourcing its flagship model and raising prices sent Zhipu\u2019s Hong Kong-listed shares up 11.5 per cent on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">GLM-5.1 is now priced closer to its US counterparts, though a big gap remains. Zhipu charges US$1.40 per million input tokens and about US$4.40 per million output tokens, while Anthropic\u2019s Claude Opus 4.6 cost US$5 per million input tokens and US$25 per million output tokens as of February 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The model was first released as a proprietary product to coding subscription users late last month, amid speculation that Zhipu was shifting away from an <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/us\/diplomacy\/article\/3347645\/us-panel-credits-chinas-ai-edge-open-source-models-manufacturing-dominance?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">open-source strategy<\/a> to increasingly focus on monetising demand.<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Zhipu\u2019s GLM-5.1 is now priced closer to its US counterparts, though a big gap remains. Photo: Shutterstock\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/aa51027b-dba9-4247-968b-fe0effec6620_b6acfad7.jpg\" title=\"Zhipu\u2019s GLM-5.1 is now priced closer to its US counterparts, though a big gap remains. Photo: Shutterstock\"\/>Zhipu\u2019s GLM-5.1 is now priced closer to its US counterparts, though a big gap remains. Photo: Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Benchmarking firm Artificial Analysis ranked GLM-5.1 as the strongest open model globally based on overall intelligence, ahead of domestic rivals such as MiniMax, though still behind leading US models from OpenAI and Anthropic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chinese artificial intelligence company Zhipu AI open-sourced its latest flagship model, GLM-5.1, on Wednesday while raising application programming&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":631,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[24,53,934,25,927,387,935,926,933,932,930,931,157,928,925,929],"class_list":{"0":"post-630","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ai","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-anthropic","10":"tag-artificial-analysis","11":"tag-artificial-intelligence","12":"tag-cambricon","13":"tag-china","14":"tag-chinese","15":"tag-glm","16":"tag-huawei-technologies","17":"tag-luo-fuli","18":"tag-minimax","19":"tag-moore-threads","20":"tag-openai","21":"tag-zhang-peng","22":"tag-zhipu","23":"tag-zhongguancun-forum"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}