GLM-4V
zhipu/glm-4vVision-language member of the GLM family for grounded image understanding.
Model overview
Context window
64K
tokens
Input price
—
quoted on request
Output price
—
quoted on request
Weekly volume
—
tokens / week
Open weights
No
API only
Capabilities
2
of 11 tags
Description
GLM-4V is a vision model from Zhipu AI. Webparam does not stock this model yet and can source it on request — tell us what you need it for and we will come back with availability and a price. Zhipu AI’s stated focus is open agentic GLM family. The weights are not published, so it is API-only.
Capabilities
- Vision input
- Accepts images alongside text in the prompt.
- Streaming
- Emits tokens as they are generated, so answers appear progressively rather than all at once.
Strengths & weaknesses
Strengths
- Solid grounding and localisation
- Consistent with GLM tooling
- Fair pricing
Weaknesses
- Smallest context of the vision group
- No tool calling
Pricing
Free| Rate | Price | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.00 | per 1M tokens |
| Output | — not charged | — |
Free at the point of use; fair-use rate limits apply to the free tier. Illustrative placeholder pricing.
Context window
64Ktokens
covers prompt and response together, so a long input leaves less room for the answer.
Supported features
| Feature | Support |
|---|---|
| Tool calling | Not supported |
| JSON mode | Not supported |
| Streaming | Supported |
| Vision input | Supported |
| Audio input | Not supported |
| Long context | Not supported |
| Open weights | Not supported |
| Reasoning | Not supported |
| Fine-tunable | Not supported |
| Batch | Not supported |
| Caching | Not supported |
Example use cases
Image QA
Solid grounding and localisation
Accessibility descriptions
Consistent with GLM tooling
Visual grounding
Fair pricing
Comparison
| Attribute | GLM-4V | Kimi VL | Qwen VL Max |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 64K | 128K | 128K |
| Input price | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Output price | — not charged | — not charged | — not charged |
| Tool calling | Not supported | Not supported | Supported |
| JSON mode | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported |
| Vision input | Supported | Supported | Supported |
| Open weights | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported |
| Prompt caching | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported |
Best value in each row is highlighted. Illustrative placeholder data.
Provider information
View Zhipu AI →Zhipu AI · 智谱AI · Beijing, China · est. 2019
Born from Tsinghua University research, Zhipu's GLM family became the open ecosystem's agentic specialist: models tuned for tool use and multi-step work, released under permissive licences. Its free Air tier made capable open models accessible to every developer.
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Documentation
Frequently asked questions
Input is billed at $0.00 per 1M tokens, and there is no separate output charge. Every figure on this page is an illustrative placeholder.