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ERNIEGLM

Compare AI products	ERNIE Visit Site	GLM Visit Site
Rating	9.0	9.3
Category	Chat models	Chat models
Vendor	Baidu	Zhipu AI
Started	2019	2019
Region	China	China
China availability	Works in China	Works in China
Pricing tier	Free tier	Free tier
Current flagship	ERNIE 4.0 Turbo	GLM-4-Plus / GLM-Zero-Preview
Open source	No	Yes
Self-hostable	No	Yes
Capability tags	Strong ChineseEnterprise readyCited search	Strong ChineseEnterprise readyLong contextReasoning
Latest release	Jun 2024 · ERNIE 4.0 Turbo	Aug 2026 · GLM-5.3 / 5.3-Flash
Notes	—	Fits China enterprise & on-prem deployments
Strengths	Deep integration with Baidu's search index and Chinese knowledge graph for reliable entity retrieval Mature enterprise deployments, Qianfan platform, and proven industrial track record in China	Tsinghua/Zhipu heritage; outstanding GLM-4-Plus and long-text zero-shot perf Enterprise-ready compliance, backed by CogVideoX and CodeGeeX stack
Caveats	Developer community affinity and open-source flexibility are relatively limited	Global community footprint still smaller than Qwen or DeepSeek

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