Is Z.ai Coding Plan Max worth it in August 2026?

Updated August 20, 2026 · GLM Coding Plan · checked 2026-08-20

Yes, on the arithmetic. $168 a month buys up to $15,484 of usage, which is 92.2 times the price.

Subsidy multiple
92.2x
$168 a month against a ceiling of $15,484 at Z.ai's own API rates. 14x the Coding Plan Lite figure, using the vendor's own published multiple. The tier it scales from is itself an estimate, so this inherits that error.

What you actually get

The plan allows 14 times the allowance of Coding Plan Lite per week.

The models behind it

ModelInOutBlended
GLM-5.3 $1.40 $4.40 $2.15

Against the other Z.ai tiers

PlanPriceCeilingMultiple
Coding Plan Max $168 $15,484 92.2x
Coding Plan Lite $18 $1,106 61.4x
Coding Plan Pro $80 $6,636 83.0x

Priced against other vendors

Z.ai Coding Plan Max vs Anthropic Max 20x
$168 against $200 a month
Z.ai Coding Plan Max vs MiniMax Token Plan Ultra
$168 against $120 a month
Z.ai Coding Plan Max vs Anthropic Max 5x
$168 against $100 a month

Check it yourself

This page is generated from the catalogue, so it matches the plan data exactly. To measure your own usage against it, install the skill and ask your agent:

curl -o ~/.claude/skills/aisubsidy-measure/SKILL.md --create-dirs https://aisubsidy.pages.dev/skill.md