alt Hacker NewsI signed up to a z.ai max account, $144. Hardly been able to use it as it 429s on most requests. They’re also refusing to refund me.
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rescbr • today at 4:30 PM
For me it works fine outside of afternoons Beijing time on weekdays.
ticoombs • today at 11:34 AM
Opencode Go subscription has served me well.
reissbaker • today at 3:07 AM
Self-promo but you should try our service synthetic.new. We generally have up-to-date open-source LLMs on the sub, and we have GLM-5.2 :) Perf+stability should be wayyy better than zai.
guybedo • today at 12:14 AM
same here. Barely usable due to API connections issues.
And when i can use it, it just drains the quota 5 times faster than codex or claude.
Their plan is a scam
sergiotapia • yesterday at 11:34 PM
My experience as well unfortunately :(
fartcoin67 • today at 2:23 AM
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Even as a GLM z.ai fan, I wouldn't pay for their plans. They are just way worse values than gpt or anthropic plans, in terms of both usage and capabilities.