Lab

Z-AI

Combined 11.07% · 30d -2.55pp

Data source

Z.ai (Zhipu) ships the GLM family, a widely adopted open-weights line for coding and general assistant workloads.

As of 2026-10-08, Tidelines tracks 3 Z-AI models on OpenRouter, together accounting for 11.07% of measured token share (-2.55pp over the last 30 days). Its most-used model is Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash at 7.48% of all tracked tokens, or 68% of Z-AI's own volume. The charts below break that down by model, tokens per day and estimated spend, updated daily.

Z-AI tokens per day & est. spend per day

Combined lab tokens × list price (30/70 blend). 108-day archive · list-rate estimate.

Tidelines — LLM usage and market share

Z-AI's combined tokens grew ~70× over the last 108 days of archive to 2.14T/day.

Data: OpenRouter as of 2026-10-08 · Source: tidelines.ai/labs/z-ai

Z-AI combined share of tokens

Sum of all Z-AI models' share on OpenRouter. 30d change: -2.55pp.

Tidelines — LLM usage and market share
Data: OpenRouter as of 2026-10-08 · Source: tidelines.ai/labs/z-ai

Model mix over time

Each Z-AI model as a share of the lab's combined tokens.

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Tidelines — LLM usage and market share
Data: OpenRouter as of 2026-10-08 · Source: tidelines.ai/labs/z-ai

Where the tokens go vs where the dollars go

Each Z-AI model's share of the lab's tokens paired with its share of estimated spend (latest day, list-rate).

Tidelines — LLM usage and market share

Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash takes 69% of Z-AI's tokens but 15% of its estimated spend.

Data: OpenRouter as of 2026-10-08 · Source: tidelines.ai/labs/z-ai

Citable stat

As of 2026-10-08, Z-AI's combined share on OpenRouter is 11.07% (-2.55pp / 30d). Source: Tidelines.

Models

Tidelines — LLM usage and market share
ModelShare ↓Tokens/dEst. $/d7d Δ30d Δ$/M out
Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash7.48%1.8T$723K+1.17-2.01$0.50
Z.ai: GLM 5.32.36%578B$2.84M+0.48+0.08$7.00
Z.ai: GLM 5.21.23%300B$1.69M+0.29-0.62$8.00

as of 2026-10-08