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Z.ai Releases ZCode AI Coding Tool This Week
Z.ai introduced ZCode, an AI coding tool priced below competitors like Cursor. The tool serves as the official development environment for GLM 5.2 and connects to other models. Zixuan Li emphasized the role of competition in advancing the field.
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Z.ai released ZCode, an AI coding tool, this week, Insider reported. The tool combines AI agents with existing software for planning, coding, reviewing, and deploying code. Z.ai described ZCode as the official development environment for its GLM 5.2 model.
The tool also connects to other frontier models. Pricing starts at $16.20 per month for the lite plan and reaches $144 per month for the max plan. Cursor's cheapest individual plan costs $20 per month, while its 20x ultra plan costs $200 per month.
Zixuan Li, head of ZCode, wrote on X that competition and collaboration push progress forward.
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