Zhipu AI Lite (Personal) vs Volcengine Ark Small Plan Comparison
This page compares Zhipu AI Lite (Personal) vs Volcengine Ark Small side by side across pricing, usage quotas, concurrency, supported models, availability, and intended coding workflows. Use the structured comparison to choose a plan that fits your budget and usage pattern, and confirm the latest provider terms before subscribing.
| Metric | Zhipu AILite (Personal)Hot saleStrong models | Volcengine ArkSmallIn stockStrong models |
|---|---|---|
| Provider / Type | Zhipu AI Zhipu GLM Coding Plan Coding Plan | Volcengine Ark Volcengine Ark Agent Plan Token Plan |
| Audience | Personal | Personal / Enterprise |
| Availability | Available | The V3 points-based plan is on sale. First-time subscribers and users without an active plan can purchase it directly; existing-plan rights remain protected under the official rules. | Limited | The CNY 9.9 promotional price applies for up to the first two months; the plan-price promotion ends on 2026-11-08, and quantity is limited. |
| First month · CNY | — | |
| Monthly · CNY | ¥118 / Monthly | ¥40 / Monthly |
| Quarterly · CNY | — | |
| Yearly · CNY | — | |
| Request quota (5h / week / month) | - / - / - | 200 (Estimated) / 700 (Estimated) / 2,000 (Estimated) |
| Credit quota (5h / week / month) | 2,000 / 10,000 / - | - / - / - |
| Token quota (5h / week / month) | - / - / - | - / - / 22,000,000 (Estimated) |
| Agent concurrency | - | - |
| Supported models | Doubao Seed 2.0 | |
| Harness / client tools | Web Reader MCP, Web Search MCP, Open-source Repository MCP, Visual Understanding MCP | - |
| Overview and notes | GLM Coding Plan V3 Personal Lite costs CNY 118/month with 2,000 points per rolling 5 hours and 10,000 points per week. Weekly token reference range: Official reference (95% cache, weekly credits): GLM-5.3 about 48–97M tokens/week; GLM-5.3-Flash about 146–292M tokens/week. OpenClaw and GLM in Excel: OpenClaw is supported with secondary scheduling and best-effort delivery; Coding Agent tasks have preemption priority. Under high load, OpenClaw may queue or rate-limit. Plans also include GLM in Excel (Beta). Dual quota windows: Rolling 5-hour and weekly limits both apply. Five-hour points recover dynamically five hours after consumption, while weekly points refresh every seven days from purchase. Peak and off-peak deductions: Off-peak calls consume 50% of the base points. Peak hours are Monday through Friday, 14:00–18:00 (UTC+8). Quota exhaustion behavior: When Coding Plan points are exhausted, other resource packages or account balance are not consumed automatically. The V3 points-based plan is on sale. First-time subscribers and users without an active plan can purchase it directly; existing-plan rights remain protected under the official rules. | Volcengine Ark Agent Plan Small at the standard monthly price of CNY 40. AFP credit-based billing applies. See https://www.volcengine.com/docs/82379/2366394. Calculated using the best-model 9x multiplier: 1 AFP equals approximately 1,111 tokens. There are 5-hour, weekly, and monthly token limits but no request-count limit. The table assumes 11K tokens per request using the best model. 50 web searches per month. The CNY 9.9 promotional price applies for up to the first two months; the plan-price promotion ends on 2026-11-08, and quantity is limited. |
| Official link | Open provider | Open provider |
Pricing
Zhipu AILite (Personal)
¥118 / Monthly¥354 / Quarterly¥283.20 / Quarterly¥1416 / Yearly¥991.20 / Yearly
Volcengine ArkSmall
Core info
Zhipu AILite (Personal)
AvailabilityAvailable | The V3 points-based plan is on sale. First-time subscribers and users without an active plan can purchase it directly; existing-plan rights remain protected under the official rules.
Agent concurrency-
Volcengine ArkSmall
AvailabilityLimited | The CNY 9.9 promotional price applies for up to the first two months; the plan-price promotion ends on 2026-11-08, and quantity is limited.
Agent concurrency-
Quota
Zhipu AILite (Personal)
Request quota- / - / -
Credit quota2,000 / 10,000 / -
Token quota- / - / -
Volcengine ArkSmall
Request quota200 (Estimated) / 700 (Estimated) / 2,000 (Estimated)
Credit quota- / - / -
Token quota- / - / 22,000,000 (Estimated)
Supported models
Zhipu AILite (Personal)
Volcengine ArkSmall
Doubao Seed 2.0