{"slug": "zhipu-ai-launches-zcode-to-challenge-claude-code-and-openai-codex-at-a-fraction", "title": "Zhipu AI launches ZCode to challenge Claude Code and OpenAI Codex at a fraction of the cost", "summary": "Zhipu AI launched ZCode, a development environment powered by its GLM-5.2 model, to compete with Claude Code and OpenAI Codex at a lower cost. New customers receive a free five-day trial with up to 5 million tokens per day, and subscribers get increased token quotas through July 2026.", "body_md": "Zhipu AI is bringing GLM-5.2 to its ZCode development environment, pitching the model's long-context capabilities for complex coding tasks. New customers get a free five-day trial with up to 5 million tokens per day, and subscribers receive about 1.5 times more token quota through July 2026.\n\nThe article [Zhipu AI launches ZCode to challenge Claude Code and OpenAI Codex at a fraction of the cost](https://the-decoder.com/zhipu-ai-launches-zcode-to-challenge-claude-code-and-openai-codex-at-a-fraction-of-the-cost/) appeared first on [The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/zhipu-ai-launches-zcode-to-challenge-claude-code-and-openai-codex-at-a-fraction", "canonical_source": "https://the-decoder.com/zhipu-ai-launches-zcode-to-challenge-claude-code-and-openai-codex-at-a-fraction-of-the-cost/", "published_at": "2026-07-06 18:28:26+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-07 01:17:38.337383+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "large-language-models", "ai-products", "ai-tools", "ai-startups"], "entities": ["Zhipu AI", "ZCode", "GLM-5.2", "Claude Code", "OpenAI Codex"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/zhipu-ai-launches-zcode-to-challenge-claude-code-and-openai-codex-at-a-fraction", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/zhipu-ai-launches-zcode-to-challenge-claude-code-and-openai-codex-at-a-fraction.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/zhipu-ai-launches-zcode-to-challenge-claude-code-and-openai-codex-at-a-fraction.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/zhipu-ai-launches-zcode-to-challenge-claude-code-and-openai-codex-at-a-fraction.jsonld"}}