Z.ai Doubles Coding Plan Prices Same Week It Open-Sources GLM-5.1 Under MIT

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Z.ai (formerly Zhipu AI) doubled its coding plan subscription prices even as it released GLM-5.1 weights under the MIT license for free self-hosting. The simultaneous move mirrors cloud providers' dual monetization strategy: free weights for self-hosters who bring their own compute, premium pricing for managed inference. 13 points, 5 comments on HN.