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HealthcareGLM (Z.ai) for healthcare
Chinese AI lab (Zhipu, international Z.ai) with the open-weight GLM family under MIT licence, particularly strong at programming and agent tasks at low prices.
GLM (Z.ai) isn't on our list for healthcare. Usable for general work, but first look at the options we recommend for healthcare.
- GDPR profileOur summary of what the provider itself publishes about your data: EU hosting possible, no training on your data for business use, and self-hosting available. Caution applies to a model with a documented problem, such as an investigation by a regulator. How we measure
- GDPR: Caution
- QualityQuality from blind duels on LMArena: users choose between two anonymous answers. A difference of about 20 points is noticeable, a few points is noise. How we measure
- 1483Elo, independent
- Editorial scoreOur own assessment on 10 of suitability for professional work, price and privacy. This is a judgement, not a measurement; that is why it always sits alongside the Elo. How we measure
- 7,7
- Entry price
- Free
What GLM (Z.ai) does in healthcare
- Draft consultancy reports and assessments
- Making patient information easier to understand
- Searching protocols and guidelines
- Administration and correspondence
- Top performance on coding and agent benchmarks at a fraction of the price
- GLM-5.2 is fully open-weight under the MIT licence
- 1 million tokens of context on the flagship
- Affordable Coding Plan subscriptions for tools such as Claude Code
GLM (Z.ai) has a concrete GDPR concern. Parent company Zhipu (Beijing) falls under Chinese data and security legislation, regardless of where the servers are located. For sensitive data, self-hosting the MIT-licensed weights is the recommended mitigation. Weigh this heavily before deploying it in healthcare.
Confidentiality and GDPR
GDPR: CautionMedical data is special category personal data. Only use solutions with appropriate safeguards (GDPR, EU hosting) and no training on patient data; a healthcare provider remains ultimately responsible.
The international service Z.ai runs through JINGSHENG HENGXING TECHNOLOGY PTE. LTD. (Singapore); personal data is in principle processed in Singapore. According to the data processing agreement, API content is processed in real time and not stored. GLM-5.2 is open-weight under MIT and can therefore be fully self-hosted or hosted through an EU provider.
Prices
Other models for healthcare
Le Chat (Mistral) for healthcareMistral AI · editorial 8.41426
Llama for healthcareMeta · editorial 7.6–
Claude for healthcareAnthropic · editorial 9.01506
Gemini for healthcareGoogle · editorial 8.61527We are not aware of a professional tool for healthcare that publicly runs on GLM (Z.ai).
Questions about GLM (Z.ai) for healthcare
- Is GLM (Z.ai) suitable for healthcare?
- Not specific. GLM (Z.ai) isn't on our list for healthcare; it's broadly usable, but first look at the options we recommend for healthcare. Keep a professional in the loop for every use.
- May I put confidential data into GLM (Z.ai)?
- Medical data is special category personal data. Use only solutions with appropriate safeguards (GDPR, EU hosting) and no training on patient data; a healthcare provider remains ultimately responsible. The international service Z.ai runs through JINGSHENG HENGXING TECHNOLOGY PTE. LTD. (Singapore); personal data is in principle processed in Singapore. According to the data processing agreement, API content is processed in real time and not stored. GLM-5.2 is open-weight under MIT and can therefore be fully self-hosted or hosted via an EU provider.
- How much does GLM (Z.ai) cost?
- There is Z.ai Chat (Free), GLM Coding Plan Lite ($18 / month), API, GLM-5.3 ($1.40 / $4.40 per 1M). Check current prices on the official site.
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