Kimi vs Zhipu CogView

Compare Kimi and Zhipu CogView: free credits, features, and ratings. Which one is right for you?

Category
LLM
Image Generation
Rating
⭐ 3.5
⭐ 3
Free Credits
0 undefined
100 100 credits
Refresh Period
daily
daily
Resolution
N/A
1024x1024
Watermark
No
No
Commercial Use
No
Yes
Paid From
API $0.12/million tokens
Free

Kimi

By Moonshot AI, Kimi K2.6 focuses on coding and agent capabilities. 13-hour non-stop coding, 300 sub-agents in parallel, SWE-Bench Pro score of 58.6. Free tier includes daily credits for chat and light coding tasks.

Pros

  • βœ“K2.6 coding performance near Claude Sonnet
  • βœ“Open-weight model, self-hostable
  • βœ“Free credits daily
  • βœ“Massive 2M context window
  • βœ“Agent Swarm for parallel tasks
  • βœ“Accessible in China without VPN

Cons

  • βœ—Free tier limited, heavy use requires payment
  • βœ—K2-Thinking mode is slow
  • βœ—Complex reasoning below top closed-source models
  • βœ—API pricing adds up for heavy use

Key Features

K2.6 coding + agent modelAgent Swarm: 300 parallel sub-agents13-hour non-stop coding2M character context windowWeb search with real-time infoKimi Code coding assistantKimi Claw AI agentDeep Research modeSlides/Websites/Docs/Sheets generation
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Zhipu CogView

Zhipu AI's image generation model, available directly in ChatGLM. Free daily credits, strong Chinese prompt understanding.

Pros

  • βœ“Best Chinese prompt understanding
  • βœ“No separate registration
  • βœ“Use directly in ChatGLM
  • βœ“Free

Cons

  • βœ—Quality below professional tools
  • βœ—Relatively simple features
  • βœ—Limited resolution

Key Features

Text to ImageDirect use in ChatGLMStrong Chinese understandingMultiple stylesFree to use
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