Side-by-side comparison of GLM-5.1 (Zhipu AI (Z.ai) · China) and MiniMax-M2.7 (MiniMax AI · China) for self-hosted deployment of the open-weight model. GLM-5.1 is rated conditional; MiniMax-M2.7 is blocked. They part ways on licence: GLM-5.1 is "MIT", MiniMax-M2.7 is "MiniMax Non-Commercial License".
| Field | ||
|---|---|---|
| Summary | ||
| Verdict | Conditional Per current documentation, GLM-5.1 is released under a verbatim MIT License with no use restrictions, enabling self-hosted commercial deployment. However, training-data opacity, Beijing-based publisher, and Zhipu AI's presence on the US BIS Entity List create EU AI Act transparency and supply-chain screening risks for regulated deployers. | Blocked Per current documentation, the MiniMax Non-Commercial License prohibits commercial deployment without individually negotiated written authorization from MiniMax, making the weights unsuitable for EU commercial workloads out-of-the-box. Opaque training data and Shanghai-based publisher compound the EU AI Act and data-transfer gaps. |
| Last reviewed | 2026-04-17 | 2026-04-17 |
| Open-weight | ||
| Licence | MIT | MiniMax Non-Commercial License |
| Commercial use | Unrestricted | Non-commercial only |
| Training data | Undisclosed | Undisclosed |
| Origin | China (Beijing) | China (Shanghai) |
| Performance & pricing? | ||
| Quality index | 44/100 | 50/100 |
| Speed | 48 tok/s | 46 tok/s |
| Blended price | $2.15/M | $0.53/M |
| Context window | — | — |
| Evidence | ||
| Sources | ||
No overlapping sources between the two entries.