OpenAI compatible API. Attested gateway. Public status.

Z.ai: GLM 4.7 vs Google: Gemma 3 12B

Compare Z.ai: GLM 4.7 and Google: Gemma 3 12B by providers, context, price, and TrustedRouter route support.

Verify gateway
1 URLbase_url migration
100smodels and routes
0prompt logs by default
Compare routesProviders, price, context, and policy posture in one view.
Use auto when uptime mattersKeep a primary model and let fallback handle provider failures.
Same API shapeUse the OpenAI client and set the model you want.

Practical read

Google: Gemma 3 12B has the lower cheapest prompt+completion route on TrustedRouter. Z.ai: GLM 4.7 has more provider fallback routes, while Z.ai: GLM 4.7 has the larger context window. Probe-backed speed data is shown when enough recent samples exist.

$2.365/1MZ.ai: GLM 4.7 cheapest route
$0.165/1MGoogle: Gemma 3 12B cheapest route
1982 msZ.ai: GLM 4.7 measured p50 TTFT
not enough dataGoogle: Gemma 3 12B measured p50 TTFT
Z.ai: GLM 4.7Google: Gemma 3 12B
Model idz-ai/glm-4.7google/gemma-3-12b-it
PublisherZ.AIGemini
AI IQ IQ 102#55
Context204,800 tokens131,072 tokens
Provider routes165
Cheapest route$2.365/1M$0.165/1M
Privacy posturehas provider E2EE routehas ZDR route
Modes chat chat

Z.ai: GLM 4.7 routes

Google: Gemma 3 12B routes

Production choice

Pick a default model. Keep fallback enabled.

TrustedRouter is useful when you know the model you want, but still need provider rollover, budget limits, usage records, and a prompt path you can verify.

OpenAI clientPython
client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.trustedrouter.com/v1",
    api_key="sk-tr-v1-..."
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="z-ai/glm-4.7",
    messages=messages,
)

Sign in

Choose a sign in method.