Aion Labs lists 8 models and Particle Ai 1. Particle Ai is cheaper on a typical model ($0.44 per 1M tokens median). Below: line-up, price tiers, the cheapest model for each capability, and what each costs for five real workloads.
| Aion Labs | Particle Ai | |
|---|---|---|
| Models listed | 8 | 1 |
| Models with published pricing | 8 | 1 |
| Typical price (median, 3:1 blend per 1M) | $1.00 | $0.44 |
| Cheapest paid model | AionLabs: Aion 3.5 Mini ($0.87) | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| Longest context | AionLabs: Aion 3.5 (262K) | Particle AI: Particle-1 (1.0M) |
| Free models | 0 | 0 |
| Newest model | AionLabs: Aion 3.5 (2026-09-23) | Particle AI: Particle-1 (2026-10-28) |
| Price changes in the last 90 days | 0 | 0 |
For each workload: the cheapest model from each provider that can actually do it (fits the context window; tool calling required for the agent), and its monthly cost at list price.
| Workload (per month) | Aion Labs | Particle Ai |
|---|---|---|
| Customer-support chatbot 50,000 conversations — each a 6-turn conversation | $80.50 with AionLabs: Aion 3.5 Mini | $38.75 with Particle AI: Particle-1 |
| RAG search over documents 20,000 questions — each a question answered from ~8 retrieved passages | $98.00 with AionLabs: Aion 3.5 Mini | $40.00 with Particle AI: Particle-1 |
| Coding / tool-using agent 2,000 tasks — each a multi-step task with tool calls and file context | $101 with AionLabs: Aion 3.5 Mini | $42.00 with Particle AI: Particle-1 |
| Batch summarisation 10,000 documents — each a 6,000-word report summarised to a page | $64.40 with AionLabs: Aion 3.5 Mini | $26.00 with Particle AI: Particle-1 |
| Long-document analysis 500 documents — each a 150-page contract or codebase read in one pass | $36.40 with AionLabs: Aion 3.5 Mini | $13.50 with Particle AI: Particle-1 |
| You need | Aion Labs | Particle Ai |
|---|---|---|
| Any model | AionLabs: Aion 3.5 Mini ($0.87) | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| With tool calling | AionLabs: Aion 3.5 Mini ($0.87) | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| With image input | none listed | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| With reasoning mode | AionLabs: Aion 3.5 Mini ($0.87) | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| 128K+ context | AionLabs: Aion 3.5 Mini ($0.87) | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| 1M+ context | none listed | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| Model type | Aion Labs | Particle Ai |
|---|---|---|
| text+image->text | 0 | 1 |
| text->text | 8 | 0 |
| Price per 1M (3:1 blend) | Aion Labs | Particle Ai |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 0 | 0 |
| Under $0.50 | 0 | 1 |
| $0.50 – $3 | 5 | 0 |
| $3 – $10 | 3 | 0 |
| $10 and up | 0 | 0 |
Particle Ai is cheaper on a typical model: a median of $0.44 per 1M tokens (3:1 input/output) against $1.00 for Aion Labs. The cheapest paid models are AionLabs: Aion 3.5 Mini at $0.87 and Particle AI: Particle-1 at $0.44.
It depends on the job: Aion Labs offers the broader line-up (8 models vs 1), Particle Ai the lower typical price, Particle Ai the longest context (1.0M tokens). The workload table above shows which wins for chat, RAG, agents, batch jobs and long documents.
Aion Labs: Aion Labs lists 8 models and Particle Ai lists 1.
Particle Ai: Aion Labs's longest is AionLabs: Aion 3.5 at 262K tokens; Particle Ai's is Particle AI: Particle-1 at 1.0M.
Neither lists a free model; both are pay-per-token.
Aion Labs: 0 of 8 models accept images. Particle Ai: 1 of 1.