Aion Labs lists 8 models and Reflection 1. Aion Labs is cheaper on a typical model ($1.00 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 | Reflection | |
|---|---|---|
| Models listed | 8 | 1 |
| Models with published pricing | 8 | 1 |
| Typical price (median, 3:1 blend per 1M) | $1.00 | $1.50 |
| Cheapest paid model | AionLabs: Aion 3.5 Mini ($0.87) | Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B ($1.50) |
| Longest context | AionLabs: Aion 3.5 (262K) | Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B (1.0M) |
| Free models | 0 | 0 |
| Newest model | AionLabs: Aion 3.5 (2026-09-23) | Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B (2026-10-16) |
| 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 | Reflection |
|---|---|---|
| Customer-support chatbot 50,000 conversations — each a 6-turn conversation | $80.50 with AionLabs: Aion 3.5 Mini | $135 with Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B |
| RAG search over documents 20,000 questions — each a question answered from ~8 retrieved passages | $98.00 with AionLabs: Aion 3.5 Mini | $150 with Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B |
| 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 | $156 with Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B |
| Batch summarisation 10,000 documents — each a 6,000-word report summarised to a page | $64.40 with AionLabs: Aion 3.5 Mini | $98.00 with Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B |
| Long-document analysis 500 documents — each a 150-page contract or codebase read in one pass | $36.40 with AionLabs: Aion 3.5 Mini | $53.00 with Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B |
| You need | Aion Labs | Reflection |
|---|---|---|
| Any model | AionLabs: Aion 3.5 Mini ($0.87) | Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B ($1.50) |
| With tool calling | AionLabs: Aion 3.5 Mini ($0.87) | Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B ($1.50) |
| With image input | none listed | none listed |
| With reasoning mode | AionLabs: Aion 3.5 Mini ($0.87) | Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B ($1.50) |
| 128K+ context | AionLabs: Aion 3.5 Mini ($0.87) | Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B ($1.50) |
| 1M+ context | none listed | Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B ($1.50) |
| Model type | Aion Labs | Reflection |
|---|---|---|
| text->text | 8 | 1 |
| Price per 1M (3:1 blend) | Aion Labs | Reflection |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 0 | 0 |
| Under $0.50 | 0 | 0 |
| $0.50 – $3 | 5 | 1 |
| $3 – $10 | 3 | 0 |
| $10 and up | 0 | 0 |
Aion Labs is cheaper on a typical model: a median of $1.00 per 1M tokens (3:1 input/output) against $1.50 for Reflection. The cheapest paid models are AionLabs: Aion 3.5 Mini at $0.87 and Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B at $1.50.
It depends on the job: Aion Labs offers the broader line-up (8 models vs 1), Aion Labs the lower typical price, Reflection 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 Reflection lists 1.
Reflection: Aion Labs's longest is AionLabs: Aion 3.5 at 262K tokens; Reflection's is Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B at 1.0M.
Neither lists a free model; both are pay-per-token.
Aion Labs: 0 of 8 models accept images. Reflection: 0 of 1.