AllenAI lists 7 models and Inference.net 2. Inference.net is cheaper on a typical model ($0.08 per 1M tokens median). Below: line-up, price tiers, the cheapest model for each capability, and what each costs for five real workloads.
| AllenAI | Inference.net | |
|---|---|---|
| Models listed | 7 | 2 |
| Models with published pricing | 7 | 2 |
| Typical price (median, 3:1 blend per 1M) | $0.20 | $0.08 |
| Cheapest paid model | AllenAI: Olmo 2 32B Instruct ($0.09) | Inference.net: Schematron V2 Turbo ($0.06) |
| Longest context | AllenAI: Olmo 2 32B Instruct (128K) | Inference.net: Schematron V2 Small (128K) |
| Free models | 0 | 0 |
| Newest model | AllenAI: Molmo2 8B (2026-01-09) | Inference.net: Schematron V2 Small (2026-09-12) |
| 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) | AllenAI | Inference.net |
|---|---|---|
| Customer-support chatbot 50,000 conversations — each a 6-turn conversation | $7.75 with AllenAI: Olmo 2 32B Instruct | $5.25 with Inference.net: Schematron V2 Turbo |
| RAG search over documents 20,000 questions — each a question answered from ~8 retrieved passages | $8.00 with AllenAI: Olmo 2 32B Instruct | $5.10 with Inference.net: Schematron V2 Turbo |
| Coding / tool-using agent 2,000 tasks — each a multi-step task with tool calls and file context | no suitable model | no suitable model |
| Batch summarisation 10,000 documents — each a 6,000-word report summarised to a page | $5.20 with AllenAI: Olmo 2 32B Instruct | $3.30 with Inference.net: Schematron V2 Turbo |
| Long-document analysis 500 documents — each a 150-page contract or codebase read in one pass | $2.70 with AllenAI: Olmo 2 32B Instruct | $1.65 with Inference.net: Schematron V2 Turbo |
| You need | AllenAI | Inference.net |
|---|---|---|
| Any model | AllenAI: Olmo 2 32B Instruct ($0.09) | Inference.net: Schematron V2 Turbo ($0.06) |
| With tool calling | AllenAI: Olmo 3.1 32B Instruct ($0.30) | none listed |
| With image input | AllenAI: Molmo2 8B ($0.20) | none listed |
| With reasoning mode | AllenAI: Olmo 3 7B Think ($0.14) | none listed |
| 128K+ context | AllenAI: Olmo 2 32B Instruct ($0.09) | Inference.net: Schematron V2 Turbo ($0.06) |
| 1M+ context | none listed | none listed |
| Model type | AllenAI | Inference.net |
|---|---|---|
| text+image+video->text | 1 | 0 |
| text->text | 6 | 2 |
| Price per 1M (3:1 blend) | AllenAI | Inference.net |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 0 | 0 |
| Under $0.50 | 7 | 2 |
| $0.50 – $3 | 0 | 0 |
| $3 – $10 | 0 | 0 |
| $10 and up | 0 | 0 |
Inference.net is cheaper on a typical model: a median of $0.08 per 1M tokens (3:1 input/output) against $0.20 for AllenAI. The cheapest paid models are AllenAI: Olmo 2 32B Instruct at $0.09 and Inference.net: Schematron V2 Turbo at $0.06.
It depends on the job: AllenAI offers the broader line-up (7 models vs 2), Inference.net the lower typical price. The workload table above shows which wins for chat, RAG, agents, batch jobs and long documents.
AllenAI: AllenAI lists 7 models and Inference.net lists 2.
It is a tie: AllenAI's longest is AllenAI: Olmo 2 32B Instruct at 128K tokens; Inference.net's is Inference.net: Schematron V2 Small at 128K.
Neither lists a free model; both are pay-per-token.
AllenAI: 1 of 7 models accept images. Inference.net: 0 of 2.