Allenai lists 7 models and Moondream 2. Allenai is cheaper on a typical model ($0.20 per 1M tokens median). Below: line-up, price tiers, the cheapest model for each capability, and what each costs for five real workloads.
| Allenai | Moondream | |
|---|---|---|
| Models listed | 7 | 2 |
| Models with published pricing | 7 | 2 |
| Typical price (median, 3:1 blend per 1M) | $0.20 | $0.85 |
| Cheapest paid model | AllenAI: Olmo 2 32B Instruct ($0.09) | Moondream: Moondream 3 Preview ($0.85) |
| Longest context | AllenAI: Olmo 2 32B Instruct (128K) | Moondream: Moondream 3 Preview (32K) |
| Free models | 0 | 0 |
| Newest model | AllenAI: Molmo2 8B (2026-01-09) | Moondream: Moondream 3 Preview (2026-10-15) |
| 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 | Moondream |
|---|---|---|
| Customer-support chatbot 50,000 conversations — each a 6-turn conversation | $7.75 with AllenAI: Olmo 2 32B Instruct | $72.50 with Moondream: Moondream 3 Preview |
| RAG search over documents 20,000 questions — each a question answered from ~8 retrieved passages | $8.00 with AllenAI: Olmo 2 32B Instruct | $61.00 with Moondream: Moondream 3 Preview |
| 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 | $39.00 with Moondream: Moondream 3 Preview |
| Long-document analysis 500 documents — each a 150-page contract or codebase read in one pass | $2.70 with AllenAI: Olmo 2 32B Instruct | no suitable model |
| You need | Allenai | Moondream |
|---|---|---|
| Any model | AllenAI: Olmo 2 32B Instruct ($0.09) | Moondream: Moondream 3 Preview ($0.85) |
| With tool calling | AllenAI: Olmo 3.1 32B Instruct ($0.30) | none listed |
| With image input | AllenAI: Molmo2 8B ($0.20) | Moondream: Moondream 3 Preview ($0.85) |
| With reasoning mode | AllenAI: Olmo 3 7B Think ($0.14) | Moondream: Moondream 3 Preview ($0.85) |
| 128K+ context | AllenAI: Olmo 2 32B Instruct ($0.09) | none listed |
| 1M+ context | none listed | none listed |
| Model type | Allenai | Moondream |
|---|---|---|
| text+image+video->text | 1 | 0 |
| text+image->text | 0 | 2 |
| text->text | 6 | 0 |
| Price per 1M (3:1 blend) | Allenai | Moondream |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 0 | 0 |
| Under $0.50 | 7 | 0 |
| $0.50 – $3 | 0 | 2 |
| $3 – $10 | 0 | 0 |
| $10 and up | 0 | 0 |
Allenai is cheaper on a typical model: a median of $0.20 per 1M tokens (3:1 input/output) against $0.85 for Moondream. The cheapest paid models are AllenAI: Olmo 2 32B Instruct at $0.09 and Moondream: Moondream 3 Preview at $0.85.
It depends on the job: Allenai offers the broader line-up (7 models vs 2), Allenai the lower typical price, Allenai the longest context (128K tokens). The workload table above shows which wins for chat, RAG, agents, batch jobs and long documents.
Allenai: Allenai lists 7 models and Moondream lists 2.
Allenai: Allenai's longest is AllenAI: Olmo 2 32B Instruct at 128K tokens; Moondream's is Moondream: Moondream 3 Preview at 32K.
Neither lists a free model; both are pay-per-token.
Allenai: 1 of 7 models accept images. Moondream: 2 of 2.