AllenAI lists 7 models and Particle Ai 1. 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 | Particle Ai | |
|---|---|---|
| Models listed | 7 | 1 |
| Models with published pricing | 7 | 1 |
| Typical price (median, 3:1 blend per 1M) | $0.20 | $0.44 |
| Cheapest paid model | AllenAI: Olmo 2 32B Instruct ($0.09) | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| Longest context | AllenAI: Olmo 2 32B Instruct (128K) | Particle AI: Particle-1 (1.0M) |
| Free models | 0 | 0 |
| Newest model | AllenAI: Molmo2 8B (2026-01-09) | 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) | AllenAI | Particle Ai |
|---|---|---|
| Customer-support chatbot 50,000 conversations — each a 6-turn conversation | $7.75 with AllenAI: Olmo 2 32B Instruct | $38.75 with Particle AI: Particle-1 |
| RAG search over documents 20,000 questions — each a question answered from ~8 retrieved passages | $8.00 with AllenAI: Olmo 2 32B Instruct | $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 | no suitable model | $42.00 with Particle AI: Particle-1 |
| Batch summarisation 10,000 documents — each a 6,000-word report summarised to a page | $5.20 with AllenAI: Olmo 2 32B Instruct | $26.00 with Particle AI: Particle-1 |
| Long-document analysis 500 documents — each a 150-page contract or codebase read in one pass | $2.70 with AllenAI: Olmo 2 32B Instruct | $13.50 with Particle AI: Particle-1 |
| You need | AllenAI | Particle Ai |
|---|---|---|
| Any model | AllenAI: Olmo 2 32B Instruct ($0.09) | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| With tool calling | AllenAI: Olmo 3.1 32B Instruct ($0.30) | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| With image input | AllenAI: Molmo2 8B ($0.20) | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| With reasoning mode | AllenAI: Olmo 3 7B Think ($0.14) | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| 128K+ context | AllenAI: Olmo 2 32B Instruct ($0.09) | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| 1M+ context | none listed | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| Model type | AllenAI | Particle Ai |
|---|---|---|
| text+image+video->text | 1 | 0 |
| text+image->text | 0 | 1 |
| text->text | 6 | 0 |
| Price per 1M (3:1 blend) | AllenAI | Particle Ai |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 0 | 0 |
| Under $0.50 | 7 | 1 |
| $0.50 – $3 | 0 | 0 |
| $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 $0.44 for Particle Ai. The cheapest paid models are AllenAI: Olmo 2 32B Instruct at $0.09 and Particle AI: Particle-1 at $0.44.
It depends on the job: AllenAI offers the broader line-up (7 models vs 1), AllenAI 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.
AllenAI: AllenAI lists 7 models and Particle Ai lists 1.
Particle Ai: AllenAI's longest is AllenAI: Olmo 2 32B Instruct at 128K tokens; Particle Ai's is Particle AI: Particle-1 at 1.0M.
Neither lists a free model; both are pay-per-token.
AllenAI: 1 of 7 models accept images. Particle Ai: 1 of 1.