Arcee Ai lists 8 models and Elorian 1. Arcee Ai is cheaper on a typical model ($0.48 per 1M tokens median). Below: line-up, price tiers, the cheapest model for each capability, and what each costs for five real workloads.
| Arcee Ai | Elorian | |
|---|---|---|
| Models listed | 8 | 1 |
| Models with published pricing | 8 | 1 |
| Typical price (median, 3:1 blend per 1M) | $0.48 | $1.20 |
| Cheapest paid model | Arcee AI: Trinity Mini ($0.07) | Elorian: Glimpse ($1.20) |
| Longest context | Arcee AI: Trinity Large Thinking (262K) | Elorian: Glimpse (262K) |
| Free models | 2 | 0 |
| Newest model | Arcee AI: Trinity Large Thinking (2026-04-01) | Elorian: Glimpse (2026-10-17) |
| Price changes in the last 90 days | 1 | 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) | Arcee Ai | Elorian |
|---|---|---|
| Customer-support chatbot 50,000 conversations — each a 6-turn conversation | $6.38 with Arcee AI: Trinity Mini | $105 with Elorian: Glimpse |
| RAG search over documents 20,000 questions — each a question answered from ~8 retrieved passages | $6.90 with Arcee AI: Trinity Mini | $102 with Elorian: Glimpse |
| Coding / tool-using agent 2,000 tasks — each a multi-step task with tool calls and file context | $7.20 with Arcee AI: Trinity Mini | $108 with Elorian: Glimpse |
| Batch summarisation 10,000 documents — each a 6,000-word report summarised to a page | $4.50 with Arcee AI: Trinity Mini | $66.00 with Elorian: Glimpse |
| Long-document analysis 500 documents — each a 150-page contract or codebase read in one pass | $2.40 with Arcee AI: Trinity Mini | $33.00 with Elorian: Glimpse |
| You need | Arcee Ai | Elorian |
|---|---|---|
| Any model | Arcee AI: Trinity Mini ($0.07) | Elorian: Glimpse ($1.20) |
| With tool calling | Arcee AI: Trinity Mini ($0.07) | Elorian: Glimpse ($1.20) |
| With image input | Arcee AI: Spotlight ($0.18) | Elorian: Glimpse ($1.20) |
| With reasoning mode | Arcee AI: Trinity Mini ($0.07) | Elorian: Glimpse ($1.20) |
| 128K+ context | Arcee AI: Trinity Mini ($0.07) | Elorian: Glimpse ($1.20) |
| 1M+ context | none listed | none listed |
| Model type | Arcee Ai | Elorian |
|---|---|---|
| text+image+video->text | 0 | 1 |
| text+image->text | 1 | 0 |
| text->text | 7 | 0 |
| Price per 1M (3:1 blend) | Arcee Ai | Elorian |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 2 | 0 |
| Under $0.50 | 3 | 0 |
| $0.50 – $3 | 3 | 1 |
| $3 – $10 | 0 | 0 |
| $10 and up | 0 | 0 |
Arcee Ai is cheaper on a typical model: a median of $0.48 per 1M tokens (3:1 input/output) against $1.20 for Elorian. The cheapest paid models are Arcee AI: Trinity Mini at $0.07 and Elorian: Glimpse at $1.20.
It depends on the job: Arcee Ai offers the broader line-up (8 models vs 1), Arcee Ai the lower typical price. The workload table above shows which wins for chat, RAG, agents, batch jobs and long documents.
Arcee Ai: Arcee Ai lists 8 models and Elorian lists 1.
It is a tie: Arcee Ai's longest is Arcee AI: Trinity Large Thinking at 262K tokens; Elorian's is Elorian: Glimpse at 262K.
Arcee Ai: 2 free models (e.g. Arcee AI: Trinity Large Preview (free)). Elorian: none.
Arcee Ai: 1 of 8 models accept images. Elorian: 1 of 1.