Arcee AI lists 8 models and Particle Ai 1. Particle Ai is cheaper on a typical model ($0.44 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 | Particle Ai | |
|---|---|---|
| Models listed | 8 | 1 |
| Models with published pricing | 8 | 1 |
| Typical price (median, 3:1 blend per 1M) | $0.48 | $0.44 |
| Cheapest paid model | Arcee AI: Trinity Mini ($0.07) | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| Longest context | Arcee AI: Trinity Large Thinking (262K) | Particle AI: Particle-1 (1.0M) |
| Free models | 2 | 0 |
| Newest model | Arcee AI: Trinity Large Thinking (2026-04-01) | Particle AI: Particle-1 (2026-10-28) |
| 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 | Particle Ai |
|---|---|---|
| Customer-support chatbot 50,000 conversations — each a 6-turn conversation | $6.38 with Arcee AI: Trinity Mini | $38.75 with Particle AI: Particle-1 |
| RAG search over documents 20,000 questions — each a question answered from ~8 retrieved passages | $6.90 with Arcee AI: Trinity Mini | $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 | $7.20 with Arcee AI: Trinity Mini | $42.00 with Particle AI: Particle-1 |
| Batch summarisation 10,000 documents — each a 6,000-word report summarised to a page | $4.50 with Arcee AI: Trinity Mini | $26.00 with Particle AI: Particle-1 |
| Long-document analysis 500 documents — each a 150-page contract or codebase read in one pass | $2.40 with Arcee AI: Trinity Mini | $13.50 with Particle AI: Particle-1 |
| You need | Arcee AI | Particle Ai |
|---|---|---|
| Any model | Arcee AI: Trinity Mini ($0.07) | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| With tool calling | Arcee AI: Trinity Mini ($0.07) | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| With image input | Arcee AI: Spotlight ($0.18) | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| With reasoning mode | Arcee AI: Trinity Mini ($0.07) | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| 128K+ context | Arcee AI: Trinity Mini ($0.07) | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| 1M+ context | none listed | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| Model type | Arcee AI | Particle Ai |
|---|---|---|
| text+image->text | 1 | 1 |
| text->text | 7 | 0 |
| Price per 1M (3:1 blend) | Arcee AI | Particle Ai |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 2 | 0 |
| Under $0.50 | 3 | 1 |
| $0.50 – $3 | 3 | 0 |
| $3 – $10 | 0 | 0 |
| $10 and up | 0 | 0 |
Particle Ai is cheaper on a typical model: a median of $0.44 per 1M tokens (3:1 input/output) against $0.48 for Arcee AI. The cheapest paid models are Arcee AI: Trinity Mini at $0.07 and Particle AI: Particle-1 at $0.44.
It depends on the job: Arcee AI offers the broader line-up (8 models vs 1), Particle Ai 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.
Arcee AI: Arcee AI lists 8 models and Particle Ai lists 1.
Particle Ai: Arcee AI's longest is Arcee AI: Trinity Large Thinking at 262K tokens; Particle Ai's is Particle AI: Particle-1 at 1.0M.
Arcee AI: 2 free models (e.g. Arcee AI: Trinity Large Preview (free)). Particle Ai: none.
Arcee AI: 1 of 8 models accept images. Particle Ai: 1 of 1.