Arcee Ai lists 8 models and Reflection 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 | Reflection | |
|---|---|---|
| Models listed | 8 | 1 |
| Models with published pricing | 8 | 1 |
| Typical price (median, 3:1 blend per 1M) | $0.48 | $1.50 |
| Cheapest paid model | Arcee AI: Trinity Mini ($0.07) | Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B ($1.50) |
| Longest context | Arcee AI: Trinity Large Thinking (262K) | Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B (1.0M) |
| Free models | 2 | 0 |
| Newest model | Arcee AI: Trinity Large Thinking (2026-04-01) | Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B (2026-10-16) |
| 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 | Reflection |
|---|---|---|
| Customer-support chatbot 50,000 conversations — each a 6-turn conversation | $6.38 with Arcee AI: Trinity Mini | $135 with Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B |
| RAG search over documents 20,000 questions — each a question answered from ~8 retrieved passages | $6.90 with Arcee AI: Trinity Mini | $150 with Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B |
| 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 | $156 with Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B |
| Batch summarisation 10,000 documents — each a 6,000-word report summarised to a page | $4.50 with Arcee AI: Trinity Mini | $98.00 with Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B |
| Long-document analysis 500 documents — each a 150-page contract or codebase read in one pass | $2.40 with Arcee AI: Trinity Mini | $53.00 with Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B |
| You need | Arcee Ai | Reflection |
|---|---|---|
| Any model | Arcee AI: Trinity Mini ($0.07) | Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B ($1.50) |
| With tool calling | Arcee AI: Trinity Mini ($0.07) | Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B ($1.50) |
| With image input | Arcee AI: Spotlight ($0.18) | none listed |
| With reasoning mode | Arcee AI: Trinity Mini ($0.07) | Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B ($1.50) |
| 128K+ context | Arcee AI: Trinity Mini ($0.07) | Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B ($1.50) |
| 1M+ context | none listed | Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B ($1.50) |
| Model type | Arcee Ai | Reflection |
|---|---|---|
| text+image->text | 1 | 0 |
| text->text | 7 | 1 |
| Price per 1M (3:1 blend) | Arcee Ai | Reflection |
|---|---|---|
| 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 $1.50 for Reflection. The cheapest paid models are Arcee AI: Trinity Mini at $0.07 and Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B at $1.50.
It depends on the job: Arcee Ai offers the broader line-up (8 models vs 1), Arcee Ai the lower typical price, Reflection 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 Reflection lists 1.
Reflection: Arcee Ai's longest is Arcee AI: Trinity Large Thinking at 262K tokens; Reflection's is Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B at 1.0M.
Arcee Ai: 2 free models (e.g. Arcee AI: Trinity Large Preview (free)). Reflection: none.
Arcee Ai: 1 of 8 models accept images. Reflection: 0 of 1.