Arcee Ai lists 8 models and Scaledown 2. Scaledown is cheaper on a typical model ($0.03 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 | Scaledown | |
|---|---|---|
| Models listed | 8 | 2 |
| Models with published pricing | 8 | 2 |
| Typical price (median, 3:1 blend per 1M) | $0.48 | $0.03 |
| Cheapest paid model | Arcee AI: Trinity Mini ($0.07) | ScaleDown: Extract ($0.03) |
| Longest context | Arcee AI: Trinity Large Thinking (262K) | ScaleDown: Extract (1M) |
| Free models | 2 | 0 |
| Newest model | Arcee AI: Trinity Large Thinking (2026-04-01) | ScaleDown: Extract (2026-10-13) |
| 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 | Scaledown |
|---|---|---|
| Customer-support chatbot 50,000 conversations — each a 6-turn conversation | $6.38 with Arcee AI: Trinity Mini | $3.00 with ScaleDown: Extract |
| RAG search over documents 20,000 questions — each a question answered from ~8 retrieved passages | $6.90 with Arcee AI: Trinity Mini | $4.80 with ScaleDown: Extract |
| 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 | no suitable model |
| Batch summarisation 10,000 documents — each a 6,000-word report summarised to a page | $4.50 with Arcee AI: Trinity Mini | $3.20 with ScaleDown: Extract |
| Long-document analysis 500 documents — each a 150-page contract or codebase read in one pass | $2.40 with Arcee AI: Trinity Mini | $2.00 with ScaleDown: Extract |
| You need | Arcee Ai | Scaledown |
|---|---|---|
| Any model | Arcee AI: Trinity Mini ($0.07) | ScaleDown: Extract ($0.03) |
| With tool calling | Arcee AI: Trinity Mini ($0.07) | none listed |
| With image input | Arcee AI: Spotlight ($0.18) | ScaleDown: Extract ($0.03) |
| With reasoning mode | Arcee AI: Trinity Mini ($0.07) | none listed |
| 128K+ context | Arcee AI: Trinity Mini ($0.07) | ScaleDown: Extract ($0.03) |
| 1M+ context | none listed | ScaleDown: Extract ($0.03) |
| Model type | Arcee Ai | Scaledown |
|---|---|---|
| text+image+file->text | 0 | 2 |
| text+image->text | 1 | 0 |
| text->text | 7 | 0 |
| Price per 1M (3:1 blend) | Arcee Ai | Scaledown |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 2 | 0 |
| Under $0.50 | 3 | 2 |
| $0.50 – $3 | 3 | 0 |
| $3 – $10 | 0 | 0 |
| $10 and up | 0 | 0 |
Scaledown is cheaper on a typical model: a median of $0.03 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 ScaleDown: Extract at $0.03.
It depends on the job: Arcee Ai offers the broader line-up (8 models vs 2), Scaledown the lower typical price, Scaledown the longest context (1M 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 Scaledown lists 2.
Scaledown: Arcee Ai's longest is Arcee AI: Trinity Large Thinking at 262K tokens; Scaledown's is ScaleDown: Extract at 1M.
Arcee Ai: 2 free models (e.g. Arcee AI: Trinity Large Preview (free)). Scaledown: none.
Arcee Ai: 1 of 8 models accept images. Scaledown: 2 of 2.