ByteDance vs Elorian

ByteDance lists 1 models and Elorian 1. ByteDance is cheaper on a typical model ($0.13 per 1M tokens median). Below: line-up, price tiers, the cheapest model for each capability, and what each costs for five real workloads.

At a glance

ByteDanceElorian
Models listed11
Models with published pricing11
Typical price (median, 3:1 blend per 1M)$0.13$1.20
Cheapest paid modelByteDance: UI-TARS 7B ($0.13)Elorian: Glimpse ($1.20)
Longest contextByteDance: UI-TARS 7B (128K)Elorian: Glimpse (262K)
Free models00
Newest modelByteDance: UI-TARS 7B (2025-07-22)Elorian: Glimpse (2026-10-17)
Price changes in the last 90 days00
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What each costs for real workloads

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)ByteDanceElorian
Customer-support chatbot
50,000 conversations — each a 6-turn conversation
$11.50 with ByteDance: UI-TARS 7B$105 with Elorian: Glimpse
RAG search over documents
20,000 questions — each a question answered from ~8 retrieved passages
$14.00 with ByteDance: UI-TARS 7B$102 with Elorian: Glimpse
Coding / tool-using agent
2,000 tasks — each a multi-step task with tool calls and file context
no suitable model$108 with Elorian: Glimpse
Batch summarisation
10,000 documents — each a 6,000-word report summarised to a page
$9.20 with ByteDance: UI-TARS 7B$66.00 with Elorian: Glimpse
Long-document analysis
500 documents — each a 150-page contract or codebase read in one pass
$5.20 with ByteDance: UI-TARS 7B$33.00 with Elorian: Glimpse

Cheapest model for each capability

You needByteDanceElorian
Any modelByteDance: UI-TARS 7B ($0.13)Elorian: Glimpse ($1.20)
With tool callingnone listedElorian: Glimpse ($1.20)
With image inputByteDance: UI-TARS 7B ($0.13)Elorian: Glimpse ($1.20)
With reasoning modenone listedElorian: Glimpse ($1.20)
128K+ contextByteDance: UI-TARS 7B ($0.13)Elorian: Glimpse ($1.20)
1M+ contextnone listednone listed

Line-up by type and price tier

Model typeByteDanceElorian
text+image+video->text01
text+image->text10
Price per 1M (3:1 blend)ByteDanceElorian
Free00
Under $0.5010
$0.50 – $301
$3 – $1000
$10 and up00

Frequently asked questions

How does ByteDance cost compare with Elorian cost?

ByteDance is cheaper on a typical model: a median of $0.13 per 1M tokens (3:1 input/output) against $1.20 for Elorian. The cheapest paid models are ByteDance: UI-TARS 7B at $0.13 and Elorian: Glimpse at $1.20.

Is ByteDance better than Elorian?

It depends on the job: both list 1 models, ByteDance the lower typical price, Elorian the longest context (262K tokens). The workload table above shows which wins for chat, RAG, agents, batch jobs and long documents.

Which has more models, ByteDance or Elorian?

Neither — both list 1 models.

Which provider has the longest context window?

Elorian: ByteDance's longest is ByteDance: UI-TARS 7B at 128K tokens; Elorian's is Elorian: Glimpse at 262K.

Do ByteDance or Elorian offer free models?

Neither lists a free model; both are pay-per-token.

Which provider has models that can read images?

ByteDance: 1 of 1 models accept images. Elorian: 1 of 1.

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