ByteDance lists 1 models and Moondream 2. 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.
| ByteDance | Moondream | |
|---|---|---|
| Models listed | 1 | 2 |
| Models with published pricing | 1 | 2 |
| Typical price (median, 3:1 blend per 1M) | $0.13 | $0.85 |
| Cheapest paid model | ByteDance: UI-TARS 7B ($0.13) | Moondream: Moondream 3 Preview ($0.85) |
| Longest context | ByteDance: UI-TARS 7B (128K) | Moondream: Moondream 3 Preview (32K) |
| Free models | 0 | 0 |
| Newest model | ByteDance: UI-TARS 7B (2025-07-22) | Moondream: Moondream 3 Preview (2026-10-15) |
| Price changes in the last 90 days | 0 | 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) | ByteDance | Moondream |
|---|---|---|
| Customer-support chatbot 50,000 conversations — each a 6-turn conversation | $11.50 with ByteDance: UI-TARS 7B | $72.50 with Moondream: Moondream 3 Preview |
| RAG search over documents 20,000 questions — each a question answered from ~8 retrieved passages | $14.00 with ByteDance: UI-TARS 7B | $61.00 with Moondream: Moondream 3 Preview |
| Coding / tool-using agent 2,000 tasks — each a multi-step task with tool calls and file context | no suitable model | no suitable model |
| Batch summarisation 10,000 documents — each a 6,000-word report summarised to a page | $9.20 with ByteDance: UI-TARS 7B | $39.00 with Moondream: Moondream 3 Preview |
| Long-document analysis 500 documents — each a 150-page contract or codebase read in one pass | $5.20 with ByteDance: UI-TARS 7B | no suitable model |
| You need | ByteDance | Moondream |
|---|---|---|
| Any model | ByteDance: UI-TARS 7B ($0.13) | Moondream: Moondream 3 Preview ($0.85) |
| With tool calling | none listed | none listed |
| With image input | ByteDance: UI-TARS 7B ($0.13) | Moondream: Moondream 3 Preview ($0.85) |
| With reasoning mode | none listed | Moondream: Moondream 3 Preview ($0.85) |
| 128K+ context | ByteDance: UI-TARS 7B ($0.13) | none listed |
| 1M+ context | none listed | none listed |
| Model type | ByteDance | Moondream |
|---|---|---|
| text+image->text | 1 | 2 |
| Price per 1M (3:1 blend) | ByteDance | Moondream |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 0 | 0 |
| Under $0.50 | 1 | 0 |
| $0.50 – $3 | 0 | 2 |
| $3 – $10 | 0 | 0 |
| $10 and up | 0 | 0 |
ByteDance is cheaper on a typical model: a median of $0.13 per 1M tokens (3:1 input/output) against $0.85 for Moondream. The cheapest paid models are ByteDance: UI-TARS 7B at $0.13 and Moondream: Moondream 3 Preview at $0.85.
It depends on the job: Moondream offers the broader line-up (1 models vs 2), ByteDance the lower typical price, ByteDance the longest context (128K tokens). The workload table above shows which wins for chat, RAG, agents, batch jobs and long documents.
Moondream: ByteDance lists 1 models and Moondream lists 2.
ByteDance: ByteDance's longest is ByteDance: UI-TARS 7B at 128K tokens; Moondream's is Moondream: Moondream 3 Preview at 32K.
Neither lists a free model; both are pay-per-token.
ByteDance: 1 of 1 models accept images. Moondream: 2 of 2.