ByteDance vs Reflection

ByteDance lists 1 models and Reflection 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

ByteDanceReflection
Models listed11
Models with published pricing11
Typical price (median, 3:1 blend per 1M)$0.13$1.50
Cheapest paid modelByteDance: UI-TARS 7B ($0.13)Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B ($1.50)
Longest contextByteDance: UI-TARS 7B (128K)Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B (1.0M)
Free models00
Newest modelByteDance: UI-TARS 7B (2025-07-22)Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B (2026-10-16)
Price changes in the last 90 days00

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)ByteDanceReflection
Customer-support chatbot
50,000 conversations — each a 6-turn conversation
$11.50 with ByteDance: UI-TARS 7B$135 with Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B
RAG search over documents
20,000 questions — each a question answered from ~8 retrieved passages
$14.00 with ByteDance: UI-TARS 7B$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
no suitable model$156 with Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B
Batch summarisation
10,000 documents — each a 6,000-word report summarised to a page
$9.20 with ByteDance: UI-TARS 7B$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
$5.20 with ByteDance: UI-TARS 7B$53.00 with Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B

Cheapest model for each capability

You needByteDanceReflection
Any modelByteDance: UI-TARS 7B ($0.13)Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B ($1.50)
With tool callingnone listedReflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B ($1.50)
With image inputByteDance: UI-TARS 7B ($0.13)none listed
With reasoning modenone listedReflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B ($1.50)
128K+ contextByteDance: UI-TARS 7B ($0.13)Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B ($1.50)
1M+ contextnone listedReflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B ($1.50)

Line-up by type and price tier

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

Frequently asked questions

How does ByteDance cost compare with Reflection cost?

ByteDance is cheaper on a typical model: a median of $0.13 per 1M tokens (3:1 input/output) against $1.50 for Reflection. The cheapest paid models are ByteDance: UI-TARS 7B at $0.13 and Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B at $1.50.

Is ByteDance better than Reflection?

It depends on the job: both list 1 models, ByteDance 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.

Which has more models, ByteDance or Reflection?

Neither — both list 1 models.

Which provider has the longest context window?

Reflection: ByteDance's longest is ByteDance: UI-TARS 7B at 128K tokens; Reflection's is Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B at 1.0M.

Do ByteDance or Reflection 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. Reflection: 0 of 1.

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