Elorian vs Inflection

Elorian lists 1 models and Inflection 2. Elorian is cheaper on a typical model ($1.20 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

ElorianInflection
Models listed12
Models with published pricing12
Typical price (median, 3:1 blend per 1M)$1.20$4.38
Cheapest paid modelElorian: Glimpse ($1.20)Inflection: Inflection 3 Pi ($4.38)
Longest contextElorian: Glimpse (262K)Inflection: Inflection 3 Pi (8K)
Free models00
Newest modelElorian: Glimpse (2026-10-17)Inflection: Inflection 3 Pi (2024-10-11)
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)ElorianInflection
Customer-support chatbot
50,000 conversations — each a 6-turn conversation
$105 with Elorian: Glimpse$388 with Inflection: Inflection 3 Pi
RAG search over documents
20,000 questions — each a question answered from ~8 retrieved passages
$102 with Elorian: Glimpse$400 with Inflection: Inflection 3 Pi
Coding / tool-using agent
2,000 tasks — each a multi-step task with tool calls and file context
$108 with Elorian: Glimpseno suitable model
Batch summarisation
10,000 documents — each a 6,000-word report summarised to a page
$66.00 with Elorian: Glimpseno suitable model
Long-document analysis
500 documents — each a 150-page contract or codebase read in one pass
$33.00 with Elorian: Glimpseno suitable model

Cheapest model for each capability

You needElorianInflection
Any modelElorian: Glimpse ($1.20)Inflection: Inflection 3 Pi ($4.38)
With tool callingElorian: Glimpse ($1.20)none listed
With image inputElorian: Glimpse ($1.20)none listed
With reasoning modeElorian: Glimpse ($1.20)none listed
128K+ contextElorian: Glimpse ($1.20)none listed
1M+ contextnone listednone listed

Line-up by type and price tier

Model typeElorianInflection
text+image+video->text10
text->text02
Price per 1M (3:1 blend)ElorianInflection
Free00
Under $0.5000
$0.50 – $310
$3 – $1002
$10 and up00

Frequently asked questions

How does Elorian cost compare with Inflection cost?

Elorian is cheaper on a typical model: a median of $1.20 per 1M tokens (3:1 input/output) against $4.38 for Inflection. The cheapest paid models are Elorian: Glimpse at $1.20 and Inflection: Inflection 3 Pi at $4.38.

Is Elorian better than Inflection?

It depends on the job: Inflection offers the broader line-up (1 models vs 2), Elorian 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, Elorian or Inflection?

Inflection: Elorian lists 1 models and Inflection lists 2.

Which provider has the longest context window?

Elorian: Elorian's longest is Elorian: Glimpse at 262K tokens; Inflection's is Inflection: Inflection 3 Pi at 8K.

Do Elorian or Inflection offer free models?

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

Which provider has models that can read images?

Elorian: 1 of 1 models accept images. Inflection: 0 of 2.

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