Elorian lists 1 models and Meituan 2. Meituan is cheaper on a typical model ($0.44 per 1M tokens median). Below: line-up, price tiers, the cheapest model for each capability, and what each costs for five real workloads.
| Elorian | Meituan | |
|---|---|---|
| Models listed | 1 | 2 |
| Models with published pricing | 1 | 2 |
| Typical price (median, 3:1 blend per 1M) | $1.20 | $0.44 |
| Cheapest paid model | Elorian: Glimpse ($1.20) | Meituan: LongCat Flash Chat ($0.35) |
| Longest context | Elorian: Glimpse (262K) | Meituan: LongCat 2.0 (1.0M) |
| Free models | 0 | 0 |
| Newest model | Elorian: Glimpse (2026-10-17) | Meituan: LongCat 2.0 (2026-07-20) |
| 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) | Elorian | Meituan |
|---|---|---|
| Customer-support chatbot 50,000 conversations — each a 6-turn conversation | $105 with Elorian: Glimpse | $31.00 with Meituan: LongCat Flash Chat |
| RAG search over documents 20,000 questions — each a question answered from ~8 retrieved passages | $102 with Elorian: Glimpse | $32.00 with Meituan: LongCat Flash Chat |
| Coding / tool-using agent 2,000 tasks — each a multi-step task with tool calls and file context | $108 with Elorian: Glimpse | $33.60 with Meituan: LongCat Flash Chat |
| Batch summarisation 10,000 documents — each a 6,000-word report summarised to a page | $66.00 with Elorian: Glimpse | $20.80 with Meituan: LongCat Flash Chat |
| Long-document analysis 500 documents — each a 150-page contract or codebase read in one pass | $33.00 with Elorian: Glimpse | $10.80 with Meituan: LongCat Flash Chat |
| You need | Elorian | Meituan |
|---|---|---|
| Any model | Elorian: Glimpse ($1.20) | Meituan: LongCat Flash Chat ($0.35) |
| With tool calling | Elorian: Glimpse ($1.20) | Meituan: LongCat Flash Chat ($0.35) |
| With image input | Elorian: Glimpse ($1.20) | none listed |
| With reasoning mode | Elorian: Glimpse ($1.20) | Meituan: LongCat 2.0 ($0.52) |
| 128K+ context | Elorian: Glimpse ($1.20) | Meituan: LongCat Flash Chat ($0.35) |
| 1M+ context | none listed | Meituan: LongCat 2.0 ($0.52) |
| Model type | Elorian | Meituan |
|---|---|---|
| text+image+video->text | 1 | 0 |
| text->text | 0 | 2 |
| Price per 1M (3:1 blend) | Elorian | Meituan |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 0 | 0 |
| Under $0.50 | 0 | 1 |
| $0.50 – $3 | 1 | 1 |
| $3 – $10 | 0 | 0 |
| $10 and up | 0 | 0 |
Meituan is cheaper on a typical model: a median of $0.44 per 1M tokens (3:1 input/output) against $1.20 for Elorian. The cheapest paid models are Elorian: Glimpse at $1.20 and Meituan: LongCat Flash Chat at $0.35.
It depends on the job: Meituan offers the broader line-up (1 models vs 2), Meituan the lower typical price, Meituan the longest context (1.0M tokens). The workload table above shows which wins for chat, RAG, agents, batch jobs and long documents.
Meituan: Elorian lists 1 models and Meituan lists 2.
Meituan: Elorian's longest is Elorian: Glimpse at 262K tokens; Meituan's is Meituan: LongCat 2.0 at 1.0M.
Neither lists a free model; both are pay-per-token.
Elorian: 1 of 1 models accept images. Meituan: 0 of 2.