Elorian vs Prime Intellect

Elorian lists 1 models and Prime Intellect 1. Prime Intellect is cheaper on a typical model ($0.43 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

ElorianPrime Intellect
Models listed11
Models with published pricing11
Typical price (median, 3:1 blend per 1M)$1.20$0.43
Cheapest paid modelElorian: Glimpse ($1.20)Prime Intellect: INTELLECT-3 ($0.43)
Longest contextElorian: Glimpse (262K)Prime Intellect: INTELLECT-3 (131K)
Free models00
Newest modelElorian: Glimpse (2026-10-17)Prime Intellect: INTELLECT-3 (2025-11-27)
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)ElorianPrime Intellect
Customer-support chatbot
50,000 conversations — each a 6-turn conversation
$105 with Elorian: Glimpse$37.00 with Prime Intellect: INTELLECT-3
RAG search over documents
20,000 questions — each a question answered from ~8 retrieved passages
$102 with Elorian: Glimpse$35.00 with Prime Intellect: INTELLECT-3
Coding / tool-using agent
2,000 tasks — each a multi-step task with tool calls and file context
$108 with Elorian: Glimpse$37.20 with Prime Intellect: INTELLECT-3
Batch summarisation
10,000 documents — each a 6,000-word report summarised to a page
$66.00 with Elorian: Glimpse$22.60 with Prime Intellect: INTELLECT-3
Long-document analysis
500 documents — each a 150-page contract or codebase read in one pass
$33.00 with Elorian: Glimpse$11.10 with Prime Intellect: INTELLECT-3

Cheapest model for each capability

You needElorianPrime Intellect
Any modelElorian: Glimpse ($1.20)Prime Intellect: INTELLECT-3 ($0.43)
With tool callingElorian: Glimpse ($1.20)Prime Intellect: INTELLECT-3 ($0.43)
With image inputElorian: Glimpse ($1.20)none listed
With reasoning modeElorian: Glimpse ($1.20)Prime Intellect: INTELLECT-3 ($0.43)
128K+ contextElorian: Glimpse ($1.20)Prime Intellect: INTELLECT-3 ($0.43)
1M+ contextnone listednone listed

Line-up by type and price tier

Model typeElorianPrime Intellect
text+image+video->text10
text->text01
Price per 1M (3:1 blend)ElorianPrime Intellect
Free00
Under $0.5001
$0.50 – $310
$3 – $1000
$10 and up00

Frequently asked questions

How does Elorian cost compare with Prime Intellect cost?

Prime Intellect is cheaper on a typical model: a median of $0.43 per 1M tokens (3:1 input/output) against $1.20 for Elorian. The cheapest paid models are Elorian: Glimpse at $1.20 and Prime Intellect: INTELLECT-3 at $0.43.

Is Elorian better than Prime Intellect?

It depends on the job: both list 1 models, Prime Intellect 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 Prime Intellect?

Neither — both list 1 models.

Which provider has the longest context window?

Elorian: Elorian's longest is Elorian: Glimpse at 262K tokens; Prime Intellect's is Prime Intellect: INTELLECT-3 at 131K.

Do Elorian or Prime Intellect 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. Prime Intellect: 0 of 1.

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