Elorian vs Reflection

Elorian lists 1 models and Reflection 1. 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

ElorianReflection
Models listed11
Models with published pricing11
Typical price (median, 3:1 blend per 1M)$1.20$1.50
Cheapest paid modelElorian: Glimpse ($1.20)Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B ($1.50)
Longest contextElorian: Glimpse (262K)Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B (1.0M)
Free models00
Newest modelElorian: Glimpse (2026-10-17)Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B (2026-10-16)
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)ElorianReflection
Customer-support chatbot
50,000 conversations — each a 6-turn conversation
$105 with Elorian: Glimpse$135 with Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B
RAG search over documents
20,000 questions — each a question answered from ~8 retrieved passages
$102 with Elorian: Glimpse$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
$108 with Elorian: Glimpse$156 with Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B
Batch summarisation
10,000 documents — each a 6,000-word report summarised to a page
$66.00 with Elorian: Glimpse$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
$33.00 with Elorian: Glimpse$53.00 with Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B

Cheapest model for each capability

You needElorianReflection
Any modelElorian: Glimpse ($1.20)Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B ($1.50)
With tool callingElorian: Glimpse ($1.20)Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B ($1.50)
With image inputElorian: Glimpse ($1.20)none listed
With reasoning modeElorian: Glimpse ($1.20)Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B ($1.50)
128K+ contextElorian: Glimpse ($1.20)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 typeElorianReflection
text+image+video->text10
text->text01
Price per 1M (3:1 blend)ElorianReflection
Free00
Under $0.5000
$0.50 – $311
$3 – $1000
$10 and up00

Frequently asked questions

How does Elorian cost compare with Reflection cost?

Elorian is cheaper on a typical model: a median of $1.20 per 1M tokens (3:1 input/output) against $1.50 for Reflection. The cheapest paid models are Elorian: Glimpse at $1.20 and Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B at $1.50.

Is Elorian better than Reflection?

It depends on the job: both list 1 models, Elorian 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, Elorian or Reflection?

Neither — both list 1 models.

Which provider has the longest context window?

Reflection: Elorian's longest is Elorian: Glimpse at 262K tokens; Reflection's is Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B at 1.0M.

Do Elorian or Reflection 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. Reflection: 0 of 1.

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