Elorian lists 1 models and Sao10k 5. Sao10k is cheaper on a typical model ($0.85 per 1M tokens median). Below: line-up, price tiers, the cheapest model for each capability, and what each costs for five real workloads.
| Elorian | Sao10k | |
|---|---|---|
| Models listed | 1 | 5 |
| Models with published pricing | 1 | 5 |
| Typical price (median, 3:1 blend per 1M) | $1.20 | $0.85 |
| Cheapest paid model | Elorian: Glimpse ($1.20) | Sao10K: Llama 3 8B Lunaris ($0.04) |
| Longest context | Elorian: Glimpse (262K) | Sao10K: Llama 3.1 Euryale 70B v2.2 (131K) |
| Free models | 0 | 0 |
| Newest model | Elorian: Glimpse (2026-10-17) | Sao10K: Llama 3.1 70B Hanami x1 (2025-01-08) |
| 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 | Sao10k |
|---|---|---|
| Customer-support chatbot 50,000 conversations — each a 6-turn conversation | $105 with Elorian: Glimpse | $4.00 with Sao10K: Llama 3 8B Lunaris |
| RAG search over documents 20,000 questions — each a question answered from ~8 retrieved passages | $102 with Elorian: Glimpse | $5.30 with Sao10K: Llama 3 8B Lunaris |
| Coding / tool-using agent 2,000 tasks — each a multi-step task with tool calls and file context | $108 with Elorian: Glimpse | no suitable model |
| Batch summarisation 10,000 documents — each a 6,000-word report summarised to a page | $66.00 with Elorian: Glimpse | $56.50 with Sao10K: Llama 3.3 Euryale 70B |
| Long-document analysis 500 documents — each a 150-page contract or codebase read in one pass | $33.00 with Elorian: Glimpse | $33.25 with Sao10K: Llama 3.3 Euryale 70B |
| You need | Elorian | Sao10k |
|---|---|---|
| Any model | Elorian: Glimpse ($1.20) | Sao10K: Llama 3 8B Lunaris ($0.04) |
| With tool calling | Elorian: Glimpse ($1.20) | Sao10k: Llama 3 Euryale 70B v2.1 ($1.48) |
| With image input | Elorian: Glimpse ($1.20) | none listed |
| With reasoning mode | Elorian: Glimpse ($1.20) | none listed |
| 128K+ context | Elorian: Glimpse ($1.20) | Sao10K: Llama 3.3 Euryale 70B ($0.68) |
| 1M+ context | none listed | none listed |
| Model type | Elorian | Sao10k |
|---|---|---|
| text+image+video->text | 1 | 0 |
| text->text | 0 | 5 |
| Price per 1M (3:1 blend) | Elorian | Sao10k |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 0 | 0 |
| Under $0.50 | 0 | 1 |
| $0.50 – $3 | 1 | 3 |
| $3 – $10 | 0 | 1 |
| $10 and up | 0 | 0 |
Sao10k is cheaper on a typical model: a median of $0.85 per 1M tokens (3:1 input/output) against $1.20 for Elorian. The cheapest paid models are Elorian: Glimpse at $1.20 and Sao10K: Llama 3 8B Lunaris at $0.04.
It depends on the job: Sao10k offers the broader line-up (1 models vs 5), Sao10k 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.
Sao10k: Elorian lists 1 models and Sao10k lists 5.
Elorian: Elorian's longest is Elorian: Glimpse at 262K tokens; Sao10k's is Sao10K: Llama 3.1 Euryale 70B v2.2 at 131K.
Neither lists a free model; both are pay-per-token.
Elorian: 1 of 1 models accept images. Sao10k: 0 of 5.