Elorian vs Switchpoint

Elorian lists 1 models and Switchpoint 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

ElorianSwitchpoint
Models listed11
Models with published pricing11
Typical price (median, 3:1 blend per 1M)$1.20$1.49
Cheapest paid modelElorian: Glimpse ($1.20)Switchpoint Router ($1.49)
Longest contextElorian: Glimpse (262K)Switchpoint Router (131K)
Free models00
Newest modelElorian: Glimpse (2026-10-17)Switchpoint Router (2025-07-11)
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)ElorianSwitchpoint
Customer-support chatbot
50,000 conversations — each a 6-turn conversation
$105 with Elorian: Glimpse$132 with Switchpoint Router
RAG search over documents
20,000 questions — each a question answered from ~8 retrieved passages
$102 with Elorian: Glimpse$136 with Switchpoint Router
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: Glimpse$88.40 with Switchpoint Router
Long-document analysis
500 documents — each a 150-page contract or codebase read in one pass
$33.00 with Elorian: Glimpse$45.90 with Switchpoint Router

Cheapest model for each capability

You needElorianSwitchpoint
Any modelElorian: Glimpse ($1.20)Switchpoint Router ($1.49)
With tool callingElorian: Glimpse ($1.20)none listed
With image inputElorian: Glimpse ($1.20)none listed
With reasoning modeElorian: Glimpse ($1.20)Switchpoint Router ($1.49)
128K+ contextElorian: Glimpse ($1.20)Switchpoint Router ($1.49)
1M+ contextnone listednone listed

Line-up by type and price tier

Model typeElorianSwitchpoint
text+image+video->text10
text->text01
Price per 1M (3:1 blend)ElorianSwitchpoint
Free00
Under $0.5000
$0.50 – $311
$3 – $1000
$10 and up00

Frequently asked questions

How does Elorian cost compare with Switchpoint cost?

Elorian is cheaper on a typical model: a median of $1.20 per 1M tokens (3:1 input/output) against $1.49 for Switchpoint. The cheapest paid models are Elorian: Glimpse at $1.20 and Switchpoint Router at $1.49.

Is Elorian better than Switchpoint?

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

Neither — both list 1 models.

Which provider has the longest context window?

Elorian: Elorian's longest is Elorian: Glimpse at 262K tokens; Switchpoint's is Switchpoint Router at 131K.

Do Elorian or Switchpoint 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. Switchpoint: 0 of 1.

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