Google lists 58 models and Moondream 2. Google is cheaper on a typical model ($0.80 per 1M tokens median). Below: line-up, price tiers, the cheapest model for each capability, and what each costs for five real workloads.
| Moondream | ||
|---|---|---|
| Models listed | 58 | 2 |
| Models with published pricing | 57 | 2 |
| Typical price (median, 3:1 blend per 1M) | $0.80 | $0.85 |
| Cheapest paid model | Google: Gemma 2 9B ($0.04) | Moondream: Moondream 3 Preview ($0.85) |
| Longest context | Google: Gemini 2.0 Flash (1.0M) | Moondream: Moondream 3 Preview (32K) |
| Free models | 9 | 0 |
| Newest model | Google: Gemini 4 Argon (2026-10-13) | Moondream: Moondream 3 Preview (2026-10-15) |
| Price changes in the last 90 days | 23 | 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) | Moondream | |
|---|---|---|
| Customer-support chatbot 50,000 conversations — each a 6-turn conversation | $4.05 with Google: Gemma 2 9B | $72.50 with Moondream: Moondream 3 Preview |
| RAG search over documents 20,000 questions — each a question answered from ~8 retrieved passages | $4.50 with Google: Gemma 2 9B | $61.00 with Moondream: Moondream 3 Preview |
| Coding / tool-using agent 2,000 tasks — each a multi-step task with tool calls and file context | $7.80 with Google: Gemma 3 12B | no suitable model |
| Batch summarisation 10,000 documents — each a 6,000-word report summarised to a page | $4.60 with google/gemma-3-4b-it | $39.00 with Moondream: Moondream 3 Preview |
| Long-document analysis 500 documents — each a 150-page contract or codebase read in one pass | $2.60 with google/gemma-3-4b-it | no suitable model |
| You need | Moondream | |
|---|---|---|
| Any model | Google: Gemma 2 9B ($0.04) | Moondream: Moondream 3 Preview ($0.85) |
| With tool calling | Google: Gemma 3 12B ($0.08) | none listed |
| With image input | google/gemma-3-4b-it ($0.06) | Moondream: Moondream 3 Preview ($0.85) |
| With reasoning mode | Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite (batch) ($0.09) | Moondream: Moondream 3 Preview ($0.85) |
| 128K+ context | google/gemma-3-4b-it ($0.06) | none listed |
| 1M+ context | Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite (batch) ($0.09) | none listed |
| Model type | Moondream | |
|---|---|---|
| text+image+file+audio+video->text | 31 | 0 |
| text+image+file+audio->text | 1 | 0 |
| text+image+video->text | 5 | 0 |
| text+image->text | 6 | 2 |
| text+image->text+audio | 2 | 0 |
| text+image->text+image | 7 | 0 |
| text->text | 6 | 0 |
| Price per 1M (3:1 blend) | Moondream | |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 9 | 0 |
| Under $0.50 | 15 | 0 |
| $0.50 – $3 | 22 | 2 |
| $3 – $10 | 11 | 0 |
| $10 and up | 0 | 0 |
Google is cheaper on a typical model: a median of $0.80 per 1M tokens (3:1 input/output) against $0.85 for Moondream. The cheapest paid models are Google: Gemma 2 9B at $0.04 and Moondream: Moondream 3 Preview at $0.85.
It depends on the job: Google offers the broader line-up (58 models vs 2), Google the lower typical price, Google the longest context (1.0M tokens). The workload table above shows which wins for chat, RAG, agents, batch jobs and long documents.
Google: Google lists 58 models and Moondream lists 2.
Google: Google's longest is Google: Gemini 2.0 Flash at 1.0M tokens; Moondream's is Moondream: Moondream 3 Preview at 32K.
Google: 9 free models (e.g. Google: Gemma 3 12B (free)). Moondream: none.
Google: 52 of 58 models accept images. Moondream: 2 of 2.