Google lists 58 models and Particle Ai 1. Particle Ai is cheaper on a typical model ($0.44 per 1M tokens median). Below: line-up, price tiers, the cheapest model for each capability, and what each costs for five real workloads.
| Particle Ai | ||
|---|---|---|
| Models listed | 58 | 1 |
| Models with published pricing | 57 | 1 |
| Typical price (median, 3:1 blend per 1M) | $0.80 | $0.44 |
| Cheapest paid model | Google: Gemma 2 9B ($0.04) | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| Longest context | Google: Gemini 2.0 Flash (1.0M) | Particle AI: Particle-1 (1.0M) |
| Free models | 9 | 0 |
| Newest model | Google: Gemini 4 Argon (2026-10-13) | Particle AI: Particle-1 (2026-10-28) |
| Price changes in the last 90 days | 32 | 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) | Particle Ai | |
|---|---|---|
| Customer-support chatbot 50,000 conversations — each a 6-turn conversation | $4.05 with Google: Gemma 2 9B | $38.75 with Particle AI: Particle-1 |
| RAG search over documents 20,000 questions — each a question answered from ~8 retrieved passages | $4.50 with Google: Gemma 2 9B | $40.00 with Particle AI: Particle-1 |
| 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 | $42.00 with Particle AI: Particle-1 |
| Batch summarisation 10,000 documents — each a 6,000-word report summarised to a page | $4.60 with google/gemma-3-4b-it | $26.00 with Particle AI: Particle-1 |
| Long-document analysis 500 documents — each a 150-page contract or codebase read in one pass | $2.60 with google/gemma-3-4b-it | $13.50 with Particle AI: Particle-1 |
| You need | Particle Ai | |
|---|---|---|
| Any model | Google: Gemma 2 9B ($0.04) | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| With tool calling | Google: Gemma 3 12B ($0.08) | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| With image input | google/gemma-3-4b-it ($0.06) | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| With reasoning mode | Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite (batch) ($0.09) | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| 128K+ context | google/gemma-3-4b-it ($0.06) | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| 1M+ context | Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite (batch) ($0.09) | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| Model type | Particle Ai | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1 |
| text+image->text+audio | 2 | 0 |
| text+image->text+image | 7 | 0 |
| text->text | 6 | 0 |
| Price per 1M (3:1 blend) | Particle Ai | |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 9 | 0 |
| Under $0.50 | 15 | 1 |
| $0.50 – $3 | 22 | 0 |
| $3 – $10 | 11 | 0 |
| $10 and up | 0 | 0 |
Particle Ai is cheaper on a typical model: a median of $0.44 per 1M tokens (3:1 input/output) against $0.80 for Google. The cheapest paid models are Google: Gemma 2 9B at $0.04 and Particle AI: Particle-1 at $0.44.
It depends on the job: Google offers the broader line-up (58 models vs 1), Particle Ai the lower typical price. The workload table above shows which wins for chat, RAG, agents, batch jobs and long documents.
Google: Google lists 58 models and Particle Ai lists 1.
It is a tie: Google's longest is Google: Gemini 2.0 Flash at 1.0M tokens; Particle Ai's is Particle AI: Particle-1 at 1.0M.
Google: 9 free models (e.g. Google: Gemma 3 12B (free)). Particle Ai: none.
Google: 52 of 58 models accept images. Particle Ai: 1 of 1.