Meituan vs Reflection

Meituan lists 2 models and Reflection 1. Meituan 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.

At a glance

MeituanReflection
Models listed21
Models with published pricing21
Typical price (median, 3:1 blend per 1M)$0.44$1.50
Cheapest paid modelMeituan: LongCat Flash Chat ($0.35)Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B ($1.50)
Longest contextMeituan: LongCat 2.0 (1.0M)Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B (1.0M)
Free models00
Newest modelMeituan: LongCat 2.0 (2026-07-20)Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B (2026-10-16)
Price changes in the last 90 days00

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)MeituanReflection
Customer-support chatbot
50,000 conversations — each a 6-turn conversation
$31.00 with Meituan: LongCat Flash Chat$135 with Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B
RAG search over documents
20,000 questions — each a question answered from ~8 retrieved passages
$32.00 with Meituan: LongCat Flash Chat$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
$33.60 with Meituan: LongCat Flash Chat$156 with Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B
Batch summarisation
10,000 documents — each a 6,000-word report summarised to a page
$20.80 with Meituan: LongCat Flash Chat$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
$10.80 with Meituan: LongCat Flash Chat$53.00 with Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B

Cheapest model for each capability

You needMeituanReflection
Any modelMeituan: LongCat Flash Chat ($0.35)Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B ($1.50)
With tool callingMeituan: LongCat Flash Chat ($0.35)Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B ($1.50)
With image inputnone listednone listed
With reasoning modeMeituan: LongCat 2.0 ($0.52)Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B ($1.50)
128K+ contextMeituan: LongCat Flash Chat ($0.35)Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B ($1.50)
1M+ contextMeituan: LongCat 2.0 ($0.52)Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B ($1.50)

Line-up by type and price tier

Model typeMeituanReflection
text->text21
Price per 1M (3:1 blend)MeituanReflection
Free00
Under $0.5010
$0.50 – $311
$3 – $1000
$10 and up00

Frequently asked questions

How does Meituan cost compare with Reflection cost?

Meituan is cheaper on a typical model: a median of $0.44 per 1M tokens (3:1 input/output) against $1.50 for Reflection. The cheapest paid models are Meituan: LongCat Flash Chat at $0.35 and Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B at $1.50.

Is Meituan better than Reflection?

It depends on the job: Meituan offers the broader line-up (2 models vs 1), Meituan the lower typical price. The workload table above shows which wins for chat, RAG, agents, batch jobs and long documents.

Which has more models, Meituan or Reflection?

Meituan: Meituan lists 2 models and Reflection lists 1.

Which provider has the longest context window?

It is a tie: Meituan's longest is Meituan: LongCat 2.0 at 1.0M tokens; Reflection's is Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B at 1.0M.

Do Meituan or Reflection offer free models?

Neither lists a free model; both are pay-per-token.

Which provider has models that can read images?

Meituan: 0 of 2 models accept images. Reflection: 0 of 1.

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