Meta lists 16 models and Particle Ai 1. Meta is cheaper on a typical model ($0.15 per 1M tokens median). Below: line-up, price tiers, the cheapest model for each capability, and what each costs for five real workloads.
| Meta | Particle Ai | |
|---|---|---|
| Models listed | 16 | 1 |
| Models with published pricing | 16 | 1 |
| Typical price (median, 3:1 blend per 1M) | $0.15 | $0.44 |
| Cheapest paid model | Llama Guard 3 8B ($0.03) | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| Longest context | Meta: Llama 4 Scout (1.3M) | Particle AI: Particle-1 (1.0M) |
| Free models | 2 | 0 |
| Newest model | Meta: Llama Guard 4 12B (2025-04-30) | 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) | Meta | Particle Ai |
|---|---|---|
| Customer-support chatbot 50,000 conversations — each a 6-turn conversation | $2.70 with Llama Guard 3 8B | $38.75 with Particle AI: Particle-1 |
| RAG search over documents 20,000 questions — each a question answered from ~8 retrieved passages | $3.00 with Llama Guard 3 8B | $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 | $6.96 with meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct | $42.00 with Particle AI: Particle-1 |
| Batch summarisation 10,000 documents — each a 6,000-word report summarised to a page | $1.96 with Llama Guard 3 8B | $26.00 with Particle AI: Particle-1 |
| Long-document analysis 500 documents — each a 150-page contract or codebase read in one pass | $1.06 with Llama Guard 3 8B | $13.50 with Particle AI: Particle-1 |
| You need | Meta | Particle Ai |
|---|---|---|
| Any model | Llama Guard 3 8B ($0.03) | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| With tool calling | Meta: Llama 3 8B Instruct ($0.03) | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| With image input | Meta: Llama 3.2 11B Vision Instruct ($0.05) | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| With reasoning mode | none listed | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| 128K+ context | Llama Guard 3 8B ($0.03) | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| 1M+ context | Meta: Llama 4 Scout ($0.15) | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| Model type | Meta | Particle Ai |
|---|---|---|
| text+image->text | 4 | 1 |
| text->text | 12 | 0 |
| Price per 1M (3:1 blend) | Meta | Particle Ai |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 2 | 0 |
| Under $0.50 | 11 | 1 |
| $0.50 – $3 | 1 | 0 |
| $3 – $10 | 2 | 0 |
| $10 and up | 0 | 0 |
Meta is cheaper on a typical model: a median of $0.15 per 1M tokens (3:1 input/output) against $0.44 for Particle Ai. The cheapest paid models are Llama Guard 3 8B at $0.03 and Particle AI: Particle-1 at $0.44.
It depends on the job: Meta offers the broader line-up (16 models vs 1), Meta the lower typical price, Meta the longest context (1.3M tokens). The workload table above shows which wins for chat, RAG, agents, batch jobs and long documents.
Meta: Meta lists 16 models and Particle Ai lists 1.
Meta: Meta's longest is Meta: Llama 4 Scout at 1.3M tokens; Particle Ai's is Particle AI: Particle-1 at 1.0M.
Meta: 2 free models (e.g. Meta: Llama 3.2 3B Instruct (free)). Particle Ai: none.
Meta: 4 of 16 models accept images. Particle Ai: 1 of 1.