Moonshotai lists 10 models and Scaledown 2. Scaledown is cheaper on a typical model ($0.03 per 1M tokens median). Below: line-up, price tiers, the cheapest model for each capability, and what each costs for five real workloads.
| Moonshotai | Scaledown | |
|---|---|---|
| Models listed | 10 | 2 |
| Models with published pricing | 10 | 2 |
| Typical price (median, 3:1 blend per 1M) | $1.21 | $0.03 |
| Cheapest paid model | MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 ($1.00) | ScaleDown: Extract ($0.03) |
| Longest context | MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 (1.0M) | ScaleDown: Extract (1M) |
| Free models | 0 | 0 |
| Newest model | MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 (2026-07-16) | ScaleDown: Extract (2026-10-13) |
| Price changes in the last 90 days | 57 | 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) | Moonshotai | Scaledown |
|---|---|---|
| Customer-support chatbot 50,000 conversations — each a 6-turn conversation | $87.50 with MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 | $3.00 with ScaleDown: Extract |
| RAG search over documents 20,000 questions — each a question answered from ~8 retrieved passages | $85.00 with MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 | $4.80 with ScaleDown: Extract |
| Coding / tool-using agent 2,000 tasks — each a multi-step task with tool calls and file context | $90.00 with MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 | no suitable model |
| Batch summarisation 10,000 documents — each a 6,000-word report summarised to a page | $55.00 with MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 | $3.20 with ScaleDown: Extract |
| Long-document analysis 500 documents — each a 150-page contract or codebase read in one pass | $27.50 with MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 | $2.00 with ScaleDown: Extract |
| You need | Moonshotai | Scaledown |
|---|---|---|
| Any model | MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 ($1.00) | ScaleDown: Extract ($0.03) |
| With tool calling | MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 ($1.00) | none listed |
| With image input | MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 ($1.00) | ScaleDown: Extract ($0.03) |
| With reasoning mode | MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 ($1.00) | none listed |
| 128K+ context | MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 ($1.00) | ScaleDown: Extract ($0.03) |
| 1M+ context | MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 ($3.90) | ScaleDown: Extract ($0.03) |
| Model type | Moonshotai | Scaledown |
|---|---|---|
| text+image+file->text | 0 | 2 |
| text+image+video->text | 2 | 0 |
| text+image->text | 4 | 0 |
| text->text | 4 | 0 |
| Price per 1M (3:1 blend) | Moonshotai | Scaledown |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 0 | 0 |
| Under $0.50 | 0 | 2 |
| $0.50 – $3 | 8 | 0 |
| $3 – $10 | 2 | 0 |
| $10 and up | 0 | 0 |
Scaledown is cheaper on a typical model: a median of $0.03 per 1M tokens (3:1 input/output) against $1.21 for Moonshotai. The cheapest paid models are MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 at $1.00 and ScaleDown: Extract at $0.03.
It depends on the job: Moonshotai offers the broader line-up (10 models vs 2), Scaledown the lower typical price, Moonshotai the longest context (1.0M tokens). The workload table above shows which wins for chat, RAG, agents, batch jobs and long documents.
Moonshotai: Moonshotai lists 10 models and Scaledown lists 2.
Moonshotai: Moonshotai's longest is MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 at 1.0M tokens; Scaledown's is ScaleDown: Extract at 1M.
Neither lists a free model; both are pay-per-token.
Moonshotai: 6 of 10 models accept images. Scaledown: 2 of 2.