Particle Ai lists 1 models and Relace 2. 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 | Relace | |
|---|---|---|
| Models listed | 1 | 2 |
| Models with published pricing | 1 | 2 |
| Typical price (median, 3:1 blend per 1M) | $0.44 | $1.23 |
| Cheapest paid model | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) | Relace: Relace Apply 3 ($0.95) |
| Longest context | Particle AI: Particle-1 (1.0M) | Relace: Relace Apply 3 (256K) |
| Free models | 0 | 0 |
| Newest model | Particle AI: Particle-1 (2026-10-28) | Relace: Relace Search (2025-12-08) |
| Price changes in the last 90 days | 0 | 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 | Relace |
|---|---|---|
| Customer-support chatbot 50,000 conversations — each a 6-turn conversation | $38.75 with Particle AI: Particle-1 | $88.75 with Relace: Relace Apply 3 |
| RAG search over documents 20,000 questions — each a question answered from ~8 retrieved passages | $40.00 with Particle AI: Particle-1 | $115 with Relace: Relace Apply 3 |
| Coding / tool-using agent 2,000 tasks — each a multi-step task with tool calls and file context | $42.00 with Particle AI: Particle-1 | $156 with Relace: Relace Search |
| Batch summarisation 10,000 documents — each a 6,000-word report summarised to a page | $26.00 with Particle AI: Particle-1 | $75.50 with Relace: Relace Apply 3 |
| Long-document analysis 500 documents — each a 150-page contract or codebase read in one pass | $13.50 with Particle AI: Particle-1 | $43.75 with Relace: Relace Apply 3 |
| You need | Particle Ai | Relace |
|---|---|---|
| Any model | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) | Relace: Relace Apply 3 ($0.95) |
| With tool calling | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) | Relace: Relace Search ($1.50) |
| With image input | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) | none listed |
| With reasoning mode | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) | none listed |
| 128K+ context | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) | Relace: Relace Apply 3 ($0.95) |
| 1M+ context | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) | none listed |
| Model type | Particle Ai | Relace |
|---|---|---|
| text+image->text | 1 | 0 |
| text->text | 0 | 2 |
| Price per 1M (3:1 blend) | Particle Ai | Relace |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 0 | 0 |
| Under $0.50 | 1 | 0 |
| $0.50 – $3 | 0 | 2 |
| $3 – $10 | 0 | 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 $1.23 for Relace. The cheapest paid models are Particle AI: Particle-1 at $0.44 and Relace: Relace Apply 3 at $0.95.
It depends on the job: Relace offers the broader line-up (1 models vs 2), Particle Ai the lower typical price, Particle Ai the longest context (1.0M tokens). The workload table above shows which wins for chat, RAG, agents, batch jobs and long documents.
Relace: Particle Ai lists 1 models and Relace lists 2.
Particle Ai: Particle Ai's longest is Particle AI: Particle-1 at 1.0M tokens; Relace's is Relace: Relace Apply 3 at 256K.
Neither lists a free model; both are pay-per-token.
Particle Ai: 1 of 1 models accept images. Relace: 0 of 2.