Prime Intellect lists 1 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.
| Prime Intellect | Scaledown | |
|---|---|---|
| Models listed | 1 | 2 |
| Models with published pricing | 1 | 2 |
| Typical price (median, 3:1 blend per 1M) | $0.43 | $0.03 |
| Cheapest paid model | Prime Intellect: INTELLECT-3 ($0.43) | ScaleDown: Extract ($0.03) |
| Longest context | Prime Intellect: INTELLECT-3 (131K) | ScaleDown: Extract (1M) |
| Free models | 0 | 0 |
| Newest model | Prime Intellect: INTELLECT-3 (2025-11-27) | ScaleDown: Extract (2026-10-13) |
| 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) | Prime Intellect | Scaledown |
|---|---|---|
| Customer-support chatbot 50,000 conversations — each a 6-turn conversation | $37.00 with Prime Intellect: INTELLECT-3 | $3.00 with ScaleDown: Extract |
| RAG search over documents 20,000 questions — each a question answered from ~8 retrieved passages | $35.00 with Prime Intellect: INTELLECT-3 | $4.80 with ScaleDown: Extract |
| Coding / tool-using agent 2,000 tasks — each a multi-step task with tool calls and file context | $37.20 with Prime Intellect: INTELLECT-3 | no suitable model |
| Batch summarisation 10,000 documents — each a 6,000-word report summarised to a page | $22.60 with Prime Intellect: INTELLECT-3 | $3.20 with ScaleDown: Extract |
| Long-document analysis 500 documents — each a 150-page contract or codebase read in one pass | $11.10 with Prime Intellect: INTELLECT-3 | $2.00 with ScaleDown: Extract |
| You need | Prime Intellect | Scaledown |
|---|---|---|
| Any model | Prime Intellect: INTELLECT-3 ($0.43) | ScaleDown: Extract ($0.03) |
| With tool calling | Prime Intellect: INTELLECT-3 ($0.43) | none listed |
| With image input | none listed | ScaleDown: Extract ($0.03) |
| With reasoning mode | Prime Intellect: INTELLECT-3 ($0.43) | none listed |
| 128K+ context | Prime Intellect: INTELLECT-3 ($0.43) | ScaleDown: Extract ($0.03) |
| 1M+ context | none listed | ScaleDown: Extract ($0.03) |
| Model type | Prime Intellect | Scaledown |
|---|---|---|
| text+image+file->text | 0 | 2 |
| text->text | 1 | 0 |
| Price per 1M (3:1 blend) | Prime Intellect | Scaledown |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 0 | 0 |
| Under $0.50 | 1 | 2 |
| $0.50 – $3 | 0 | 0 |
| $3 – $10 | 0 | 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 $0.43 for Prime Intellect. The cheapest paid models are Prime Intellect: INTELLECT-3 at $0.43 and ScaleDown: Extract at $0.03.
It depends on the job: Scaledown offers the broader line-up (1 models vs 2), Scaledown the lower typical price, Scaledown the longest context (1M tokens). The workload table above shows which wins for chat, RAG, agents, batch jobs and long documents.
Scaledown: Prime Intellect lists 1 models and Scaledown lists 2.
Scaledown: Prime Intellect's longest is Prime Intellect: INTELLECT-3 at 131K tokens; Scaledown's is ScaleDown: Extract at 1M.
Neither lists a free model; both are pay-per-token.
Prime Intellect: 0 of 1 models accept images. Scaledown: 2 of 2.