Scaledown lists 2 models and Tencent 7. 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.
| Scaledown | Tencent | |
|---|---|---|
| Models listed | 2 | 7 |
| Models with published pricing | 2 | 7 |
| Typical price (median, 3:1 blend per 1M) | $0.03 | $0.23 |
| Cheapest paid model | ScaleDown: Extract ($0.03) | Tencent: Hy-MT2-1.8B ($0.08) |
| Longest context | ScaleDown: Extract (1M) | Tencent: Hy4 preview (1.0M) |
| Free models | 0 | 0 |
| Newest model | ScaleDown: Extract (2026-10-13) | Tencent: Hy4 preview (2026-08-28) |
| Price changes in the last 90 days | 0 | 1 |
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) | Scaledown | Tencent |
|---|---|---|
| Customer-support chatbot 50,000 conversations — each a 6-turn conversation | $3.00 with ScaleDown: Extract | $6.84 with Tencent: Hy-MT2-1.8B |
| RAG search over documents 20,000 questions — each a question answered from ~8 retrieved passages | $4.80 with ScaleDown: Extract | $7.05 with Tencent: Hy-MT2-1.8B |
| Coding / tool-using agent 2,000 tasks — each a multi-step task with tool calls and file context | no suitable model | $22.18 with Tencent: Hy3 |
| Batch summarisation 10,000 documents — each a 6,000-word report summarised to a page | $3.20 with ScaleDown: Extract | $13.73 with Tencent: Hy3 |
| Long-document analysis 500 documents — each a 150-page contract or codebase read in one pass | $2.00 with ScaleDown: Extract | $7.13 with Tencent: Hy3 |
| You need | Scaledown | Tencent |
|---|---|---|
| Any model | ScaleDown: Extract ($0.03) | Tencent: Hy-MT2-1.8B ($0.08) |
| With tool calling | none listed | Tencent: Hy3 ($0.23) |
| With image input | ScaleDown: Extract ($0.03) | none listed |
| With reasoning mode | none listed | Tencent: Hy3 ($0.23) |
| 128K+ context | ScaleDown: Extract ($0.03) | Tencent: Hy3 ($0.23) |
| 1M+ context | ScaleDown: Extract ($0.03) | Tencent: Hy4 preview ($1.25) |
| Model type | Scaledown | Tencent |
|---|---|---|
| text+image+file->text | 2 | 0 |
| text->text | 0 | 7 |
| Price per 1M (3:1 blend) | Scaledown | Tencent |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 0 | 0 |
| Under $0.50 | 2 | 6 |
| $0.50 – $3 | 0 | 1 |
| $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 $0.23 for Tencent. The cheapest paid models are ScaleDown: Extract at $0.03 and Tencent: Hy-MT2-1.8B at $0.08.
It depends on the job: Tencent offers the broader line-up (2 models vs 7), Scaledown the lower typical price, Tencent the longest context (1.0M tokens). The workload table above shows which wins for chat, RAG, agents, batch jobs and long documents.
Tencent: Scaledown lists 2 models and Tencent lists 7.
Tencent: Scaledown's longest is ScaleDown: Extract at 1M tokens; Tencent's is Tencent: Hy4 preview at 1.0M.
Neither lists a free model; both are pay-per-token.
Scaledown: 2 of 2 models accept images. Tencent: 0 of 7.