Scaledown lists 2 models and Thedrummer 4. 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 | Thedrummer | |
|---|---|---|
| Models listed | 2 | 4 |
| Models with published pricing | 2 | 4 |
| Typical price (median, 3:1 blend per 1M) | $0.03 | $0.38 |
| Cheapest paid model | ScaleDown: Extract ($0.03) | TheDrummer: Rocinante 12B ($0.31) |
| Longest context | ScaleDown: Extract (1M) | TheDrummer: UnslopNemo 12B (1.0M) |
| Free models | 0 | 0 |
| Newest model | ScaleDown: Extract (2026-10-13) | TheDrummer: Cydonia 24B V4.1 (2025-09-27) |
| 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 | Thedrummer |
|---|---|---|
| Customer-support chatbot 50,000 conversations — each a 6-turn conversation | $3.00 with ScaleDown: Extract | $28.75 with TheDrummer: Rocinante 12B |
| RAG search over documents 20,000 questions — each a question answered from ~8 retrieved passages | $4.80 with ScaleDown: Extract | $35.00 with TheDrummer: Rocinante 12B |
| Coding / tool-using agent 2,000 tasks — each a multi-step task with tool calls and file context | no suitable model | no suitable model |
| Batch summarisation 10,000 documents — each a 6,000-word report summarised to a page | $3.20 with ScaleDown: Extract | $23.00 with TheDrummer: Rocinante 12B |
| Long-document analysis 500 documents — each a 150-page contract or codebase read in one pass | $2.00 with ScaleDown: Extract | $15.50 with TheDrummer: Cydonia 24B V4.1 |
| You need | Scaledown | Thedrummer |
|---|---|---|
| Any model | ScaleDown: Extract ($0.03) | TheDrummer: Rocinante 12B ($0.31) |
| With tool calling | none listed | none listed |
| With image input | ScaleDown: Extract ($0.03) | none listed |
| With reasoning mode | none listed | none listed |
| 128K+ context | ScaleDown: Extract ($0.03) | TheDrummer: Cydonia 24B V4.1 ($0.35) |
| 1M+ context | ScaleDown: Extract ($0.03) | TheDrummer: UnslopNemo 12B ($0.40) |
| Model type | Scaledown | Thedrummer |
|---|---|---|
| text+image+file->text | 2 | 0 |
| text->text | 0 | 4 |
| Price per 1M (3:1 blend) | Scaledown | Thedrummer |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 0 | 0 |
| Under $0.50 | 2 | 3 |
| $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 $0.38 for Thedrummer. The cheapest paid models are ScaleDown: Extract at $0.03 and TheDrummer: Rocinante 12B at $0.31.
It depends on the job: Thedrummer offers the broader line-up (2 models vs 4), Scaledown the lower typical price, Thedrummer the longest context (1.0M tokens). The workload table above shows which wins for chat, RAG, agents, batch jobs and long documents.
Thedrummer: Scaledown lists 2 models and Thedrummer lists 4.
Thedrummer: Scaledown's longest is ScaleDown: Extract at 1M tokens; Thedrummer's is TheDrummer: UnslopNemo 12B at 1.0M.
Neither lists a free model; both are pay-per-token.
Scaledown: 2 of 2 models accept images. Thedrummer: 0 of 4.