Scaledown lists 2 models and Unbiased 3. 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 | Unbiased | |
|---|---|---|
| Models listed | 2 | 3 |
| Models with published pricing | 2 | 3 |
| Typical price (median, 3:1 blend per 1M) | $0.03 | $3.75 |
| Cheapest paid model | ScaleDown: Extract ($0.03) | Pareto 26.10 Preview ($1.40) |
| Longest context | ScaleDown: Extract (1M) | Pareto 26.10 Preview (1.0M) |
| Free models | 0 | 0 |
| Newest model | ScaleDown: Extract (2026-10-13) | Pareto 26.9 (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) | Scaledown | Unbiased |
|---|---|---|
| Customer-support chatbot 50,000 conversations — each a 6-turn conversation | $3.00 with ScaleDown: Extract | $124 with Pareto 26.10 Preview |
| RAG search over documents 20,000 questions — each a question answered from ~8 retrieved passages | $4.80 with ScaleDown: Extract | $128 with Pareto 26.10 Preview |
| Coding / tool-using agent 2,000 tasks — each a multi-step task with tool calls and file context | no suitable model | $134 with Pareto 26.10 Preview |
| Batch summarisation 10,000 documents — each a 6,000-word report summarised to a page | $3.20 with ScaleDown: Extract | $83.20 with Pareto 26.10 Preview |
| Long-document analysis 500 documents — each a 150-page contract or codebase read in one pass | $2.00 with ScaleDown: Extract | $43.20 with Pareto 26.10 Preview |
| You need | Scaledown | Unbiased |
|---|---|---|
| Any model | ScaleDown: Extract ($0.03) | Pareto 26.10 Preview ($1.40) |
| With tool calling | none listed | Pareto 26.10 Preview ($1.40) |
| With image input | ScaleDown: Extract ($0.03) | Pareto 26.10 Preview ($1.40) |
| With reasoning mode | none listed | none listed |
| 128K+ context | ScaleDown: Extract ($0.03) | Pareto 26.10 Preview ($1.40) |
| 1M+ context | ScaleDown: Extract ($0.03) | Pareto 26.10 Preview ($1.40) |
| Model type | Scaledown | Unbiased |
|---|---|---|
| text+image+file->text | 2 | 0 |
| text+image->text | 0 | 3 |
| Price per 1M (3:1 blend) | Scaledown | Unbiased |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 0 | 0 |
| Under $0.50 | 2 | 0 |
| $0.50 – $3 | 0 | 1 |
| $3 – $10 | 0 | 2 |
| $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 $3.75 for Unbiased. The cheapest paid models are ScaleDown: Extract at $0.03 and Pareto 26.10 Preview at $1.40.
It depends on the job: Unbiased offers the broader line-up (2 models vs 3), Scaledown the lower typical price, Unbiased the longest context (1.0M tokens). The workload table above shows which wins for chat, RAG, agents, batch jobs and long documents.
Unbiased: Scaledown lists 2 models and Unbiased lists 3.
Unbiased: Scaledown's longest is ScaleDown: Extract at 1M tokens; Unbiased's is Pareto 26.10 Preview at 1.0M.
Neither lists a free model; both are pay-per-token.
Scaledown: 2 of 2 models accept images. Unbiased: 3 of 3.