ModelsAtlas
Explore

Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite vs ScaleDown: Summarize

Neither wins outright: Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite is the pick when you need tool / function calling, ScaleDown: Summarize when cost matters at scale.

Key numbers

SpecGoogle: Gemini 3.1 Flash LiteScaleDown: Summarize
ProviderGoogleScaledown
Input price (per 1M tokens)$0.25$0.04
Output price (per 1M tokens)$1.50$0
Blended price (3:1 input/output)$0.56$0.03
Cheaper than … of all models we track51%89%
Context window1.0M tokens (~1,573 pages)1M tokens (~1,500 pages)
Larger context than … of all models81%69%
Max output per response66K tokens (~49,200 words)4K tokens (~3,000 words)
Input typestext, image, video, file, audiotext, image, file
Output typestexttext
Free variantNoNo
Listed since2026-05-072026-10-13

What it costs for real workloads

Monthly cost at list price for five common workloads. Token counts per unit are stated so you can scale them to your own traffic. A workload that does not fit a model's context window is marked rather than priced.

Workload (per month)Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash LiteScaleDown: SummarizeDifference
Customer-support chatbot
50,000 conversations — each a 6-turn conversation (1,500 in / 400 out tokens)
$48.75$3.00ScaleDown: Summarize saves $45.75
RAG search over documents
20,000 questions — each a question answered from ~8 retrieved passages (6,000 in / 500 out tokens)
$45.00$4.80ScaleDown: Summarize saves $40.20
Coding / tool-using agent
2,000 tasks — each a multi-step task with tool calls and file context (60,000 in / 6,000 out tokens)
$48.00$4.80ScaleDown: Summarize saves $43.20
Batch summarisation
10,000 documents — each a 6,000-word report summarised to a page (8,000 in / 600 out tokens)
$29.00$3.20ScaleDown: Summarize saves $25.80
Long-document analysis
500 documents — each a 150-page contract or codebase read in one pass (100,000 in / 2,000 out tokens)
$14.00$2.00ScaleDown: Summarize saves $12.00

Capabilities side by side

CapabilityGoogle: Gemini 3.1 Flash LiteScaleDown: SummarizeWhat it lets you do
Tool / function calling✓ Yes—call your APIs and run agent loops
Structured output (JSON schema)✓ Yes—return JSON that validates against your schema
Reasoning / thinking mode✓ Yes—spend extra tokens thinking before answering hard problems
Image input✓ Yes✓ Yesread screenshots, charts and scanned pages
Audio input✓ Yes—take speech or audio directly
File / PDF input✓ Yes✓ Yesaccept documents without your own parsing step
Image output——generate images, not just text
Built-in web search✓ Yes—answer from live web results
Seed (reproducible sampling)✓ Yes—repeat a generation for tests and evals
Log-probabilities——read token confidence for classification and scoring

From each model's published parameters and input/output types. “—” means not advertised, not proven absent.

Price history

Which should you choose?

Choose Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite if…

  • you need tool / function calling — to call your APIs and run agent loops; ScaleDown: Summarize does not advertise it
  • you need structured output (JSON schema) — to return JSON that validates against your schema; ScaleDown: Summarize does not advertise it
  • you need reasoning / thinking mode — to spend extra tokens thinking before answering hard problems; ScaleDown: Summarize does not advertise it
  • you need audio input — to take speech or audio directly; ScaleDown: Summarize does not advertise it
  • you need built-in web search — to answer from live web results; ScaleDown: Summarize does not advertise it
  • you need seed (reproducible sampling) — to repeat a generation for tests and evals; ScaleDown: Summarize does not advertise it
  • you generate long outputs in one go — up to 66K tokens (about 49,200 words) per response

Choose ScaleDown: Summarize if…

  • cost matters at scale — it is 95% cheaper on a typical 3:1 input/output mix ($3.00 vs $48.75 a month for 50,000 support chats)
  • you want the newer model — released 2026-10-13, 5 months after the other

Frequently asked questions

Is Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite better than ScaleDown: Summarize?

Neither wins outright: Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite is the pick when you need tool / function calling, ScaleDown: Summarize when cost matters at scale. In short: Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite when you need tool / function calling, you need structured output (JSON schema), you need reasoning / thinking mode, you need audio input, you need built-in web search, you need seed (reproducible sampling), you generate long outputs in one go; ScaleDown: Summarize when cost matters at scale, you want the newer model.

Which is cheaper, Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite or ScaleDown: Summarize?

ScaleDown: Summarize is cheaper: $0.03 vs $0.56 per 1M tokens at a typical 3:1 input/output mix, 95% less. For 50,000 support conversations a month that is $3.00 against $48.75.

How much do Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite and ScaleDown: Summarize cost per million tokens?

Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite costs $0.25 per 1M input tokens and $1.50 per 1M output tokens; ScaleDown: Summarize costs $0.04 input and $0 output. Output tokens are billed separately, so long answers shift the gap.

Which has the bigger context window, Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite or ScaleDown: Summarize?

Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 1.0M tokens, about 1,573 pages, against 1M (about 1,500 pages) for ScaleDown: Summarize.

Do Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite and ScaleDown: Summarize support function calling and JSON output?

Tool calling — Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: yes, ScaleDown: Summarize: not advertised. JSON-schema structured output — Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: yes, ScaleDown: Summarize: not advertised.

Can Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite or ScaleDown: Summarize read images?

Yes, both accept image input.

Is Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite or ScaleDown: Summarize free to use?

No free variant is listed for either; both are pay-per-token.

What is the maximum output length of Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite and ScaleDown: Summarize?

Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite can write up to 66K tokens (about 49,200 words) per response; ScaleDown: Summarize up to 4K (about 3,000 words).

When were Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite and ScaleDown: Summarize released?

Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite was listed on 2026-05-07; ScaleDown: Summarize on 2026-10-13.

About the two models

Compare Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite with other models

vs AI21: Jamba Large 1.7vs AionLabs: Aion 3.5vs AionLabs: Aion 3.5 Minivs AionLabs: Aion-1.0

Compare ScaleDown: Summarize with other models

vs AI21: Jamba Large 1.7vs AionLabs: Aion 3.5vs AionLabs: Aion 3.5 Minivs AionLabs: Aion-1.0
Advertisement