AI Models · Paid vs Paid

FIEmber-1 Paid vs AIAion-RP 1.0 (8B) Paid

Ember-1 vs Aion-RP 1.0 (8B) compared — price per token, context window, multimodality, openness and which to choose. Full 2026 breakdown.

Prices & specs refreshed from live data · olud.ai

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FIEmber-1PaidFireworks
$3 /M input
$15 /M outputManaged API (no infra to run)
TypeProprietary
Context window1M tokens
MultimodalYes
Self-hostNo
AIAion-RP 1.0 (8B)PaidAionLabs
$0.8 /M input
$1.6 /M outputManaged API (no infra to run)
TypeProprietary
Context window33K tokens
MultimodalNo
Self-hostNo
Choose Aion-RP 1.0 (8B) for the lower output price ($1.6/M vs $15/M). Choose Ember-1 if you need the larger 1M context window.

Ember-1 vs Aion-RP 1.0 (8B) specs

SpecEmber-1Aion-RP 1.0 (8B)Winner
MakerFireworksAionLabs–
TypeProprietaryProprietary–
Context window1M tokens33K tokensFIEmber-1
Input price$3/M$0.8/MAIAion-RP 1.0 (8B)
Output price$15/M$1.6/MAIAion-RP 1.0 (8B)
Vision / multimodalYesNoFIEmber-1
Tool / function callingYesNoFIEmber-1
Self-hostableNo (API only)No (API only)–
LicenseProprietaryProprietary–

Price gap & when to choose each

9.4×cheaper per output token

Aion-RP 1.0 (8B) is ~9.4× cheaper than Ember-1 on output tokens ($1.6 vs $15 per M tokens).

FIChoose Ember-1 if…
  • You want frontier performance through a managed API
  • You need the longer 1M context window
  • You value reliability & ecosystem
  • You don't want to manage infrastructure
AIChoose Aion-RP 1.0 (8B) if…
  • You want frontier performance through a managed API
  • You want the lower output price
  • You value reliability & ecosystem
  • You don't want to manage infrastructure

Feature comparison

CapabilityEmber-1Aion-RP 1.0 (8B)
Open weights (downloadable)✗✗
Self-hostable✗✗
Runs fully offline✗✗
Vision / multimodal✓✗
Tool / function calling✓✗
1M+ context window✓✗

How Ember-1 and Aion-RP 1.0 (8B) score

🏆 Best value & openness: Ember-1 (3.1 vs 2.3 / 5)
CriterionEmber-1Aion-RP 1.0 (8B)
Cost-efficiency3.04.5
Context window5.02.5
Openness1.51.5
Self-hosting1.01.0
Multimodality5.02.0

Scores come from live data — output price (cost), context length, open vs closed weights (openness & self-hosting) and vision/tool support (multimodality). Raw task quality isn't scored here; it depends on your benchmark — see the verdict.

What each model is

Ember-1 Paid

Fireworks · Proprietary

Ember-1 is a specialized reasoning model from Fireworks Research, built on [Kimi K3](https://openrouter.ai/moonshotai/kimi-k3). It is designed to make every token go further: it produces shorter reasoning traces, using roughly 40%...

Aion-RP 1.0 (8B) Paid

AionLabs · Proprietary

Aion-RP-Llama-3.1-8B ranks the highest in the character evaluation portion of the RPBench-Auto benchmark, a roleplaying-specific variant of Arena-Hard-Auto, where LLMs evaluate each other’s responses. It is a fine-tuned base model...

Frequently asked questions

Ember-1 vs Aion-RP 1.0 (8B) — which is cheaper?

Aion-RP 1.0 (8B) is cheaper on output ($1.6/M vs $15/M).

Which has the larger context window?

Ember-1 offers the larger context window (1M tokens).

Ember-1 vs Aion-RP 1.0 (8B) — which should I pick in 2026?

Choose Aion-RP 1.0 (8B) for the lower output price ($1.6/M vs $15/M). Choose Ember-1 if you need the larger 1M context window.

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