AI Models · Paid vs Paid

FIEmber-1 Paid vs GPT-6.1 Sol Pro Paid

Ember-1 vs GPT-6.1 Sol Pro 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
GPT-6.1 Sol ProPaidOpenAI
$2 /M input
$10 /M outputManaged API (no infra to run)
TypeProprietary
Context window1.1M tokens
MultimodalYes
Self-hostNo
Choose GPT-6.1 Sol Pro for the lower output price ($10/M vs $15/M). It also gives you the larger 1.1M context window.

Ember-1 vs GPT-6.1 Sol Pro specs

SpecEmber-1GPT-6.1 Sol ProWinner
MakerFireworksOpenAI–
TypeProprietaryProprietary–
Context window1M tokens1.1M tokensGPT-6.1 Sol Pro
Input price$3/M$2/MGPT-6.1 Sol Pro
Output price$15/M$10/MGPT-6.1 Sol Pro
Vision / multimodalYesYes= Tie
Tool / function callingYesYes= Tie
Self-hostableNo (API only)No (API only)–
LicenseProprietaryProprietary–

Price gap & when to choose each

1.5×cheaper per output token

GPT-6.1 Sol Pro is ~1.5× cheaper than Ember-1 on output tokens ($10 vs $15 per M tokens).

FIChoose Ember-1 if…
  • You want frontier performance through a managed API
  • You value reliability & ecosystem
  • You don't want to manage infrastructure
Choose GPT-6.1 Sol Pro if…
  • You want frontier performance through a managed API
  • You need the longer 1.1M context window
  • You want the lower output price
  • You value reliability & ecosystem
  • You don't want to manage infrastructure

Feature comparison

CapabilityEmber-1GPT-6.1 Sol Pro
Open weights (downloadable)✗✗
Self-hostable✗✗
Runs fully offline✗✗
Vision / multimodal✓✓
Tool / function calling✓✓
1M+ context window✓✓

How Ember-1 and GPT-6.1 Sol Pro score

🤝 Neck and neck on these criteria (3.1 vs 3.2 / 5).
CriterionEmber-1GPT-6.1 Sol Pro
Cost-efficiency3.03.5
Context window5.05.0
Openness1.51.5
Self-hosting1.01.0
Multimodality5.05.0

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%...

GPT-6.1 Sol Pro Paid

OpenAI · Proprietary

GPT-6.1 Sol Pro is the same underlying model as [GPT-6.1 Sol](https://openrouter.ai/openai/gpt-6.1-sol), served with `reasoning.mode` set to `pro` for higher-quality responses on complex tasks. **Cost note:** pro mode spends far more...

Frequently asked questions

Ember-1 vs GPT-6.1 Sol Pro — which is cheaper?

GPT-6.1 Sol Pro is cheaper on output ($10/M vs $15/M).

Which has the larger context window?

GPT-6.1 Sol Pro offers the larger context window (1.1M tokens).

Ember-1 vs GPT-6.1 Sol Pro — which should I pick in 2026?

Choose GPT-6.1 Sol Pro for the lower output price ($10/M vs $15/M). It also gives you the larger 1.1M context window.

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