ScaleDown: Summarize API Pricing
ScaleDown: Summarize costs $0.040 per 1M input tokens and Free per 1M output tokens. Context window: 1M. Prices verified 2026-10-21 · source
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What would ScaleDown: Summarize cost you per month?
| Workload | Requests/mo | Avg tokens (in/out) | Est. monthly cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Light chatbot | 10,000 | 800 / 400 | $0.32 |
| Coding agent | 5,000 | 8,000 / 2,000 | $1.60 |
| RAG pipeline | 30,000 | 4,000 / 500 | $4.80 |
| Doc summarizer | 2,000 | 20,000 / 1,000 | $1.60 |
Estimates use list prices without prompt caching. Caching can cut input cost by up to 90% on repeated context.
About ScaleDown: Summarize
Summarize is an abstractive summarization model from ScaleDown. It condenses long text and documents into a fluent, faithful rewrite rather than lifting sentences from the source, and is suited for...
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Frequently asked questions
How much does ScaleDown: Summarize cost?
ScaleDown: Summarize costs $0.040 per 1M input tokens and Free per 1M output tokens. Verified 2026-10-21 — provider source.
What is the context window?
1M tokens, with up to 4K output tokens per response. That's roughly 1250 pages of text in a single request.
Does it support prompt caching?
Prompt-caching pricing is not published for this model via OpenRouter.
What's a cheaper alternative?
Check the value chart for models with similar intelligence at lower cost.
Official resources
- ScaleDown: Summarize on OpenRouter — live endpoint, pricing source of record.
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