Ember-1 pricing
$3.00 per 1M input tokens and $15.00 per 1M output tokens. In real work that is 2.1¢ per chat answer and 7.2¢ to summarize a 20-page PDF.
What Ember-1 costs per task
Token counts estimated from a measured model of the same lab (Mistral Large 4), rescaled by tokenizer. Reasoning tokens are billed as output.
| Task | Cost | Tokens used | Price rank | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Answer a chat question | 2.1¢$20.61 / 1,000 | 39 in · 512 out · 854 reasoning | 308 of 336 | estimated |
| Reply to a customer email | 5.4¢$53.74 / 1,000 | 249 in · 587 out · 2,946 reasoning | 335 of 336 | estimated |
| Write a 1,500-word blog post | 12¢$116 / 1,000 | 53 in · 2,023 out · 5,705 reasoning | 322 of 336 | estimated |
| Write 10 product descriptions | 4.7¢$46.77 / 1,000 | 279 in · 832 out · 2,230 reasoning | 304 of 336 | estimated |
| Translate 1,000 words | 19¢$186 / 1,000 | 1,322 in · 1,291 out · 10,816 reasoning | 329 of 336 | estimated |
| Proofread one page (500 words) | 6.4¢$64.01 / 1,000 | 716 in · 843 out · 3,281 reasoning | 327 of 336 | estimated |
| Summarize a 20-page PDF | 7.2¢$71.84 / 1,000 | 13,113 in · 148 out · 2,019 reasoning | 309 of 336 | estimated |
| Extract data from an invoice | 4.1¢$40.67 / 1,000 | 366 in · 854 out · 1,784 reasoning | 324 of 336 | estimated |
| Analyze a 200-row spreadsheet | 17¢$173 / 1,000 | 4,681 in · 4,438 out · 6,174 reasoning | 302 of 336 | estimated |
| Answer from 5 retrieved documents (RAG) | 5.9¢$58.88 / 1,000 | 3,698 in · 205 out · 2,981 reasoning | 316 of 336 | estimated |
| Classify 100 support tickets | 11¢$114 / 1,000 | 1,249 in · 815 out · 6,565 reasoning | 329 of 336 | estimated |
| Review 500 lines of code | 15¢$150 / 1,000 | 4,567 in · 1,563 out · 7,522 reasoning | 303 of 336 | estimated |
| Write a SQL query | 4.8¢$47.57 / 1,000 | 118 in · 501 out · 2,647 reasoning | 325 of 336 | estimated |
| Run a 50-step coding agent | $3.11$3,113 / 1,000 | 2,259,875 in · 15,150 out · 132,350 reasoning | 305 of 336 | modeled |
Price at every provider
List prices per 1M tokens (input / output) at each host serving Ember-1 through OpenRouter today. Hosts can differ in quantization, context and speed.
| Provider | Input / output | Cached input | Context | Uptime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Fireworksunknown | $3.00 / $15.00 | $0.30 | 1M | 100% |
Price history
First seen in our price history on Sep 29, 2026 at $3.00 input / $15.00 output. The list price has not changed since.
FAQ
How much does Ember-1 cost?
Ember-1 costs $3.00 per 1 million input tokens and $15.00 per 1 million output tokens, with cached input at $0.30 (list price on Oct 18, 2026). In practice one chat answer costs about 2.1¢ and summarizing a 20-page PDF about 7.2¢.
Where is Ember-1 cheapest?
Among 1 providers we track, the lowest list price today is at Fireworks: $3.00 input and $15.00 output per 1M tokens.
Does Ember-1 charge for reasoning tokens?
Yes. Reasoning (thinking) tokens are billed as output tokens. That is why the cost per task can be much higher than the visible answer suggests - our task costs include them.
Is the Ember-1 cost per task measured or estimated?
Estimated: Ember-1 was not run directly. Tokens come from Mistral Large 4 and are rescaled by the tokenizer of Fireworks. Real usage can differ.