LongCat-2.0 vs Relace Search
Side-by-side comparison of API pricing, specs, benchmarks, and capabilities
LongCat-2.0 is 13.3% cheaper on blended cost ($1.30 vs $1.50/Mtok)
| Specification |
LongCat-2.0Intro price
by Meituan
|
by Relace
|
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Status | Current coding Open weights | Current coding |
| Released | Jun 30, 2026 | Dec 8, 2025 |
| Pricing per million tokens | ||
| Input | $0.750/Mtok | $1.00/Mtok |
| Output | $2.95/Mtok | $3.00/Mtok |
| Blended avg | $1.30/Mtok | $1.50/Mtok |
| Cached input | $0.015/Mtok | — |
| Specifications | ||
| Context window | 262K tokens | 256K tokens |
| Parameters | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Speed (TPS) | — | — |
| Modalities | ||
| Input |
text
|
text
|
| Benchmarks sources: Artificial Analysis, Meituan model card / n/a | ||
| GPQA Diamond | 88.9 vendor | — |
| Independent composite scores each on its own scale — not part of the average above | ||
| AA Intelligence Index | 33.9 | — |
| AA Agentic Index | 21.8 | — |
| AA-Omniscience Index (−100–100) | -23.4 | — |
| Providers | ||
| Available from |
Meituan — $0.750/$2.95/Mtok
|
Relace — $1.00/$3.00/Mtok
|
Cost at scale
1M tokens · 50/50 input/output| Volume | LongCat-2.0 | Relace Search | Savings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1M tokens | $1.3 | $1.5 | $0.2 (13.3%) |
| 10M tokens | $13 | $15 | $2 (13.3%) |
| 100M tokens | $130 | $150 | $20 (13.3%) |
| 1000M tokens | $1300 | $1500 | $200 (13.3%) |
When to pick which
distilled from the pricing and spec data above
Pick LongCat-2.0 if…
- cost dominates: $1.30/Mtok blended vs $1.50 — 13.3% less on the same 50/50 token mix
- your workload re-reads context (agents, RAG, long chats): cached input costs $0.015/Mtok — 98% off its list input price, a discount Relace Search doesn't offer
- you want open weights — self-host it, fine-tune it, or exit the API entirely; Relace Search is closed
Pick Relace Search if…
- this pairing gives Relace Search no edge on price, context, cache discount, or measured performance — pick it only for qualitative fit (ecosystem, compliance, model behavior on your prompts)
Summary
LongCat-2.0 by Meituan costs $0.750/Mtok input and $2.95/Mtok output, with a 262K-token context window. It supports text input.
Relace Search by Relace costs $1.00/Mtok input and $3.00/Mtok output, with a 256K-token context window. It supports text input.
On a blended cost basis, LongCat-2.0 is 13.3% cheaper than Relace Search.It also has a larger context window.
Note: Pricing is per million tokens. Actual costs vary with usage patterns, prompt caching, and batch discounts. Always verify against official provider pricing pages.
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