Relace Apply 3 vs LongCat-2.0
Side-by-side comparison of API pricing, specs, benchmarks, and capabilities
Relace Apply 3 is 30.8% cheaper on blended cost ($0.900 vs $1.30/Mtok)
| Specification |
by Relace
|
LongCat-2.0Intro price
by Meituan
|
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Status | Current coding | Current coding Open weights |
| Released | Oct 29, 2025 | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Pricing per million tokens | ||
| Input | $0.800/Mtok | $0.750/Mtok |
| Output | $1.20/Mtok | $2.95/Mtok |
| Blended avg | $0.900/Mtok | $1.30/Mtok |
| Cached input | — | $0.015/Mtok |
| Specifications | ||
| Context window | 256K tokens | 262K tokens |
| Parameters | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Speed (TPS) | — | — |
| Modalities | ||
| Input |
text
|
text
|
| Benchmarks sources: n/a / Artificial Analysis, Meituan model card | ||
| 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 |
Relace — $0.800/$1.20/Mtok
|
Meituan — $0.750/$2.95/Mtok
|
Cost at scale
1M tokens · 50/50 input/output| Volume | Relace Apply 3 | LongCat-2.0 | Savings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1M tokens | $0.9 | $1.3 | $0.4 (30.8%) |
| 10M tokens | $9 | $13 | $4 (30.8%) |
| 100M tokens | $90 | $130 | $40 (30.8%) |
| 1000M tokens | $900 | $1300 | $400 (30.8%) |
When to pick which
distilled from the pricing and spec data above
Pick Relace Apply 3 if…
- cost dominates: $0.900/Mtok blended vs $1.30 — 30.8% less on the same 50/50 token mix
Pick LongCat-2.0 if…
- your workload re-reads context (agents, RAG, long chats): cached input costs $0.015/Mtok — 98% off its list input price, a discount Relace Apply 3 doesn't offer
- you want open weights — self-host it, fine-tune it, or exit the API entirely; Relace Apply 3 is closed
Summary
Relace Apply 3 by Relace costs $0.800/Mtok input and $1.20/Mtok output, with a 256K-token context window. It supports text input.
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.
On a blended cost basis, Relace Apply 3 is 30.8% cheaper than LongCat-2.0.
Note: Pricing is per million tokens. Actual costs vary with usage patterns, prompt caching, and batch discounts. Always verify against official provider pricing pages.
More comparisons
pairs sharing a model with this page
Kimi K2.7 Code HighSpeed vs LongCat-2.0
62% price gap
Codestral 2508 vs LongCat-2.0
65% price gap
Codestral vs Relace Apply 3
50% price gap
Codestral 2508 vs Relace Apply 3
50% price gap
Relace Apply 3 vs Kimi K2.7 Code (Moonshot)
47% price gap
Relace Apply 3 vs Grok Build 0.1
28% price gap
LongCat-2.0 vs Kimi K2.7 Code (Moonshot)
24% price gap
LongCat-2.0 vs Relace Search
13% price gap