Glimpse vs Palmyra X5: cost comparison
Prices updated 2026-10-27 · computed from live provider data
Short answer: Glimpse is cheaper on a
3:1 input/output blend — $1.20 per million tokens versus
$1.95, a 38% difference.
Palmyra X5 offers the larger context window at 1,040,000 tokens, against 262,144 for Glimpse.
Head to head
| Glimpse | Palmyra X5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Input, per 1M tokens | $0.600 | $0.600 |
| Output, per 1M tokens | $3.00 | $6.00 |
| Blended 3:1, per 1M | $1.20 | $1.95 |
| Context window | 262,144 | 1,040,000 |
| Vendor | elorian | writer |
Monthly cost at real volumes
| Workload (input / output) | Glimpse | Palmyra X5 |
|---|---|---|
| 1M in / 250K out | $1.35 | $2.10 |
| 10M in / 2.5M out | $13.50 | $21.00 |
| 100M in / 25M out | $135 | $210 |
Which should you pick?
Pick Palmyra X5 when you need the longer context window (1,040,000 vs 262,144 tokens). Pick Glimpse when price per token dominates your workload — high-volume classification, extraction, or batch summarisation.