Solar Mini 4 vs Schematron V2 Small: cost comparison
Prices updated 2026-10-27 · computed from live provider data
Short answer: Solar Mini 4 is cheaper on a
3:1 input/output blend — $0.087 per million tokens versus
$0.095, a 8% difference.
Solar Mini 4 offers the larger context window at 524,288 tokens, against 128,000 for Schematron V2 Small.
Head to head
| Solar Mini 4 | Schematron V2 Small | |
|---|---|---|
| Input, per 1M tokens | $0.050 | $0.050 |
| Output, per 1M tokens | $0.200 | $0.230 |
| Blended 3:1, per 1M | $0.087 | $0.095 |
| Context window | 524,288 | 128,000 |
| Vendor | upstage | inference-net |
Monthly cost at real volumes
| Workload (input / output) | Solar Mini 4 | Schematron V2 Small |
|---|---|---|
| 1M in / 250K out | $0.100 | $0.107 |
| 10M in / 2.5M out | $1.00 | $1.07 |
| 100M in / 25M out | $10.00 | $10.75 |
Which should you pick?
Pick Solar Mini 4 when you need the longer context window (524,288 vs 128,000 tokens). Pick Solar Mini 4 when price per token dominates your workload — high-volume classification, extraction, or batch summarisation.