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Models โ€บ scaledown โ€บ ScaleDown: Extract

ScaleDown: Extract โ€” pricing & benchmarks

By scaledown ยท Updated 2026-11-01 ยท Reads imageslong-context / RAGreads images / documentscheap high-volume

ScaleDown: Extract costs $0.04 per 1M input tokens and $0 per 1M output tokens, with a 1M context window. It is best suited for long-context / RAG, reads images / documents, cheap high-volume, and is available through one OpenAI-compatible Appmo API key.
$0.04Input / 1M
$0Output / 1M
1MContext
100Buzz (0-100)

What ScaleDown: Extract is used for

ScaleDown: Extract is best suited for long-context / RAG, reads images / documents, cheap high-volume. Access it through one Appmo API key alongside 444 other models โ€” Appmo's optimizer can route to it automatically when it is the best value for a request.

What people are saying (last 30 days)

Not enough posts yet to judge community sentiment. 28 Hacker News stories (329 points) ยท 11.2K new GitHub repos mentioning it. How we measure this.

Use it via the Appmo API (OpenAI-compatible)

curl https://appmo.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $APPMO_KEY" \
  -d '{"model":"scaledown/extract","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello"}]}'

FAQ

How much does ScaleDown: Extract cost?
ScaleDown: Extract costs $0.04 per 1M input tokens and $0 per 1M output tokens ($0.03 blended), as of 2026-11-01. Prices are expected to fall as competition increases.

What is ScaleDown: Extract best for?
ScaleDown: Extract is best suited for long-context / RAG, reads images / documents, cheap high-volume.

How do I use ScaleDown: Extract?
Send requests to Appmo's OpenAI-compatible endpoint with model id "scaledown/extract" and one API key โ€” no separate provider account needed.

Is ScaleDown: Extract open source?
We have no record of public weights for ScaleDown: Extract; treat it as a closed model available only through its provider's API.

Can ScaleDown: Extract create images?
No. ScaleDown: Extract can read and understand images, but it only writes text.