Pareto

unbiased · Released Sep 17, 2026
DFO score #333 / 713
13.4 leaderboard score
Speed
– Not reported
Input Price #632 / 713
$2.50 per 1M tokens
Output Price #601 / 713
$7.50 per 1M tokens
Context #182 / 713
262,144 tokens

Analysis Summary

Pareto is listed with a 262,144-token context, vision, tool use, and function calling. These features could support image-aware, tool-connected work, but the supplied data contains no benchmark results for this model. Its reasoning, coding, and instruction-following quality therefore cannot be confirmed, and there is no measured basis for comparing it with established workflow options.

Listed pricing is $2.50 input and $7.50 output. Without benchmark data or speed information, it is difficult to judge whether that cost is justified for content production, research, or automation. The feature list indicates potential use cases, but does not show that the model handles them reliably enough for client-facing delivery.

If the specific workflow is of interest, test Pareto in a limited and supervised pilot. Assess image interpretation, tool-call accuracy, and consistency on actual tasks before committing production traffic or automating consequential actions.

Assessed September 23, 2026

Editorial notes

Pareto lists vision, a 262K context, and tool use, but no benchmark results or pricing evidence establish its quality or cost-effectiveness.

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DFO Verdict

Pareto lists vision, a 262K context, and tool use, but no benchmark results or pricing evidence establish its quality or cost-effectiveness.

#333 of 713 overall Down 6 this week

How Pareto compares

Its 262K-token context window is larger than 74% of the models we list. At $2.50 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 11% of comparable models.

Position in the field
DFO score: ahead of 54% of models #325
Price: cheaper than 11% of models #632
Context: larger than 74% of models #182
worst in fieldmedianbest in field
Price vs frontier peers · $ per 1M tokens
Pareto $2.50 in $7.50 out
Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5 $4.00 in $20.00 out
Google: Gemini 4 Argon $2.00 in $10.00 out
Anthropic: Claude Fable 5.1 $10.00 in $50.00 out

Dark bar = input · light bar = output, scaled to the priciest peer.

Context window vs peers · tokens

1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.

Pricing

Token Type Cost per 1M tokens Cost per 1K tokens
Input $2.50 $0.002500
Output $7.50 $0.007500

What would Pareto cost your business?

Pick the job that looks most like yours, then fine-tune with the sliders. Estimates update live.

A website chatbot handling around 100 customer conversations a day, a few short messages each.

3,000
One request is one message, email, draft or automation call.
1,200 tokens

$14.40/mo Pareto $0.0048 per request
$31.68/mo Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5 $0.01 per request
$7.92/mo Google: Gemini 4 Argon (batch) · best value $0.0026 per request

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About Pareto

Pareto is a multimodal composite model built for research, coding, and agentic workflows, while delivering frontier-level performance across a broad range of general-purpose tasks.

Frequently asked questions about Pareto

How much does Pareto cost?

Pareto costs $2.50 per million input tokens and $7.50 per million output tokens.

What is the context window of Pareto?

Pareto has a context window of 262,144 tokens (262K).

What can Pareto do?

Pareto supports image/vision input, tool use, and function calling.

Who created Pareto?

Pareto is developed by Unbiased and was released on September 17, 2026.

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