Aion-3.0-Mini
AionLabs · released Jul 7, 2026
- Type
- Closed
- Input
- $0.70
- Output
- $1.40
- Cached
- $0.18
List price · per 1M tokens · AionLabs at 131K context · source ↗
Our take
Written Sep 2, 2026Aion-3.0-Mini is a proprietary text-only model from AionLabs with a 131,072-token request limit, released in July 2026. It is positioned as a budget option for long-context text work, though no quality scores have been measured.
Pick this for basic long-context text tasks where keeping cost down matters more than verified performance. It is a hosted-only option, so you will need an internet connection and cannot run it on your own hardware. Skip it if you need measured quality data, multimodal input, or the ability to self-host or redistribute.
The case for it
- 131,072-token request limit at a budget-tier price point.
- Two hosted offers available, giving some provider choice.
The case against it
- No measured quality scores — chat, reasoning, coding and multimodal performance are all unverified in our data.
- Proprietary weights with no open licence; no local deployment or redistribution possible.
- Throughput of 59 tokens per second is only verified on one provider.
How good is it?
We hold no score for this model.
So there is no figure here for everyday use, coding, agent work or writing. That is a gap in our data, not a low score.
Where to rent it
Prices checked 2 hours ago — each listing carries its own date.
AionLabs, through OpenRouter
The lab is also the cheapest we hold. The strip above and this offer are the same one, so nothing on this page undercuts AionLabs on 131K of context.
- per 1M tokens
- $0.70 in / $1.40 out
- Context served
- 131K
- Throughput
- ~50 tok/s
| Provider | In / out per 1M tokens | Context | Throughput | Trains on prompts | Logs prompts | Zero retention |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouterOpenRouter's own listing | $0.70 / $1.40checked 2 hours ago | 131K | not measured | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| AionLabsThrough OpenRouter | $0.70 / $1.40checked 2 hours ago | 131K33K max reply | 50 tok/s | No | Yes30 days | Unknown |
OpenRouterAcross the 2 listings we hold: 1 says it does not train on prompts, 0 say they do and 1 does not say. 0 appear in the zero-retention registry we check; the rest are unknown to us.
What each host's API supports
From the parameter list each endpoint publishes. Streaming is omitted: nothing we hold reports it, for any model.
| Provider | Tool calling | JSON output | Strict schema |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouterOpenRouter's own listing | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| AionLabsThrough OpenRouter | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Tool calling: 2 of 2 listings say yes. JSON output: 2 of 2 listings say yes. Strict schema: 0 of 2 listings say yes, 2 say no.
Models people weigh against Aion-3.0-Mini
When we formed this view
Recent changes
What moved
first indexed by our pipelineEach date is the day we first saw the change, or the day the maker announced it.
What we do not know about this model yet
- No independent board has scored it, so we hold no quality figures at all.
- Nothing we hold says whether an endpoint streams, so we do not show it either way.
- 1 of 2 listings does not say whether it trains on prompts.
- We hold no batch or off-peak rate for any of its listings.
Licence and identifiers
What the licence allowsWe hold no licence record for this model. Inside are the identifiers you need to pull it — its Hugging Face repo where we have one, our slug and a machine-readable card.
Licence
We hold no licence record for this model, and no record of published weights either — so we can neither summarise its terms nor point you at the weights.
Identifiers
- Takes in, gives back
- Text in, text out
- Catalogue slug
- aion-labs-aion-3-0-mini