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lightonai: LightOnOCR 2

lightonai: LightOnOCR 2

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LightOnOCR 2 is a language model from lightonai released on Sep 10, 2026. It reads text and images and writes text, with a 33K token context window and up to 8K tokens per reply.

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It costs $0.1785 per million input tokens and $0.3465 per million output tokens.

It supports tool calling, and its weights are open, so you can host it yourself.

Modalities
In / out price
$0.1785 / $0.3465 per 1M
Context
33K
Max output
8K
Released
Sep 10, 2026
Knowledge cutoff
n/a
  • Tool calling
  • Structured output
  • Reasoning
  • Prompt caching
  • Open weights
  • Free to use

LightOnOCR 2 pricing

USD, as listed on Oct 22, 2026. Most bills are input heavy, so the cached input rate matters as much as the headline price.

Input$0.1785 / 1M tokens
Output$0.3465 / 1M tokens

What LightOnOCR 2 costs per month

Pick a workload close to yours or type your own volumes.

LightOnOCR 2 per month
$17.03
Without caching
$17.03
Per request
$0.0006

Supported request parameters

What you can set when you call LightOnOCR 2 through an OpenAI compatible API.

  • Toolstools

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LightOnOCR 2 questions

How much does the LightOnOCR 2 API cost?

$0.1785 per million input tokens and $0.3465 per million output tokens. The estimator on this page turns that into a monthly bill for your own workload.

What is the context window of LightOnOCR 2?

32,768 tokens of input, and it can write up to 8,192 tokens in one reply. As a rough guide, a million tokens is around 750,000 English words.

Does LightOnOCR 2 support tool calling?

Yes. It accepts tool definitions, which is what an agent needs to call your APIs.

Is LightOnOCR 2 open source?

Its weights are published, so you can run it on your own hardware or a cloud of your choice. Read the license before commercial use.

When was LightOnOCR 2 released?

Sep 10, 2026.

Catalog data from models.dev (MIT licensed), refreshed daily, last on Oct 22, 2026. The summary is written from these facts.