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motif-technologies: Motif 3

motif-technologies: Motif 3

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Motif 3 is a reasoning model from motif-technologies released on Aug 7, 2026. It reads text and writes text, with a 262K token context window and up to 262K tokens per reply.

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It costs $0.50 per million input tokens and $2 per million output tokens. Cached input bills at $0.20, 60% less than fresh input.

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

Modalities
In / out price
$0.50 / $2 per 1M
Context
262K
Max output
262K
Released
Aug 7, 2026
Knowledge cutoff
n/a
  • Tool calling
  • Structured output
  • Reasoning
  • Prompt caching
  • Open weights
  • Free to use

Motif 3 pricing

USD, as listed on Oct 15, 2026. Most bills are input heavy, so the cached input rate matters as much as the headline price.

Input$0.50 / 1M tokens
Output$2 / 1M tokens
Cached input (read)$0.20 / 1M tokens

What Motif 3 costs per month

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

Motif 3 per month
$45.00
Without caching
$58.50
Per request
$0.0015

Supported request parameters

What you can set when you call Motif 3 through an OpenAI compatible API.

  • Toolstools
  • Reasoningreasoning
  • Temperaturetemperature

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Motif 3 questions

How much does the Motif 3 API cost?

$0.50 per million input tokens and $2 per million output tokens, with cached input at $0.20. The estimator on this page turns that into a monthly bill for your own workload.

What is the context window of Motif 3?

262,144 tokens of input, and it can write up to 262,144 tokens in one reply. As a rough guide, a million tokens is around 750,000 English words.

Does Motif 3 support tool calling?

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

Is Motif 3 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 Motif 3 released?

Aug 7, 2026.

Catalog data from models.dev (MIT licensed), refreshed daily, last on Oct 15, 2026. The summary is written from these facts.