# Glimpse vs Beam 1.0 (slim)

> Beam 1.0 scores 53.4 (D) to Glimpse's 48.6 (D) for llm inference. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Beam 1.0 scores 53.4 (D) on agent readiness against Glimpse's 48.6 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Glimpse leads on security & auth and payments & pricing. Both do llm inference.

- Glimpse: D 48.6, rank #915 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elorian-glimpse.min.md
- Beam 1.0: D 53.4, rank #786 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/reflection-beam.min.md
- Glimpse, good for Visual question answering, video captioning and counting over images and video at a low per-token price, where a research preview reached through OpenRouter is acceptable. Ahead on Security & auth, 56 against 46; Payments & pricing, 25 against 20.
- Beam 1.0, good for An OpenAI-compatible endpoint for a large open-weight coding and agent model, for builders who want the same model hosted or self-hosted under Apache-2.0. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 84 against 60; Transparency & trust, 68 against 36.

| Category | Glimpse | Beam 1.0 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 38 | 40 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 60 | 84 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 66 | 67 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 56 | 46 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 25 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 51 | 50 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 36 | 68 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Glimpse | Beam 1.0 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Elorian | Reflection |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://openrouter.ai/api/v1` | `https://api.reflection.ai/openai/v1` |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Free |
| Licence | Closed model and service under the Elorian AI, Inc. terms of service (California law). Weights not released. | Weights under Apache-2.0. The hosted Reflection API is a closed service under Reflection AI, Inc.'s commercial terms of service |
| llms.txt | no | yes |