Ember-1
FrontierVisionToolsFireworks · Released September 2026
Ember-1 is a specialized reasoning model from Fireworks Research, built on [Kimi K3](https://openrouter.ai/moonshotai/kimi-k3).
It is Fireworks Research's Ember line, reasoning models built on open-weight bases and tuned to spend fewer tokens reaching an answer.
Facts and pricing
- Provider
- Fireworks
- Context window
- 1.0M tokens
- Input price
- 36.0 credits / 1M tokens ($3.00 raw)
- Output price
- 180 credits / 1M tokens ($15.00 raw)
- Vision (image input)
- Yes
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Extended reasoning
- No
Credits are what Zeplik bills: 1 credit = $0.10, computed from the raw provider rate with a 1.20x margin. Raw prices shown per 1M tokens.
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What Ember-1 is best for
- Hard problems where answer quality matters more than cost: strategy, analysis, difficult writing
- Very long documents and codebases: a 1.0M-token window fits entire books or repositories in one conversation
- Working with images: screenshots, charts, photos and scanned documents alongside text
- Tool use and agents: reliably calls functions, so it can search, run skills and drive workflows
Example prompts
Prompts that suit a frontier model like Ember-1:
- Review this business plan and give me the three hardest questions an investor would ask
- Rewrite this announcement so it lands with both engineers and executives
- I am choosing between two job offers, help me think through the tradeoffs
- Draft a technical design doc for a rate limiter, including failure modes
Frequently asked questions
- What is Ember-1?
- Ember-1 is an AI model by Fireworks. Ember-1 is a specialized reasoning model from Fireworks Research, built on [Kimi K3](https://openrouter.ai/moonshotai/kimi-k3).
- How much does Ember-1 cost on Zeplik?
- Input tokens cost 36.0 credits per million and output tokens 180 credits per million (1 credit = $0.10; the raw provider rates are $3.00 and $15.00 per million). New accounts start with free credits.
- How long can a conversation with Ember-1 be?
- Ember-1 has a 1.0M-token context window (1,048,576 tokens), which covers the conversation plus any documents you attach.
- Does Ember-1 support images and tools?
- Ember-1 accepts image input and supports tool calling.
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More you can do with Ember-1
- 467 AI skillsReady-to-run expert methods for writing, data, code and more, each running on Ember-1 or any model you pick.
- 997 integrationsConnect Gmail, Slack, GitHub, Notion and hundreds more so the assistant can work in your apps.
- Simple pricingPlus, Pro and Max plans with a monthly credit allowance that works across every model.