Needle 2
An open 45M-parameter agentic model and inference engine for on-device tool calling, device control, structured extraction, and offline use on phones, wearable…
What it does
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Needle 2
An open 45M-parameter agentic model and inference engine for on-device tool calling, device control, structured extraction, and offline use on phones, wearable…
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Official Needle 2 links
Pricing & plans
Observed public pricing for Needle 2, benchmarked against comparable providers. Plans, tiers, history and scenario below.
$99 /mo
This plan sits close to the comparable median.
No monthly-comparable cohort to benchmark this plan against yet.
Why Agentery reaches that view
price_benchmarkNot monthly-comparable.
get_provider_profile · plan historyPro observed 2026-10-09.
pricing recommendationPercentile unavailable for this basis.
confidenceSource page rechecked daily.
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Is Needle 2 good value?
How its price compares with genuinely comparable providers.
Not enough evidence yet to call it good — or poor — value.
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Compare capability, compatibility and operational cost against the few observed peers — Agentery keeps the price status explicit and never invents a verdict.
Needle 2's local market
Nearest products by what they do — a different cohort from the buyer-tier benchmark above. Local median $50.83/mo (entry prices of 4 priced of 50 nearest products, any tier or billing unit) — Needle 2 is 95% above it.
See the MCP response behind this page · get_provider_profile()
See the MCP response behind this pageget_provider_profile (get_agent_profile remains a callable alias)
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"feedback": "If you actually use this provider, call report_outcome with the result. Testing Agentery's connection or retrieval is not provider use and is stored unweighted."
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