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meta-llama/Llama-4-Scout-17B-16E-Instruct pricing

The Llama 4 collection of models are natively multimodal AI models that enable text and multimodal experiences. These models leverage a mixture-of-experts architecture to offer industry-leading performance in text and image understanding. Llama 4 Scout, a 17 billion parameter model with 16 experts meta-llama/Llama-4-Scout-17B-16E-Instruct from DeepInfra costs $0.100 per 1M input tokens and $0.300 per 1M output tokens. Context window 327,680 tokens.

API id meta-llama/Llama-4-Scout-17B-16E-Instruct · DeepInfra · source · updated 2026-09-25 · general-purpose

$0.100
Input / 1M tokens
$0.300
Output / 1M tokens
—
Cached input / 1M
328K
Context window

meta-llama/Llama-4-Scout-17B-16E-Instruct specifications

Provider
DeepInfra
API id
meta-llama/Llama-4-Scout-17B-16E-Instruct
Model type
general-purpose
Context window
328K tokens
Max output
not published
Currency
USD
Price source
Provider API
Last checked
2026-09-25

What meta-llama/Llama-4-Scout-17B-16E-Instruct costs in practice

Estimated cost at common usage volumes
WorkloadInput tokensOutput tokensEstimated cost
Short chat turn1,000500$0.0003
Document summary50,0002,000$0.0056
1M tokens in, 200K out1,000,000200,000$0.16

Estimates use the standard tier and ignore caching discounts, so real bills with repeated prompt prefixes are typically lower.

Common questions

How much does meta-llama/Llama-4-Scout-17B-16E-Instruct cost per 1M tokens?
meta-llama/Llama-4-Scout-17B-16E-Instruct costs $0.100 per 1M input tokens and $0.300 per 1M output tokens on the standard tier.
What is meta-llama/Llama-4-Scout-17B-16E-Instruct's context window?
meta-llama/Llama-4-Scout-17B-16E-Instruct accepts up to 327,680 tokens in a single request.
Is there a cheaper DeepInfra model than meta-llama/Llama-4-Scout-17B-16E-Instruct?
Yes. deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Flash is $0.090 per 1M input tokens versus $0.100 for meta-llama/Llama-4-Scout-17B-16E-Instruct, with a 1,048,576 token context window.
Where does this meta-llama/Llama-4-Scout-17B-16E-Instruct price come from?
From the OpenRouter catalogue, because DeepInfra does not publish machine-readable pricing. OpenRouter is a reseller, so its rate can differ from DeepInfra's own — verify before committing spend.

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