meta-llama/Llama-Guard-4-12B pricing
Llama Guard 4 is a natively multimodal safety classifier with 12 billion parameters trained jointly on text and multiple images. Llama Guard 4 is a dense architecture pruned from the Llama 4 Scout pre-trained model and fine-tuned for content safety classification. meta-llama/Llama-Guard-4-12B from DeepInfra costs $0.180 per 1M input tokens and $0.180 per 1M output tokens. Context window 163,840 tokens.
API id meta-llama/Llama-Guard-4-12B · DeepInfra · source · updated 2026-09-25
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meta-llama/Llama-Guard-4-12B specifications
- Provider
- DeepInfra
- API id
meta-llama/Llama-Guard-4-12B- Model type
- unknown
- Context window
- 164K tokens
- Max output
- not published
- Currency
- USD
- Price source
- Provider API
- Last checked
- 2026-09-25
Meta: Llama Guard 4 12B across providers
The same model, priced by every seller we track. Ranked by the cost of 1M input + 1M output tokens, standard tier; savings measured against buying from the vendor directly.
| Provider | Input /1M | Cached /1M | Output /1M | 1M in + 1M out | vs vendor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.180 | — | $0.180 | $0.36 | — | |
OpenRouterHost | $0.180 | — | $0.180 | $0.36 | — |
What meta-llama/Llama-Guard-4-12B costs in practice
| Workload | Input tokens | Output tokens | Estimated cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short chat turn | 1,000 | 500 | $0.0003 |
| Document summary | 50,000 | 2,000 | $0.0094 |
| 1M tokens in, 200K out | 1,000,000 | 200,000 | $0.22 |
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-Guard-4-12B cost per 1M tokens?
- meta-llama/Llama-Guard-4-12B costs $0.180 per 1M input tokens and $0.180 per 1M output tokens on the standard tier.
- What is meta-llama/Llama-Guard-4-12B's context window?
- meta-llama/Llama-Guard-4-12B accepts up to 163,840 tokens in a single request.
- Is there a cheaper DeepInfra model than meta-llama/Llama-Guard-4-12B?
- Yes. deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Flash is $0.090 per 1M input tokens versus $0.180 for meta-llama/Llama-Guard-4-12B, with a 1,048,576 token context window.
- Where does this meta-llama/Llama-Guard-4-12B 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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