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Meta: Llama 4 Scout pricing

Llama 4 Scout 17B Instruct (16E) is a mixture-of-experts (MoE) language model developed by Meta, activating 17 billion parameters out of a total of 109B. Meta: Llama 4 Scout from OpenRouter costs $0.100 per 1M input tokens and $0.300 per 1M output tokens. Context window 1,310,720 tokens.

API id meta-llama/llama-4-scout · OpenRouter · source · updated 2026-09-25 · general-purpose

$0.100
Input / 1M tokens
$0.300
Output / 1M tokens
—
Cached input / 1M
1.3M
Context window

Meta: Llama 4 Scout specifications

Provider
OpenRouter
API id
meta-llama/llama-4-scout
Model type
general-purpose
Context window
1.3M tokens
Max output
16K tokens
Currency
USD
Price source
Provider API
Last checked
2026-09-25

Tags

  • vision

What Meta: Llama 4 Scout 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.

Meta: Llama 4 Scout price history

RecordedInput /1MOutput /1M
2026-09-01$0.100$0.300
2026-08-27$0.110$0.340

Common questions

How much does Meta: Llama 4 Scout cost per 1M tokens?
Meta: Llama 4 Scout costs $0.100 per 1M input tokens and $0.300 per 1M output tokens on the standard tier.
What is Meta: Llama 4 Scout's context window?
Meta: Llama 4 Scout accepts up to 1,310,720 tokens in a single request, and can return up to 16,384 output tokens.
Is there a cheaper OpenRouter model than Meta: Llama 4 Scout?
Yes. MythoMax 13B is $0.080 per 1M input tokens versus $0.100 for Meta: Llama 4 Scout, with a 8,192 token context window.
Where does this Meta: Llama 4 Scout price come from?
From the OpenRouter catalogue, because OpenRouter does not publish machine-readable pricing. OpenRouter is a reseller, so its rate can differ from OpenRouter's own — verify before committing spend.

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