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
| Workload | Input tokens | Output tokens | Estimated cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short chat turn | 1,000 | 500 | $0.0003 |
| Document summary | 50,000 | 2,000 | $0.0056 |
| 1M tokens in, 200K out | 1,000,000 | 200,000 | $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
| Recorded | Input /1M | Output /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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