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. Free Models Router is free per 1M input tokens versus $0.100 for Meta: Llama 4 Scout, with a 200,000 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.

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 2026-11-10 · general-purpose

$0.100

Input / 1M tokens

$0.300

Output / 1M tokens

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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: 2026-11-10

What Meta: Llama 4 Scout costs in practice

Estimated cost at common usage volumes
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
2026-10-17	$0.100	$0.300
2026-10-13	$0.180	$0.590
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. Free Models Router is free per 1M input tokens versus $0.100 for Meta: Llama 4 Scout, with a 200,000 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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