What is Meta: Llama Guard 4 12B's context window?

Meta: Llama Guard 4 12B accepts up to 163,840 tokens in a single request, and can return up to 16,384 output tokens.

Is there a cheaper OpenRouter model than Meta: Llama Guard 4 12B?

Yes. Free Models Router is free per 1M input tokens versus $0.180 for Meta: Llama Guard 4 12B, with a 200,000 token context window.

Where does this Meta: Llama Guard 4 12B 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 Guard 4 12B pricing

Llama Guard 4 is a Llama 4 Scout-derived multimodal pretrained model, fine-tuned for content safety classification. Meta: Llama Guard 4 12B from OpenRouter 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 · OpenRouter · source · updated 2026-11-10

We have not confirmed what kind of model this is. Its name suggests one thing and its pricing another, and we would rather say so than guess.

$0.180

Input / 1M tokens

$0.180

Output / 1M tokens

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Cached input / 1M

164K

Context window

Meta: Llama Guard 4 12B specifications

Provider: OpenRouter
API id: meta-llama/llama-guard-4-12b
Model type: unknown
Context window: 164K tokens
Max output: 16K tokens
Currency: USD
Price source: Provider API
Last checked: 2026-11-10

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
DeepInfraHostCheapest	$0.180	—	$0.180	$0.36	—
OpenRouterHostviewing	$0.180	—	$0.180	$0.36	—

What Meta: Llama Guard 4 12B 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	$0.0094
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 Guard 4 12B cost per 1M tokens?: Meta: 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 Guard 4 12B's context window?: Meta: Llama Guard 4 12B accepts up to 163,840 tokens in a single request, and can return up to 16,384 output tokens.
Is there a cheaper OpenRouter model than Meta: Llama Guard 4 12B?: Yes. Free Models Router is free per 1M input tokens versus $0.180 for Meta: Llama Guard 4 12B, with a 200,000 token context window.
Where does this Meta: Llama Guard 4 12B 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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