What is the cheapest Meta model?

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct, at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.08 per million output tokens.

How much does Llama Guard 4 12B cost?

$0.18 per million input tokens and $0.18 per million output tokens at list price.

How many Meta models are available through the API?

8 are listed on OpenRouter right now, 8 of them paid.

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Meta API pricing

Every Meta model available through OpenRouter, at Meta's list price per million tokens.

Newest

Llama Guard 4 12B

$0.18 in · $0.18 out

Cheapest

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

$0.05 in · $0.08 out

Most expensive

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct

$0.4 in · $0.4 out

All Meta models and prices

Model	Input / 1M	Output / 1M	Blended 3:1	Context
Llama Guard 4 12B	$0.18	$0.18	$0.18	164K
Llama 4 Maverick	$0.188	$0.652	$0.304	1.0M
Llama 4 Scout	$0.1	$0.3	$0.15	1.3M
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct	$0.1	$0.32	$0.155	131K
Llama 3.2 1B Instruct	$0.027	$0.201	$0.071	60K
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct	$0.05	$0.33	$0.12	131K
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct	$0.4	$0.4	$0.4	131K
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct	$0.05	$0.08	$0.057	131K

Per million tokens, list price. Newest first.

Where to buy Meta API credits for less

Meta models cost the same per token wherever they're billed through OpenRouter. The credits don't. Live quotes for $100 of usage:

#	Where you buy	You payYou pay for $100.00 of usage	vs list price	Price source
1	OrbioCardCheapest right now Credits from a discount book, plus a 5% platform fee and card processing, both included in the quote.	$85.10 incl. $2.60 card processing	-14.9%	live quote
2	smaaartCard Credits from a discount book, plus a 5% platform fee on face value. Card processing and taxes shown at checkout.	$95.00 + card processing and tax at checkout (not in this number)	-5.0%	live quote
3	Direct from the labCard Prepaid credits at face value (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google…). Taxes may apply.	$100.00 no top-up fee	list price	face value
4	OpenRouterCrypto 5% on crypto purchases. No markup on model prices.	$105.00 fees included	+5.0%	published fee
5	OpenRouterCard 5.5% on card purchases, $0.80 minimum. No markup on model prices.	$105.50 fees included	+5.5%	published fee

Disclosure: this site is run by the team behind smaaart, one of the options compared. Tables are ranked by price only, from live quotes and published fees, including when smaaart isn't first. How we compare