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.
Ways to buy 4
| Way to buy | Input | Output | In / out per 1M | Cached | Vs cheapest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
fp8-flex, fp8 | $0.08 | $0.24 | $0.08 / $0.24Cheapest | n/a | Cheapest |
fp8 | $0.1 | $0.3 | $0.1 / $0.3+25% vs cheapest | n/a | +25% vs cheapest |
fp8-priority, fp8 | $0.15 | $0.45 | $0.15 / $0.45+87% vs cheapest | n/a | +87% vs cheapest |
us-east5 | $0.25 | $0.7 | $0.25 / $0.7+202% vs cheapest | n/a | +202% vs cheapest |
USD per 1M tokens. Regions are separate routes.
Through a gateway
Your own numbers100M input and 20M output tokens a month: $12.80 direct.
Helicone$12.80+0%
Kong AI Gateway$12.80+0%
Vercel AI Gateway$12.80+0%
OpenRouter$13.50+5.5%
Cloudflare AI GatewayNot offeredNot offered
Eden AINot offeredNot offered
LiteLLMNot offeredNot offered
Neon AI GatewayNot offeredNot offered
RequestyNot offeredNot offered
A dash: not on that gateway's own model list. No published token fee: Martian Gateway, Portkey, TrueFoundry AI Gateway.
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About Llama 4 Scout
Takes text, image in and returns text. First listed Sep 23, 2026. Up to 16K output tokens. Blended price $0.12 per 1M tokens at 3 input to 1 output. Model id llama-4-scout.
Price history
No list-price history: this model is sold by hosts rather than its lab.
Questions
How much does Llama 4 Scout cost?
$0.08 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens.
What is the context window of Llama 4 Scout?
1.31M tokens, with up to 16K tokens of output.
Where is Llama 4 Scout cheapest?
Of 4 routes tracked, DeepInfra is cheapest at $0.08 input and $0.24 output per million tokens.