Meta: Llama 4 Scout
Llama 4 Scout is a language model from Meta released on Jan 1, 2025. It reads text and images and writes text, with a 328K token context window and up to 66K tokens per reply.
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It costs $0.085 per million input tokens and $0.46 per million output tokens. Cached input bills at $0.0425, 50% less than fresh input.
It supports tool calling, structured JSON output and prompt caching, and its weights are open, so you can host it yourself.
4 providers serve it, including Vercel AI Gateway, Helicone and NanoGPT. The lowest input price is $0.08 per million tokens at Helicone.
On the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index it scores 8.1, which places it at number 41 among the 43 models I track with independent scores.
- Modalities
- In / out price
- $0.085 / $0.46 per 1M
- Context
- 328K
- Max output
- 66K
- Released
- Jan 1, 2025
- Knowledge cutoff
- n/a
- Tool calling
- Structured output
- Reasoning
- Prompt caching
- Open weights
- Free to use
Llama 4 Scout pricing
USD, as listed on Oct 15, 2026. Most bills are input heavy, so the cached input rate matters as much as the headline price.
| Input | $0.085 / 1M tokens | |
|---|---|---|
| Output | $0.46 / 1M tokens | |
| Cached input (read) | $0.0425 / 1M tokens | 50% off input |
Llama 4 Scout providers
4 providers serve it, including Vercel AI Gateway, Helicone and NanoGPT. The lowest input price is $0.08 per million tokens at Helicone. Each host sets its own price and limits, so the cheapest one is not always the one with the longest context.
| Provider | Input /M | Output /M | Cache read /M | Context | Max output |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vercel AI Gateway | n/a | n/a | – | 128K | 4K |
| Helicone | $0.08 | $0.30 | – | 131K | 8K |
| NanoGPT | $0.085 | $0.46 | $0.0425 | 328K | 66K |
| Kilo Gateway | $0.10 | $0.30 | – | 131K | 118K |
What Llama 4 Scout costs per month
Pick a workload close to yours or type your own volumes.
Independent benchmarks
Measured by third parties, not reported by Meta. Each links to its source and shows the date I checked it.
A composite of 10 independent evaluations (agents 30%, coding 20%, scientific reasoning 20%, general 30%), run by Artificial Analysis on each model, version 4.3.2.
Artificial Analysis, checked Oct 10, 2026
Median output tokens per second measured by Artificial Analysis on the provider API, for the same model setting as its index score.
Artificial Analysis, checked Oct 10, 2026
Benchmarks Meta reports (4)
- gpqa-diamond (GPQA Diamond, 0-shot, accuracy, instruction tuned)57.2%
- mmlu-pro (MMLU Pro, 0-shot, macro_avg/acc)74.3%
- livecodebench (LiveCodeBench (10/01/2024-02/01/2025), 0-shot, pass@1)32.8%
- mmmu (MMMU, 0-shot, accuracy)69.4%
Labs pick their own settings and harnesses, so compare these only within one lab.
Supported request parameters
What you can set when you call Llama 4 Scout through an OpenAI compatible API.
- Tools
tools - Structured outputs
structured_outputs
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Llama 4 Scout questions
How much does the Llama 4 Scout API cost?
$0.085 per million input tokens and $0.46 per million output tokens, with cached input at $0.0425. The estimator on this page turns that into a monthly bill for your own workload.
What is the context window of Llama 4 Scout?
328,000 tokens of input, and it can write up to 65,536 tokens in one reply. As a rough guide, a million tokens is around 750,000 English words.
Which providers serve Llama 4 Scout?
4 providers serve it, including Vercel AI Gateway, Helicone and NanoGPT. The lowest input price is $0.08 per million tokens at Helicone. Prices differ by host, so the Providers table on this page lists each one with its input and output price.
Does Llama 4 Scout support tool calling?
Yes. It accepts tool definitions and can return JSON that matches a schema, which is what an agent needs to call your APIs.
Is Llama 4 Scout open source?
Its weights are published, so you can run it on your own hardware or a cloud of your choice. Read the license before commercial use.
When was Llama 4 Scout released?
Jan 1, 2025.
How good is Llama 4 Scout compared with other models?
It scores 8.1 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index. Benchmarks are a shortlist, not a verdict: test the top two or three candidates on your own tasks before you commit.
Catalog data from models.dev (MIT licensed), refreshed daily, last on Oct 15, 2026. Independent scores from my hand checked rankings, sources linked above. The summary is written from these facts.
Building on Llama 4 Scout?
I test your real tasks on it and the two closest alternatives, then ship the agent on whichever wins on cost and accuracy.
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