Meta: Prompt Guard 2 86M
Prompt Guard 2 86M is a language model from Meta released on Oct 1, 2024. It reads text and writes text, with a 512 token context window and up to 512 tokens per reply.
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It costs $0.04 per million input tokens and $0.04 per million output tokens.
Its weights are open, so you can host it yourself.
2 providers serve it, including Groq and Helicone. The lowest input price is $0.01 per million tokens at Helicone.
- Modalities
- In / out price
- $0.04 / $0.04 per 1M
- Context
- 512
- Max output
- 512
- Released
- Oct 1, 2024
- Knowledge cutoff
- n/a
- Tool calling
- Structured output
- Reasoning
- Prompt caching
- Open weights
- Free to use
Prompt Guard 2 86M 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 | $0.04 / 1M tokens | |
|---|---|---|
| Output | $0.04 / 1M tokens |
Prompt Guard 2 86M providers
2 providers serve it, including Groq and Helicone. The lowest input price is $0.01 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Groq | $0.04 | $0.04 | – | 512 | 512 |
| Helicone | $0.01 | $0.01 | – | 512 | 2 |
What Prompt Guard 2 86M costs per month
Pick a workload close to yours or type your own volumes.
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Prompt Guard 2 86M questions
How much does the Prompt Guard 2 86M API cost?
$0.04 per million input tokens and $0.04 per million output tokens. The estimator on this page turns that into a monthly bill for your own workload.
What is the context window of Prompt Guard 2 86M?
512 tokens of input, and it can write up to 512 tokens in one reply. As a rough guide, a million tokens is around 750,000 English words.
Which providers serve Prompt Guard 2 86M?
2 providers serve it, including Groq and Helicone. The lowest input price is $0.01 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 Prompt Guard 2 86M support tool calling?
Not through the standard tools parameter. For an agent that calls your APIs, pick a model from the alternatives below that does.
Is Prompt Guard 2 86M 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 Prompt Guard 2 86M released?
Oct 1, 2024.
Catalog data from models.dev (MIT licensed), refreshed daily, last on Oct 15, 2026. The summary is written from these facts.
Building on Prompt Guard 2 86M?
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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