Nous Research: Hermes 3 70B

Nous Research: Hermes 3 70B

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Hermes 3 70B is a language model from Nous Research released on Aug 18, 2024. It reads text and writes text, with a 66K token context window and up to 8K tokens per reply.

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It costs $0.70 per million input tokens and $0.70 per million output tokens.

It supports tool calling and structured JSON output, and its weights are open, so you can host it yourself.

4 providers serve it, including NanoGPT, Eden AI and Kilo Gateway. The lowest input price is $0.408 per million tokens at NanoGPT.

Modalities
In / out price
$0.70 / $0.70 per 1M
Context
66K
Max output
8K
Released
Aug 18, 2024
Knowledge cutoff
Dec 2023
  • Tool calling
  • Structured output
  • Reasoning
  • Prompt caching
  • Open weights
  • Free to use

Hermes 3 70B 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$0.70 / 1M tokens
Output$0.70 / 1M tokens

Hermes 3 70B providers

4 providers serve it, including NanoGPT, Eden AI and Kilo Gateway. The lowest input price is $0.408 per million tokens at NanoGPT. Each host sets its own price and limits, so the cheapest one is not always the one with the longest context.

ProviderInput /MOutput /MCache read /MContextMax output
NanoGPT$0.408$0.408$0.20466K8K
Eden AI$0.70$0.70–131K16K
Kilo Gateway$0.70$0.70–131K16K
AI/ML API$0.9628$0.9628–131K16K

What Hermes 3 70B costs per month

Pick a workload close to yours or type your own volumes.

Hermes 3 70B per month
$59.85
Without caching
$59.85
Per request
$0.002

Supported request parameters

What you can set when you call Hermes 3 70B through an OpenAI compatible API.

  • Toolstools
  • Structured outputsstructured_outputs
  • Temperaturetemperature

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Hermes 3 70B questions

How much does the Hermes 3 70B API cost?

$0.70 per million input tokens and $0.70 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 Hermes 3 70B?

65,536 tokens of input, and it can write up to 8,192 tokens in one reply. As a rough guide, a million tokens is around 750,000 English words.

Which providers serve Hermes 3 70B?

4 providers serve it, including NanoGPT, Eden AI and Kilo Gateway. The lowest input price is $0.408 per million tokens at NanoGPT. Prices differ by host, so the Providers table on this page lists each one with its input and output price.

Does Hermes 3 70B 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 Hermes 3 70B 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 Hermes 3 70B released?

Aug 18, 2024, with training data up to Dec 2023.

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