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Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct API Pricing
Meta's latest class of model (Llama 3.1) launched with a variety of sizes & flavors. This 70B instruct-tuned version is optimized for high quality dialogue usecases. It has demonstrated strong...
How much does Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct cost for a real workload?
At 10M input + 2M output tokens per month, Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct costs about $4.8 ($4 input + $0.8 output). Try your own volumes in the cost calculator.
What are cheaper alternatives to Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct?
- Tencent: Hy3 preview — $0.18 in / $0.6 out per 1M
- Qwen2.5 72B Instruct — $0.36 in / $0.4 out per 1M
- DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 — $0.15 in / $0.6 out per 1M
- LiquidAI: LFM2.5-24B-A2B — $0.05 in / $0.7 out per 1M
- Upstage: Solar Pro 4 — $0.15 in / $0.6 out per 1M
- Mistral: Mistral Small 4 — $0.15 in / $0.6 out per 1M
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Frequently asked questions
How much does Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct cost?
Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct costs $0.4 per 1M input tokens and $0.4 per 1M output tokens (list price, snapshot October 21, 2026). At 10M input + 2M output tokens per month that is about $4.8.
What is the context window of Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct?
Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct has a context window of 131,072 tokens and can return up to 16,384 output tokens per response.
What are cheaper alternatives to Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct?
Cheaper models include Tencent: Hy3 preview ($0.18 in / $0.6 out), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct ($0.36 in / $0.4 out), DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 ($0.15 in / $0.6 out). See the full list on this page.
Is Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct free to use?
No. Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct is a paid model at $0.4 input / $0.4 output per 1M tokens. 20 free models are listed on the free models page.
Provider: meta-llama · Model ID: meta-llama/llama-3.1-70b-instruct · Modality: text->text · Price snapshot October 21, 2026, refreshed daily. How we collect prices