Model index · Text · text generation · standard · open weights · Meta · released 2025-04-30
Llama Guard 4 12B pricing
Served by 4 providers from $0.1800 to $0.2000 per 1M tokens on the standard tier — a 1.1× gap for identical weights.
Llama Guard 4 is a Llama 4 Scout-derived multimodal pretrained model, fine-tuned for content safety classification. Similar to previous versions, it can be used to classify content in both LLM...
Meta · 12B parameters · llama4 · first published 2025-04-30 · Text model · text generation · 1.05M context · description as published by the source, not written by us
Open weights: meta-llama/Llama-Guard-4-12B · 12B parameters counted from the weight files · licence llama4 · 0.2M downloads in the last 30 days . Parameter count and licence come from the public weights registry, not from a seller — and the download figure exists only for models published this way, so it is not a market-wide popularity measure.
$0.1800
Cheapest standard /1M — DeepInfra
1.05M
Native context window
6
Providers serving it
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We measure models on request rather than pre-scoring the whole catalog, so this one has no score yet. Absence of a score is not a low score.
At 1M requests/month (1500 in / 500 out tokens), moving from Together to DeepInfra saves about $40/month.
Illustrative traffic shape, stated so you can check it against your own. Same weights both sides — but confirm quantisation and context below before switching.
Every provider and service tier
Standard on-demand rows first, cheapest of each group first. Tiers are not interchangeable — see the note below the table.
| Provider | In /1M | Out /1M | Blended /1M | Tier | Region | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepInfra cheapest standard | $0.1800 | $0.1800 | $0.1800 | standard | — | third_party |
| OpenRouter (default route) * resells other hosts | $0.1800 | $0.1800 | $0.1800 | standard | — | provider_api |
| DeepInfra | $0.1800 | $0.1800 | $0.1800 | standard | — | provider_api |
| Together | $0.2000 | $0.2000 | $0.2000 | standard | — | third_party |
| DeepInfra | $0.1440 | $0.1440 | $0.1440 | flex | — | provider_api |
| DeepInfra | $0.2700 | $0.2700 | $0.2700 | priority | — | provider_api |
Not every row is the same product
This table mixes service tiers, and they are not interchangeable. Rows marked standard are ordinary on-demand requests. The others trade delivery for price:
- flex — queued at lower priority, so latency is higher and requests can be deferred under load
- priority — reserved capacity for tighter, more predictable latency
Every comparison elsewhere on this site uses the standard tier, so a model is never shown at a queued rate beside another model's on-demand rate.
Cheaper if your workload can wait: flex at $0.1440 per 1M on DeepInfra — 20% below standard , queued at lower priority, so latency is higher and requests can be deferred under load.
* OpenRouter chooses a host for each request, and the figure above is what its default choice costs — not a fixed rate for this model. Selecting a specific host through the same account costs whatever that host charges, which is why this row can sit above or below the hosts listed beside it. Token rates are passed through from the underlying provider with no markup, so the per-1M price above is what that host charges directly — OpenRouter's own charge sits on funding instead: 5.5% (min $0.80) by Stripe or 5% by Coinbase to buy credits, 5% of the equivalent spend if you bring your own provider key. So budget about 5% above the rate shown unless you already hold credit. Fee schedule.
Before you switch
Identical weights do not guarantee identical output. Check that the cheaper host serves the model at full precision rather than a quantised copy, that its context window matches what you need, and that its rate limits carry your peak traffic. A cheaper host that cannot take your throughput is not cheaper — it is an outage.
Move to DeepInfra without a rewrite
VernaOne fronts every provider on this page with one API, so switching host is a config change — with automatic fallback if quality or latency regresses.
Try VernaOne free →Frequently asked
How much does Llama Guard 4 12B cost?
The cheapest standard-tier provider is DeepInfra at $0.1800 per 1M tokens blended (3:1 input:output). A flex tier is available at $0.1440, 20% less, if the work can be queued. Prices change often; verify with the provider before budgeting.
Which provider is best for Llama Guard 4 12B?
Cheapest is not automatically best. Compare quantisation (a lossy copy of the weights changes output), the context window each host actually serves, and rate limits. Where a provider serves less context than the model's native window we flag it in the table above.
Can I switch providers for Llama Guard 4 12B without changing code?
Yes, if you route through an abstraction. VernaOne exposes one API across every provider listed here, so switching host is a config change and you keep automatic fallback if the new one degrades.
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