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Llama 3.1 70B Instruct pricing

Cheapest host: DeepInfra · checked Oct 23, 2026
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$0.40 / $0.40per 1M tokens in / out
#264on OpenRouter by tokens · 2.6B / week

Price sheetper 1M tokens

Input$0.40DeepInfra
Output$0.40
Context · max output131K · 16Ktokens

Where to buy2 providers · per 1M tokens

ProviderInputOutputContext
DeepInfra$0.40$0.40131K
Amazon Bedrock$0.72$0.72131K

In Meta's line-upper 1M in / out

Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct FP8$0.20 / $0.80−12%
Llama 3.2 90B Vision Instruct$0.35 / $0.40−9%
Llama 3 8B$0.30 / $0.60−6%
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct$0.40 / $0.40this model
Muse Glimmer 30B$0.30 / $1.10+25%
Llama 2 70B Chat Hf$0.64 / $0.80+70%
Llama 3.1 70B$0.72 / $0.72+80%
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Cheaper for the same workvs Llama 3.1 70B Instruct

GLM 5.3 Flash unstatedOpen-41%score wins 73%$0.15 / $0.50
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Gemma 4 31B unstatedOpen-60%score wins 72%$0.10 / $0.34
GPT-6 Luna max-50%score wins 71%$0.068
Gemma 4 26B A4B unstatedOpen-34%score wins 69%$0.15 / $0.60
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Pricing questions

How much does Llama 3.1 70B Instruct cost?›

$0.40 per 1M input tokens and $0.40 per 1M output tokens.

Is Llama 3.1 70B Instruct free to use?›

There is no free API tier, but the weights are open: you can run it on your own hardware for the cost of compute.

What is a cheaper alternative to Llama 3.1 70B Instruct?›

GLM 5.3 Flash at unstated effort costs -41% per task with a score wins 73% on Arena Text · overall.