Llama 4 Scout
API model name: llama-4-scout
Llama 4 Scout is Meta's chat model, served on the Api.Airforce unified API. It has a 10M-token context window. Beyond text, it accepts image as input. Capabilities include Vision, Tool calling. It is priced at $0.11 per million input tokens and $0.33 per million output tokens. That is below the provider's $0.10 official input rate. Knowledge cutoff: 2024-08. Access it through the OpenAI-compatible API with one key, alongside 100+ other models on Api.Airforce.
Pricing
Api.Airforce price vs. the provider's official rate.
Specifications
- Provider
- Meta
- Type
- chat model
- Context window
- 10M tokens
- Max output
- 8K tokens
- Knowledge cutoff
- 2024-08
- Input
- text, image
- Output
- text
Capabilities
Benchmarks
Independent evaluations and measured speed from Artificial Analysis.
Llama 4 Scout
Source: Benchmark data by Artificial Analysis (artificialanalysis.ai)
What is Llama 4 Scout used for?
- Chatbots & assistants — conversational AI, drafting, summarizing and Q&A.
- Image understanding — analyze photos, screenshots, charts and scanned documents.
- Agents & automation — function calling and tool use for multi-step workflows.
- Long-context tasks — process entire documents or codebases in a single prompt.
- Real-time experiences — stream tokens for responsive chat and apps.
Llama 4 Scout vs. similar models
| Model | Intelligence | Context | Input / 1M | Output / 1M |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llama 4 Scout | — | 10M | $0.11 | $0.33 |
| Aion Rp Llama 3.1 8B | — | — | $0.88 | $1.76 |
| Hermes 3 Llama 3.1 405B | — | — | $1.10 | $1.10 |
| Hermes 3 Llama 3.1 70B | — | — | $0.77 | $0.77 |
Prices are Api.Airforce pay-as-you-go rates per 1M tokens. Context is the maximum input length.
Related models
Llama 4 Scout — frequently asked questions
- How much does Llama 4 Scout cost?
- Llama 4 Scout is billed pay-as-you-go at $0.11 per 1M input tokens and $0.33 per 1M output tokens. There is no subscription — you only pay for what you use.
- What is the context window of Llama 4 Scout?
- Llama 4 Scout supports a context window of up to 10M tokens. It can return up to 8K tokens in a single response.
- What can Llama 4 Scout do?
- Llama 4 Scout supports Vision, Tool calling.
- Is Llama 4 Scout free to use?
- Llama 4 Scout is a paid, pay-as-you-go model — no subscription, you are only charged for usage.
- How do I use Llama 4 Scout via the API?
- Llama 4 Scout is OpenAI-compatible. Point any OpenAI SDK at https://api.airforce/v1 and pass the model ID llama-4-scout with your Api.Airforce API key.
- Who makes Llama 4 Scout?
- Llama 4 Scout is Meta's chat model, served through the unified Api.Airforce gateway alongside 100+ other models.
Use Llama 4 Scout via the API
OpenAI-compatible — point any OpenAI SDK at https://api.airforce/v1 and pass llama-4-scout as the model.
curl https://api.airforce/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $AIRFORCE_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "llama-4-scout",
"messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Hello!" }]
}'from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(base_url="https://api.airforce/v1", api_key="$AIRFORCE_API_KEY")
r = client.chat.completions.create(
model="llama-4-scout",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)
print(r.choices[0].message.content)import OpenAI from "openai";
const client = new OpenAI({ baseURL: "https://api.airforce/v1", apiKey: process.env.AIRFORCE_API_KEY });
const r = await client.chat.completions.create({
model: "llama-4-scout",
messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello!" }],
});
console.log(r.choices[0].message.content);