Llama 3.1 8B Instruct pricing.
prices as of · 24 providers · 27 prices
Meta's Llama 3.1 8B Instruct holds 131k tokens of context. Open weights, so anyone may host it, which is why the prices below differ so much.
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct costs $0.05 in and $0.08 out per million tokens from OpenRouter; the cheapest price we can explain is $0.10 at Kilo Gateway, checked 16 Sept 2026.
OpenRouter list price
$0.23/M tokens
$0.05 in · $0.08 out
read · 94% below the market median
Cheapest price we can explain
$0.10/M tokens
$0.02 in · $0.04 out · 57% under list
Kilo Gatewayread
What it costs for your work
OpenRouter list price
$0.0348a month
cheapest we can explain · Kilo Gateway
$0.0144a month
difference
$0.0204saved
A page is about 600 tokens in and 60 out, a support reply 200 in and 300 out, an email 150 in and 250 out. Nothing else is counted: no cache discount, no batch rate, no free tier.
Every provider selling Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Four groups, decided by the price and by what the provider publishes about it. Prices are per million tokens, and the share is that row against OpenRouter's price. Meta trained Llama 3.1 8B Instruct and sells it on no catalog we read, so the price every row is measured against is OpenRouter's.
Cheaper, and we know why
11 pricesBelow list, with a published reason: hosting the open weights, a regional price list, credits, a stated discount.
$0.02 / $0.04in / out per M
0.43×of list price
DeepInfraServes the open weights at fp8, a lower precision than the maker's, so not quite the same product.
fp8 precisionDeepInfra ↗$0.02 / $0.04in / out per M
0.43×of list price
Nous PortalResells OpenRouter's catalog at 0.80× the listed price, funded by a subscription whose credits carry a 10% bonus.
$0.02 / $0.04in / out per M
0.43×of list price
InferenceHosts the open weights on its own servers, so the price is its own, not a resale. Precision not disclosed.
16k context here$0.03 / $0.03in / out per M
0.43×of list price
NovitaHosts the open weights on its own servers, so the price is its own, not a resale. Precision not disclosed.
16k context hereNovita ↗$0.02 / $0.05in / out per M
0.48×of list price
HeliconeHosts the open weights on its own servers, so the price is its own, not a resale. Precision not disclosed.
16k context here$0.02 / $0.05in / out per M
0.48×of list price
- DeepInfra
Hosts the open weights on its own servers, so the price is its own, not a resale. Precision not disclosed.
$0.02 / $0.05in / out per M
0.48×of list price
- Novita
Serves the open weights at fp8, a lower precision than the maker's, so not quite the same product.
$0.02 / $0.05in / out per M
0.48×of list price
$0.02 / $0.05in / out per M
0.48×of list price
$0.02 / $0.05in / out per M
0.50×of list price
NscaleHosts the open weights on its own servers, so the price is its own, not a resale. Precision not disclosed.
$0.03 / $0.03in / out per M
0.52×of list price
Same price as the maker
14 pricesThe same price the maker charges, sold by someone else.
$0.05 / $0.05in / out per M
0.87×of list price
$0.05 / $0.08in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.05 / $0.08in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.06 / $0.06in / out per M
1.04×of list price
$0.05 / $0.09in / out per M
1.08×of list price
$0.10 / $0.10in / out per M
1.74×of list price
Cortecs246% above OpenRouter's price.Routes only to EU-hosted providers, prices in euros, and adds a flat 5% fee.
128k context hereCortecs ↗$0.17 / $0.17in / out per M
3.01×of list price
Cloudflare Workers AI204% above OpenRouter's price.
$0.15 / $0.29in / out per M
3.23×of list price
$0.20 / $0.20in / out per M
3.48×of list price
$0.22 / $0.22in / out per M
3.83×of list price
$0.22 / $0.22in / out per M
3.83×of list price
Weights & Biases340% above OpenRouter's price.
$0.22 / $0.22in / out per M
3.83×of list price
$0.22 / $0.22in / out per M
3.83×of list price
CoreWeave340% above OpenRouter's price.
bf16 precision$0.22 / $0.22in / out per M
3.83×of list price
Cheaper, and nobody says why
1 price · never rankedBelow list on a closed model with nothing to account for it. Shown, never ranked, never a pick.
FeatherlessWe could not read this provider's prices reliably, so the row is listed but never ranked.
33k context hereFeatherless ↗$0.20 / $0.32in / out per M
4.00×of list price
Given away with limits
1 free tiers · never rankedThese providers give Llama 3.1 8B Instruct away inside a quota of their own. A limit is not a price, so none of them counts as cheapest here or anywhere else on the site.
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Frequently asked
- Who sells Llama 3.1 8B Instruct cheapest?
- Kilo Gateway, at $0.02 in and $0.04 out per million tokens, read on 16 Sept 2026. Routes to a host serving the open weights; precision not disclosed.
- Is Llama 3.1 8B Instruct open weights?
- Yes. Meta publishes the weights, so anyone may host Llama 3.1 8B Instruct, which is why 24 providers sell it and why their prices differ so much.
- How much context does Llama 3.1 8B Instruct hold?
- 131,072 tokens in one call, which is about 131k, and it can call your own functions.
- How does Llama 3.1 8B Instruct compare with the rest of the market?
- At $0.23 per million tokens, OpenRouter's price is 94% below the $3.55 median across the 337 text models we track.