Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
As of Oct 4, 2026, the cheapest Llama 3.1 8B Instruct API price is $0.02 per 1M input tokens (Kilo Gateway) and $0.025 per 1M output tokens (Inference). Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is offered by 14 providers in the llama family, open weights, reasoning enabled.
API pricing by provider
Metered per-token prices. Cheapest input and output are highlighted; † marks a context-tier surcharge. How prices are ranked.
| Provider | 1M input | 1M output | 1M cache read | 1M cache write | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inferenceopen | $0.025 | Cheapest$0.025 | — | — | 16k |
| Kilo Gatewayopen | Cheapest$0.02 | $0.04 | — | — | 131k |
| Helicone | $0.02 | $0.05 | — | — | 16k |
| Abacusopen | $0.02 | $0.05 | — | — | 128k |
| NovitaAIopen | $0.02 | $0.05 | — | — | 16k |
| OpenRouteropen | $0.05 | $0.08 | $0.025 | — | 131k |
| Hugging Faceopen | $0.06 | $0.06 | — | — | 131k |
| NanoGPTopen | $0.0544 | $0.085 | $0.0272 | — | 131k |
| Cortecsopen | $0.167 | $0.167 | — | — | 128k |
| DigitalOceanopen | $0.198 | $0.198 | — | — | 131k |
| Pioneeropen | $0.2 | $0.2 | $0.2 | $0.2 | 128k |
| Amazon Bedrockopen | $0.22 | $0.22 | — | — | 128k |
| Amazon Bedrockusopen | $0.22 | $0.22 | — | — | 128k |
| Vercel AI Gateway | $0.22 | $0.22 | — | — | 128k |
| Neonopen | $0.15 | $0.45 | — | — | 131k |
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct pricing FAQ
What is the cheapest Llama 3.1 8B Instruct API?
As of Oct 4, 2026, Inference has the lowest Llama 3.1 8B Instruct output price at $0.025 per 1M tokens, and Kilo Gateway has the lowest input price at $0.02 per 1M tokens. Prices are metered per-token rates in USD; free tiers and subscription plans are excluded.
How many providers offer Llama 3.1 8B Instruct?
14 providers list Llama 3.1 8B Instruct on Sovyron; 15 of them sell it at a metered per-token price.
Is Llama 3.1 8B Instruct free?
No provider in the Sovyron catalog lists a free tier for Llama 3.1 8B Instruct.
What is the context window of Llama 3.1 8B Instruct?
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct supports a 131k-token context window and up to 131k output tokens.