Best open-weight long-context option for self-hosted pipelines.
Affordable self-hosted long-context workflows and analysis pipelines
512K context window at the lowest cost point in the directory
Good for internal analysis pipelines and document processing
Open weights give you full control over deployment
Less polished than hosted frontier models on nuanced tasks
Gemini 3.1 Flash now offers 1M context at only $0.50/1M — bigger and hosted
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Based on Llama 4 Scout API pricing: $0.08/1M input · $0.3/1M output. Real costs vary by provider discounts and caching. Check the provider for exact current rates.
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Pricing moves, ranking shifts, and capability updates.
Llama 4 Scout output pricing changed from $1.20/1M to $0.30/1M (↓ cheaper, 75% cut).
View modelLlama 4 Scout input pricing changed from $0.50/1M to $0.08/1M (↓ cheaper, 84% cut).
View modelLlama 4 Scout is best for affordable self-hosted long-context workflows and analysis pipelines. It is a strong fit when that workflow matters more than the tradeoffs around budget pricing and fast speed.
You want a hosted solution — Gemini 3.1 Flash gives more context for roughly the same cost.
Mistral: Mistral Nemo is the lower-cost option to compare first when you want a similar workflow fit with less token spend.
Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Haiku is the better pick when response time matters more than maximum depth or premium quality.
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You want a hosted solution — Gemini 3.1 Flash gives more context for roughly the same cost.
Claude 3.5 Haiku is Anthropic's fastest and most affordable model in the Claude 3.5 family, designed for high-throughput tasks requiring quick responses without sacrificing Claude's core instruction-following quality. It handles a massive 200K context window while maintaining speed suitable for production pipelines.
Gemma 4 26B A4B is a sparse mixture-of-experts open model from Google, activating only ~4B parameters per forward pass despite having 26B total parameters. It offers a 262K context window at budget pricing, making it one of the more capable open-weight models for its cost tier.
Scout moved into the stronger value tier after comparing affordable long-context options.
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