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Claude Sonnet 4 vs Llama 4 Scout — API Pricing Comparison 2026

Compare Llama 4 Scout and Claude Sonnet 4 API pricing. Meta open-weight vs Anthropic proprietary — see the cost-quality tradeoff.

$6.00
Claude Sonnet 4 cheapest
$0.135
Llama 4 Scout cheapest
1M
Claude Sonnet 4 context
328K
Llama 4 Scout context

Which is cheaper, Claude Sonnet 4 or Llama 4 Scout?

Llama 4 Scout is cheaper at $0.135/1M tokens via Deepinfra, compared to Claude Sonnet 4 at $6.00/1M via Anthropic. 2 providers offer both models.

Model Specifications

SpecClaude Sonnet 4Llama 4 Scout
Typechatchat
Parameters
Context Window1M328K
Arena ELO13001270
Quality TierFrontierFrontier
Open WeightNoNo
Cheapest Price$6.00/1M$0.135/1M
Cheapest ProviderAnthropicDeepinfra
Providers48

Price Comparison by Provider

10 providers
ProviderClaude Sonnet 4
Input/1M
Claude Sonnet 4
Output/1M
Llama 4 Scout
Input/1M
Llama 4 Scout
Output/1M
Anthropic$3.00$15.00
AWS Bedrock$3.00$15.00
Azure OpenAI$0.200$0.780
Deepinfra$0.080$0.300
Google Vertex AI$3.00$15.00$0.250$0.700
Groq$0.110$0.340
Novita AI$0.180$0.590
OpenRouter$3.60$18.00$0.096$0.360
SambaNova$0.400$0.700
Together AI$0.180$0.590

Prices in USD per 1M tokens. Green highlights the cheaper model at each provider. Updated every 6 hours.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Llama 4 Scout is cheaper at $0.135/1M tokens (via Deepinfra) compared to Claude Sonnet 4 at $6.00/1M tokens (via Anthropic). Prices vary by provider — Sector HQ tracks them all.

Prices in USD per 1M tokens. Updated every 6 hours.