Hermes 4 70B

Nous Research chatreasoningtool_use

API ID: nousresearch/hermes-4-70b

Input Price
$0.11
/1M tokens
Output Price
$0.38
/1M tokens

About Hermes 4 70B

Hermes 4 is Nous Research's latest flagship fine-tune, combining cutting-edge base models with specialized instruction tuning. The model excels at following complex instructions, roleplay, and creative tasks while maintaining strong reasoning capability. Hermes 4 demonstrates particularly good performance on nuanced conversations and tasks requiring careful instruction following. Available in 70B and 405B parameter versions for different capability requirements. For developers seeking the most capable open-source model with enhanced instruction following, Hermes 4 offers frontier-level performance with community-driven improvements.

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Price Ranking
#366 lowest price among 599 Chat models

Model Specifications

Context Length
131k
Max Output
131k
Release Date
2025-08-26
Capabilities
chat reasoning tool_use
Input Modalities
text
Output Modalities
text

Best For

  • Complex reasoning, math problems, multi-step logic
  • Conversations, content writing, general assistance

Consider Alternatives For

  • Image understanding (needs vision capability)
  • Simple Q&A (cheaper models available)

๐Ÿ’ฐ Real-World Cost Examples

Estimated monthly costs for common use cases

Personal AI Assistant
$0.16
/month
50 conversations/day, ~500 tokens each
Customer Service Bot
$5.07
/month
1000 tickets/day, ~800 tokens each
Data Analysis Pipeline
$7.04
/month
500 analyses/day, ~2k tokens each

Nous Research Model Lineup

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๐Ÿš€ Quick Start

Get started with Hermes 4 70B API

OpenAI-compatible SDK
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.provider.com/v1",
    api_key="YOUR_API_KEY"
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="nousresearch/hermes-4-70b",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}
    ]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)