Llama Guard 4 12B

Meta chatvisiontool_use

API ID: meta-llama/llama-guard-4-12b

Input Price
$0.18
/1M tokens
Output Price
$0.18
/1M tokens

About Llama Guard 4 12B

Llama Guard 3 8B is Meta's specialized safety model, designed to classify content and detect potential harms in AI interactions. With 8 billion parameters trained specifically for content moderation, it identifies unsafe content across multiple risk categories including violence, hate speech, and harmful instructions. The model serves as a guardrail for AI systems, filtering inputs and outputs to ensure safe interactions. Llama Guard 3 features efficient inference suitable for real-time moderation at scale. It supports customizable safety policies, allowing organizations to define their own content standards. The model is essential for production AI deployments requiring content safety, particularly customer-facing applications and platforms with diverse users. For developers building responsible AI systems, Llama Guard 3 provides the safety layer needed for trustworthy deployment. It's particularly valuable for chatbots, content platforms, and any application where harmful content must be prevented.

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Price Ranking
#643 lowest price among 950 Chat models

Model Specifications

Context Length
164k
Max Output
—
Release Date
2025-04-30
Capabilities
chat vision tool_use
Input Modalities
imagetext
Output Modalities
text

Best For

  • Image analysis, document understanding, visual Q&A
  • Conversations, content writing, general assistance

💰 Real-World Cost Examples

Estimated monthly costs for common use cases

Personal AI Assistant
$0.14
/month
50 conversations/day, ~500 tokens each
Customer Service Bot
$4.32
/month
1000 tickets/day, ~800 tokens each

Meta Model Lineup

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Llama Guard 4 12B Current Free Free 164k chat vision tool_use
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🚀 Quick Start

Get started with Llama Guard 4 12B 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="meta-llama/llama-guard-4-12b",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}
    ]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)