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DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs Llama 4 Scout

On provider list prices, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash costs $0.15 per million input tokens against $0.18 for Llama 4 Scout: 1.2x apart. Output is $0.60 against $0.59.

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash Llama 4 Scout
LabDeepseekMeta
AccessOpen weightsOpen weights
Context window1M tokens1M tokens
List price, input$0.15 / M tokens$0.18 / M tokens
List price, output$0.6 / M tokens$0.59 / M tokens
Cached inputn/an/a
LicenseNot listedLlama community
Fine-tunableYesYes

Specifications and provider list prices from the Allocate catalog, checked 2026-07-21.

What the numbers say

Take 1,000,000 requests a month at 1,200 input and 350 output tokens each. That workload costs $390 a month on DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and $422.50 on Llama 4 Scout at list: a gap of $32.50.

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash$0.15$0.60
Llama 4 Scout$0.18$0.59
InputOutput

Choose DeepSeek V4.1 Flash for

  • The lower list price ($0.15 in / $0.60 out per M tokens)
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash details →

Choose Llama 4 Scout for

  • Whole-document reasoning
  • High-volume extraction
  • Fine-tuning under the Llama 4 license
Llama 4 Scout details →

Common questions

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or Llama 4 Scout?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, on this workload shape. At list prices it is $0.15/$0.60 per million tokens in and out against $0.18/$0.59 for Llama 4 Scout. Billed on Allocate: $0.16/$0.64 against $0.19/$0.63.

Which has the bigger context window?

They match: both read 1,048,576 tokens (1M) per request.

Can I fine-tune DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or Llama 4 Scout?

Both publish open weights (DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: Not listed; Llama 4 Scout: Llama community), so both can be fine-tuned. On Allocate the trained weights stay inside your boundary and belong to you.

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Or do not choose. On Allocate a route name is the contract: point yours at one model today, swap to the other tomorrow, and compare them on your live traffic with per-token metering.

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