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Llama 4 Scout vs GLM 5.2

On provider list prices, Llama 4 Scout costs $0.18 per million input tokens against $1.40 for GLM 5.2: 7.8x apart. Output is $0.59 against $4.40 (7.5x). On Allocate both bill at list plus the 7% transaction fee.

Llama 4 ScoutG GLM 5.2
LabMetaZai Org
AccessOpen weightsOpen weights
Context window1M tokens256K tokens
List price, input$0.18 / M tokens$1.4 / M tokens
List price, output$0.59 / M tokens$4.4 / M tokens
Cached inputn/a$0.26 / M tokens
LicenseLlama communityNot listed
Fine-tunableYesYes

Specifications and provider list prices from the Allocate catalog, checked 2026-07-08. Billed price is list plus the 7% transaction fee.

What the numbers say

Take 1,000,000 requests a month at 1,200 input and 350 output tokens each. That workload costs $422.50 a month on Llama 4 Scout and $3,220 on GLM 5.2 at list: a gap of $2,798, or 7.6x.

Llama 4 Scout reads 1M tokens per request against 256K for GLM 5.2, 4.0x the window. That decides which one can take whole documents without splitting them.

Llama 4 Scout$0.18$0.59
GLM 5.2$1.40$4.40
InputOutput

Choose Llama 4 Scout for

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

Choose GLM 5.2 for

  • Agents on open weights
  • Code and structured outputs
  • Fine-tuning toward an owned model
GLM 5.2 details

Common questions

Which is cheaper, Llama 4 Scout or GLM 5.2?

Llama 4 Scout, on this workload shape. At list prices it is $0.18/$0.59 per million tokens in and out against $1.40/$4.40 for GLM 5.2. Billed on Allocate: $0.19/$0.63 against $1.50/$4.71, list plus 7%.

Which has the bigger context window?

Llama 4 Scout: 1,048,576 tokens (1M) against 262,144 (256K) for GLM 5.2.

Can I fine-tune Llama 4 Scout or GLM 5.2?

Both publish open weights (Llama 4 Scout: Llama community; GLM 5.2: Not listed), so both can be fine-tuned. On Allocate the trained weights stay inside your boundary and belong to you.

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Run the numbers on your workload

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Or don’t 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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