AllocateLlama Guard 4 12B vs Claude Sonnet 5
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Llama Guard 4 12B
Claude Sonnet 5LabMetaAnthropic
AccessNot served on AllocateAPI only
Context windown/a1M tokens
List price, inputNot served$2 / M tokens
List price, outputNot served$10 / M tokens
Cached inputn/a$0.2 / M tokens
LicenseNot listedProprietary API
Fine-tunableYesNo
Specifications and provider list prices from the Allocate catalog, checked 2026-09-12.
Choose Llama Guard 4 12B for
- Prompt and reply moderation
- Policy labelling
- Guardrails in front of agents
Choose Claude Sonnet 5 for
- Judgment calls with policy context
- Customer-facing writing
- Review and escalation flows
Common questions
Which has the bigger context window?
Claude Sonnet 5: 1,000,000 tokens (1M) against an unlisted window for Llama Guard 4 12B.
Can I fine-tune Llama Guard 4 12B or Claude Sonnet 5?
Llama Guard 4 12B publishes open weights (Not listed) and can be fine-tuned on your own data. Claude Sonnet 5 is a closed model served over API; its weights are not available.
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