Model garden Router · on request Dedicated · available

Llama 4 Scout 17B 16E Instruct

Runs as your own dedicated GPU deployment, ready to launch from the wizard. Data stays in Europe.

Llama 4 Scout 17B 16E Instruct is an multimodal language model from Meta with 109B parameters, hosted on EU GPUs via an OpenAI-compatible API.

meta-llama/Llama-4-Scout-17B-16E-Instruct On request
text+image->text · meta-llama · EU-hosted
109B
Parameters
Context window
261GB
Minimum VRAM
POST /api/v1/chat/completions On request

Specifications

Parameters 109B
Minimum VRAM 261 GB
Architecture Llama4ForConditionalGeneration (vLLM)
License other
Modality text+image->text
Released April 2025
Publisher meta-llama ↗

Pricing

Shared router · per token
On request
Not available on the shared router. Pricing on request as a dedicated GPU deployment.
Dedicated GPU · per hour
from €12,89 per hour
Your own vLLM instance on European cloud (261 GB VRAM), billed hourly.

This model needs 261 GB of VRAM, so several GPUs. That makes the shared router rate high. From roughly 50 million tokens a month a dedicated deployment costs less.

Shared EU router, pay-per-token, scale-to-zero. Dedicated GPU deployments are billed hourly, see pricing.

Call it now

Drop-in replacement for OpenAI: change only the base URL and API key. The Anthropic format (/v1/messages) is supported too.

curl https://hostyourai.com/api/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer hyai-..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "meta-llama/Llama-4-Scout-17B-16E-Instruct",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
  }'

Frequently asked questions

Can I run Llama 4 Scout 17B 16E Instruct in the EU?

Yes. HostYourAI runs Llama 4 Scout 17B 16E Instruct on GPUs in European datacenters via vLLM. Prompts and outputs never leave the EU and there is no US cloud provider in the chain.

Is hosting Llama 4 Scout 17B 16E Instruct GDPR-compliant?

Yes. All processing happens inside the EU, a Data Processing Agreement (DPA) is available and the subprocessor list is public. Open-source weights also mean: no training on your data.

How much does Llama 4 Scout 17B 16E Instruct cost?

Via the shared EU router you pay €1.20 per million input tokens and €3.40 per million output tokens, with no fixed costs. For high volume or isolation you can also run Llama 4 Scout 17B 16E Instruct as a dedicated hourly GPU instance.

Is the API OpenAI-compatible?

Yes. You use the standard OpenAI SDKs with a custom base URL (https://hostyourai.com/api/v1). The Anthropic Messages API is supported as a drop-in as well.

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