meta·chat· free-tier

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct

meta/llama-3.3-70b

Meta's open-weight workhorse — cheap and solid for standard tasks.

At a glance

  • · $0.72 input / $0.72 output per 1M tokens (provider list price, billed in credits)
  • · Context window: 128,000 tokens
  • · OpenAI-compatible — model: "meta/llama-3.3-70b" (provider: meta)
  • · Free-tier available — new accounts get 10,000 free credits
  • · Best for: Open weights available — no vendor lock-in

Strengths

  • +Open weights available — no vendor lock-in
  • +Very cheap per token, widely available across providers
  • +Solid all-rounder for classification and simple generation

Weaknesses

  • Knowledge cutoff December 2023 — outdated on recent facts
  • No native vision or audio input
  • Behind Claude Sonnet and GPT-5 across nearly all benchmarks

Use cases

  • Cost-sensitive bulk generation without premium-quality demands
  • On-prem deployments where open weights are mandatory
  • Fine-tuning base for domain-specific models

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How to call it

Drop-in OpenAI-compatible. Just swap the `model` string and you're using this model.

curl https://www.getmorecredits.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GMC_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "meta/llama-3.3-70b",
    "messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Hello!" }]
  }'

Frequently asked questions

How much does Llama 3.3 70B Instruct cost?

Input is $0.72 per million tokens; output is $0.72 per million tokens — provider list price. On getmorecredits.com you pay in credits, no subscription, no minimum spend.

What's the context window of Llama 3.3 70B Instruct?

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct accepts up to 128,000 input tokens, with a maximum of 4,096 output tokens per response. That fits long conversations and medium documents into a single call.

What can Llama 3.3 70B Instruct do?

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct supports tool calling. Meta's open-weight workhorse — cheap and solid for standard tasks.

Is Llama 3.3 70B Instruct OpenAI-compatible?

Yes. On getmorecredits.com you call Llama 3.3 70B Instruct with the same request shape as OpenAI: POST /v1/chat/completions with "model": "meta/llama-3.3-70b". Existing OpenAI SDKs (Python, Node, etc.) work by changing the base URL and API key.

Can I try Llama 3.3 70B Instruct for free?

Yes, Llama 3.3 70B Instruct is available on the free tier. New accounts get 10,000 free credits — enough for several hundred calls depending on length. No credit card required to sign up.