---
title: "Aion RP Llama 3.1 8B API pricing"
canonical: https://uplinkswitch.ai/models/aion-rp-llama-3.1-8b
generated: 2026-10-20T19:42:01.897Z
source: https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1/catalog
base_url: https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1
---

# Aion RP Llama 3.1 8B API pricing

Aion RP Llama 3.1 8B API at $2.40/M input and $4.80/M output tokens. Same SDK, one key, one URL.

## Price per million tokens (USD)

| Tokens | Aion Labs list price | UplinkSwitch | Under list |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Input | — | $2.40 | — |
| Cached input | — | billed at the input rate | — |
| Output | — | $4.80 | — |

## Model

- Model id: `aion-rp-llama-3.1-8b`
- Formats: OpenAI SDK
- Base URL: https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1
- Context window: 32,768 tokens
- Input: text
- Daily real-model check: Same fingerprint since Oct 20 (https://uplinkswitch.ai/proof#aion-rp-llama-3.1-8b)

## Request

### Python · OpenAI SDK

```python
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1",
    api_key="sk-uplink-live-...",
)

completion = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="aion-rp-llama-3.1-8b",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Summarize this in one line."}],
)
print(completion.choices[0].message.content)
```

### TypeScript · OpenAI SDK

```typescript
import OpenAI from 'openai';

const client = new OpenAI({
  baseURL: 'https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1',
  apiKey: 'sk-uplink-live-...',
});

const completion = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: 'aion-rp-llama-3.1-8b',
  messages: [{ role: 'user', content: 'Summarize this in one line.' }],
});
console.log(completion.choices[0].message.content);
```

### curl

```bash
curl https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "authorization: Bearer sk-uplink-live-..." \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"aion-rp-llama-3.1-8b","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello"}]}'
```

## Questions

### What is Aion RP Llama 3.1 8B?

Aion RP Llama 3.1 8B is a model from Aion Labs, with a 32,768-token context window, taking text input. Through UplinkSwitch it answers the OpenAI SDK on one key as aion-rp-llama-3.1-8b.

### How much does the Aion RP Llama 3.1 8B API cost?

$2.40 per million input tokens and $4.80 per million output tokens.

### Is Aion RP Llama 3.1 8B free?

It is pay as you go: prepaid credit from $10, with no subscription or monthly fee, billed per token. A 1,000-token prompt with a 500-token reply costs about $0.0048.

### What is the Aion RP Llama 3.1 8B context window?

Aion RP Llama 3.1 8B has a 32,768-token context window. It takes text input.

### What is the Aion RP Llama 3.1 8B model id?

aion-rp-llama-3.1-8b. Send it as the model through the OpenAI SDK with base URL https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1.

### How do I get a Aion RP Llama 3.1 8B API key?

Create one in the console at uplinkswitch.ai/console: prepaid credit from $10, no subscription, and the key is live at once. The same key calls Aion RP Llama 3.1 8B and every other model in the catalog; send it as the bearer token with base URL https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1.

### Is it the real Aion RP Llama 3.1 8B?

Every day each model gets the same test prompt, and a model always counts that prompt the same way; a swapped one would not. Aion RP Llama 3.1 8B's latest result: Same fingerprint since Oct 20.

### Is there a Aion RP Llama 3.1 8B API?

Yes: aion-rp-llama-3.1-8b on the OpenAI format at https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1, $2.40 input and $4.80 output per million tokens. No weights to download and no GPU of your own; the key also runs every other model in the catalog.

### What is Aion RP Llama 3.1 8B based on?

Meta’s Llama 3.1 8B, trained by Aion Labs for roleplay and creative writing, per its card.

### What license does Aion RP Llama 3.1 8B have?

The card lists Apache-2.0.

### What does Aion RP Llama 3.1 8B cost per 100 messages?

$0.72 for 100 chat turns of 2,000 input and 500 output tokens each, at $2.40 input and $4.80 output per million tokens, from prepaid credit with no subscription.

### What temperature should I use with Aion RP Llama 3.1 8B?

0.7, the default its card recommends. A system message with detailed instructions also helps, per the card.

## Related

- Uncensored LLM API: https://uplinkswitch.ai/uncensored
- SillyTavern setup: https://uplinkswitch.ai/guides/sillytavern
- Janitor AI setup: https://uplinkswitch.ai/guides/janitor-ai
- Chub AI setup: https://uplinkswitch.ai/guides/chub-ai
- SDKs setup: https://uplinkswitch.ai/guides/sdks
- Every model and price: https://uplinkswitch.ai/llms-full.txt
- Machine catalog: https://uplinkswitch.ai/ai-catalog.json