---
title: "Hermes 3 Llama 3.1 70B API pricing"
canonical: https://uplinkswitch.ai/models/hermes-3-llama-3.1-70b
generated: 2026-10-20T19:41:10.848Z
source: https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1/catalog
base_url: https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1
---

# Hermes 3 Llama 3.1 70B API pricing

Hermes 3 Llama 3.1 70B API at $1.224/M input and $1.224/M output tokens. Same SDK, one key, one URL.

## Price per million tokens (USD)

| Tokens | Nous Research list price | UplinkSwitch | Under list |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Input | — | $1.224 | — |
| Cached input | — | billed at the input rate | — |
| Output | — | $1.224 | — |

## Model

- Model id: `hermes-3-llama-3.1-70b`
- Formats: OpenAI SDK
- Base URL: https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1
- Context window: 65,536 tokens
- Input: text
- Daily real-model check: Same fingerprint since Oct 20 (https://uplinkswitch.ai/proof#hermes-3-llama-3.1-70b)

## 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="hermes-3-llama-3.1-70b",
    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: 'hermes-3-llama-3.1-70b',
  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":"hermes-3-llama-3.1-70b","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello"}]}'
```

## Questions

### What is Hermes 3 Llama 3.1 70B?

Hermes 3 Llama 3.1 70B is a model from Nous Research, with a 65,536-token context window, taking text input. Through UplinkSwitch it answers the OpenAI SDK on one key as hermes-3-llama-3.1-70b.

### How much does the Hermes 3 Llama 3.1 70B API cost?

$1.224 per million input tokens and $1.224 per million output tokens.

### Is Hermes 3 Llama 3.1 70B 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 $0.0018.

### What is the Hermes 3 Llama 3.1 70B context window?

Hermes 3 Llama 3.1 70B has a 65,536-token context window. It takes text input.

### What is the Hermes 3 Llama 3.1 70B model id?

hermes-3-llama-3.1-70b. Send it as the model through the OpenAI SDK with base URL https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1.

### How do I get a Hermes 3 Llama 3.1 70B 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 Hermes 3 Llama 3.1 70B 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 Hermes 3 Llama 3.1 70B?

Every day each model gets the same test prompt, and a model always counts that prompt the same way; a swapped one would not. Hermes 3 Llama 3.1 70B's latest result: Same fingerprint since Oct 20.

### Is there a Hermes 3 Llama 3.1 70B API?

Yes: hermes-3-llama-3.1-70b on the OpenAI format at https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1, $1.224 input and $1.224 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 Hermes 3 Llama 3.1 70B based on?

Meta’s Llama 3.1 70B, fine-tuned by Nous Research as the 70B model of the Hermes 3 series, per its card.

### What license does Hermes 3 Llama 3.1 70B have?

The card’s license tag is llama3, the Llama community license it inherits from Llama 3.1 70B.

### What does Hermes 3 Llama 3.1 70B cost per 100 messages?

$0.306 for 100 chat turns of 2,000 input and 500 output tokens each, at $1.224 input and $1.224 output per million tokens, from prepaid credit with no subscription.

### Does Hermes 3 70B support function calling?

Its card lists function calling and structured output among Hermes 3’s gains over Hermes 2. Send tools in the OpenAI format with hermes-3-llama-3.1-70b.

### Hermes 3 Llama 3.1 70B or Hermes 4 405B?

Hermes 3 70B is the smaller generalist; Hermes 4 405B is the newer reasoning model. Hermes 3 Llama 3.1 70B is $1.224 / $1.224 per million tokens in / out, $3.06 for 1,000 chat turns; Hermes 4 405B is $0.90 / $3.60 per million tokens in / out, $3.60 for 1,000 chat turns. Both run on the same key, so send the same prompt to each.

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