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  5. Cypher Alpha (free)vsLlama 4 Scout
Updated Jul 2025

Cypher Alpha (free)vsLlama 4 Scout

Cypher Alpha (free) is the newer model, released after Llama 4 Scout.

Cypher Alpha (free) and Llama 4 Scout compared across 30 shared prompts
SpecCypher Alpha (free)Llama 4 Scout
Input price—$0.25/M tokens
Output price—$0.5/M tokens
Context window—10.0M tokens
Weights—Open
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedJul 2025Apr 2025
Our Verdict
Cypher Alpha (free)
Cypher Alpha (free)
Llama 4 Scout
Llama 4 ScoutRunner-up

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, Cypher Alpha (free) has the edge: bigger model tier, newer.

Too close to call
API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

Cypher Alpha (free)
Input
—
Output
—
Llama 4 Scout
Input
$0.25
Output
$0.50
Where to run it

3 hosts, cheapest first

Cypher Alpha (free)

No hosts listed on OpenRouter.

Llama 4 Scout3 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
DDeepInfrafp8$0.10 in·$0.30 out·328k·99.9% upNNovitabf16$0.18 in·$0.59 out·131k·99.8% upGoogle Vertex AI$0.25 in·$0.70 out·1.3M·99.1% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 9 Sep 2026.

Writing DNA

Style Comparison

Similarity
65%

Llama 4 Scout uses 26.1x more headings

Cypher Alpha (free)
Llama 4 Scout
64%Vocabulary50%
15wSentence Length28w
0.34Hedging0.48
0.7Bold2.9
2.3Lists4.4
0.00Emoji0.00
0.00Headings0.26
0.16Transitions0.05
Based on 15 + 27 text responses
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