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Muse Glimmer 30B pricing, context window and specs
Muse Glimmer 30B costs $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens, and reads up to 131,072 tokens per request. By blended price it is number 3 of Meta’s 4 current models here, counting from the cheapest.
- Input / 1M
- $0.30
- Output / 1M
- $1.20
- Cached / 1M
- $0.04
- Context
- 131,072
- Max output
- 16,384
- Released
- 2026-08-09
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Pricing
Muse Glimmer 30B API pricing
| Price per 1M tokens | Input | Output |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | $0.30 | $1.20 |
| Cached input (read) | $0.04 | – |
Output costs 4.0× the input price, so long replies drive the bill more than long prompts. If your requests share a long fixed prefix, such as a system prompt or tool definitions, caching cuts that part to 13% of the normal input price.
Examples
What Muse Glimmer 30B costs in practice
| Workload | Tokens in / out | Requests/day | Per request | Per month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Support chatbot50% cached | 1,500 / 400 | 1,000 | $0.000735 | $22.36 |
| RAG app20% cached | 6,000 / 500 | 500 | $0.00209 | $31.76 |
| Coding agent80% cached | 40,000 / 2,000 | 200 | $0.00608 | $36.99 |
| Document summariser | 8,000 / 600 | 300 | $0.00312 | $28.47 |
Change any number in the cost calculator.
Context
Context window
Muse Glimmer 30B accepts up to 131,072 tokens per request, roughly 98,304 English words or 197 pages. That budget is shared between your prompt and the reply, and a single reply is capped at 16,384 tokens.
Filling the whole window with one prompt costs about $0.0393 at list price, so for repeated long-document work, retrieval (sending only the relevant parts) or prompt caching is usually much cheaper.
Features
Capabilities
- Image input
- Yes
- Tool / function calling
- Yes
- Reasoning mode
- Yes
- Prompt caching
- Yes
- Structured output
- Yes
- Open weights
- Yes
- Accepts
- text, image
- Knowledge cutoff
- Not published
As declared by the provider’s API. It shows a feature exists, not how well it works.
API
Muse Glimmer 30B model ID
- OpenRouter
meta/muse-glimmer-30b- Open weights
- meta-models/Muse-Glimmer-30B
Use the OpenRouter ID when calling it through OpenRouter; Meta’s own API may name it differently. See the model ID reference for the providers we document.
Meta
Where Muse Glimmer 30B sits in Meta’s line-up
Ranked by blended price (three parts input to one part output, $0.525 per 1M for Muse Glimmer 30B), it is number 3 of Meta’s 4 current models here, counting from the cheapest. One step down, Llama 4 Maverick costs $0.3037 blended (42% less). Unlike Muse Glimmer 30B, it has no reasoning mode. One step up, Muse Spark 1.3 costs $2 (3.8× as much). Unlike Muse Glimmer 30B, it accepts files and video, reads up to 1,048,576 tokens (131,072 here) and is API-only. See every Meta model and price
| Model | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llama 4 Scout | $0.10 | $0.30 | 327,680 | 2025-04-05 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | $0.1875 | $0.6525 | 128,000 | 2025-04-05 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B (this page) | $0.30 | $1.20 | 131,072 | 2026-08-09 |
| Muse Spark 1.3 | $1.25 | $4.25 | 1,048,576 | 2026-09-02 |
Meta’s current models with a page here, cheapest first. Older and superseded models are listed on the provider page and in the comparison table.
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FAQ
Muse Glimmer 30B questions
How much does Muse Glimmer 30B cost?
Muse Glimmer 30B costs $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens, with cached input at $0.04. A typical chatbot reply (1,500 tokens in, 400 out) costs about $0.00093. Use the LLM cost calculator for your own workload.
What is Muse Glimmer 30B’s context window?
131,072 tokens, about 98,304 English words or 197 printed pages, shared between your prompt and the reply. A single reply can be up to 16,384 tokens.
Does Muse Glimmer 30B support prompt caching and batch requests?
Yes, cached input is billed at $0.04 per million tokens (13% of the normal input price). No batch price is published for it.
What are cheaper alternatives to Muse Glimmer 30B?
With the same essentials (image input and tool calling), the cheapest options are Qwen3.5-9B (79% cheaper), Seed 1.6 Flash (75% cheaper), Gemma 4 31B (71% cheaper). Cheaper doesn’t mean equivalent, so test them on your own prompts.
What is the API model ID for Muse Glimmer 30B?
On OpenRouter it is meta/muse-glimmer-30b. Meta’s own API may use a different name, so check its model list before you deploy. Pass the ID as the model value in each request.
Is Muse Glimmer 30B open source?
Yes, Muse Glimmer 30B has open weights, so you can run it yourself or choose between several hosting providers. The prices here are a typical hosted price.