Prompt Guard 2 86M costs $0.040 per million input tokens and
$0.040 per million output tokens on Groq. It ranks #2 cheapest of 76
LLM APIs we track on a blended price of $0.040 per million tokens.
Input
$0.040
per 1M tokens
Output
$0.040
per 1M tokens
Cached input
—
no caching discount listed
Blended
$0.040
per 1M · 3 input : 1 output
What Prompt Guard 2 86M costs for real workloads
| Workload | Estimated cost |
|---|---|
| Support chatbot: 100K messages | $4.40 |
| RAG search: 10K queries with 6K-token context | $2.60 |
| Batch summarization: 1,000 long documents | $0.84 |
| Coding agent: 100 tasks, 50K context x 20 turns | $4.08 |
Chatbot: 800 input + 300 output tokens per message. RAG: 6,000 + 500 per query. Summarization: 20,000 + 1,000 per document. Coding agent: 20 turns per task over a 50K-token context, with 95% of input served from cache where the model supports it.
Prompt Guard 2 86M vs similarly priced models
| Model | Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Cached / 1M | Blended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llama Prompt Guard 2 22M | Groq | $0.030 | $0.030 | — | $0.030 |
| Prompt Guard 2 86M | Groq | $0.040 | $0.040 | — | $0.040 |
| Llama 3.1 8B Instant | Groq | $0.050 | $0.080 | — | $0.058 |
| Ministral 3 3B | Mistral AI | $0.10 | $0.10 | $0.010 | $0.10 |
| GPT OSS 20B | Groq | $0.075 | $0.30 | — | $0.13 |
| GPT OSS Safeguard 20B | Groq | $0.075 | $0.30 | — | $0.13 |
| Safety GPT OSS 20B | Groq | $0.075 | $0.30 | — | $0.13 |
| Ministral 3 8B | Mistral AI | $0.15 | $0.15 | $0.015 | $0.15 |
| Llama 4 Scout | Groq | $0.11 | $0.34 | — | $0.17 |
Prices last checked November 8, 2026 · re-checked twice a week from official pricing pages and APIs · How we collect prices
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Prompt Guard 2 86M pricing FAQ
How much does the Prompt Guard 2 86M API cost?
Prompt Guard 2 86M costs $0.040 per million input tokens and $0.040 per million output tokens on Groq. Prices as of November 8, 2026.
How much does Prompt Guard 2 86M cost for 1,000 requests?
At 1,000 input and 500 output tokens per request, 1,000 requests cost about $0.06.
Is Prompt Guard 2 86M expensive compared to other LLM APIs?
It ranks #2 cheapest of 76 models we track on a blended price (3 input tokens per output token) of $0.040 per million tokens.
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