Meta: Llama Guard 4 12B alternatives
Ranked by capability overlap, similar context window, and similar price tier. Cross-vendor options are weighted higher than same-provider alternatives.
See also: Meta: Llama Guard 4 12B model details · Meta provider page
Top 15 alternatives
| # | Model | Provider | Why | Context | Input price / 1M | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Google: Gemma 3 12B | shares vision · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.05 Budget | vs → | |
| 2 | Google: Gemma 3 27B | shares vision · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.08 Budget | vs → | |
| 3 | google/gemma-3-4b-it | shares vision · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.05 Budget | vs → | |
| 4 | Mistral: Ministral 3 3B 2512 | Mistral AI | shares vision · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.10 Budget | vs → |
| 5 | Mistral: Mistral Medium 3 | Mistral AI | shares vision · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.40 Budget | vs → |
| 6 | Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.1 | Mistral AI | shares vision · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.40 Budget | vs → |
| 7 | Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.1 (batch) | Mistral AI | shares vision · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.20 Budget | vs → |
| 8 | Mistral: Mistral Small 3.1 24B | Mistral AI | shares vision · similar price tier | 128K Long context (128K+) | $0.35 Budget | vs → |
| 9 | OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini | OpenAI | shares vision · similar price tier | 128K Long context (128K+) | $0.15 Budget | vs → |
| 10 | OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) | OpenAI | shares vision · similar price tier | 128K Long context (128K+) | $0.15 Budget | vs → |
| 11 | OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini (batch) | OpenAI | shares vision · similar price tier | 128K Long context (128K+) | $0.07 Budget | vs → |
| 12 | Qwen: Qwen VL Plus | Qwen | shares vision · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.14 Budget | vs → |
| 13 | Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct | Qwen | shares vision · similar price tier | 128K Long context (128K+) | $0.20 Budget | vs → |
| 14 | Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking | Qwen | shares vision · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.40 Budget | vs → |
| 15 | Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct | Qwen | shares vision · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.10 Budget | vs → |