LLM Reference

Alpaca 7B

Released
2023-03-31
Last refreshed
2026-06-15
Status
Researched 60d ago
Open sourceCommercial use: permittedClassificationJSON / Tool use

Alpaca 7B is worth evaluating for classification and json / tool use when its provider route and context window match the workload.

Use it for

  • Teams evaluating classification and json / tool use
  • Workloads that can use a 2k context window
  • Buyers comparing 1 tracked provider route

Do not use it for

  • Vision or document-understanding workloads
Specifications
Family
Alpaca
Released
2023-03-31
Context
2k
Parameters
7B
Architecture
Decoder Only
Specialization
general
Openness
Open source
License
Apache 2.0OSI-approvedCommercial use: permitted
Weights
Unknown
Code
Unknown
Training
Fine-tuned
Created by

Pioneering AI research and computing infrastructure

Stanford, California, United States
Founded 1962
Website
Pricing
Output / 1M
$0.200
Input / 1M
$0.200

Cheapest of 1 route · Together AI

About

Alpaca 7B is a language model developed by Stanford University, derived from Meta's LLaMA 7B, designed for instruction-following tasks. It excels in producing coherent, context-sensitive responses and is comparable to OpenAI's text-davinci-003, despite its smaller size and lower training costs. With a transformer-based architecture of 7 billion parameters, it efficiently balances performance and resource needs, suitable for devices like laptops. Trained on 52,000 instruction-based demonstrations, it offers high-quality interaction while facing challenges like hallucination and stereotyping, indicating a need for careful real-world application.

Alpaca 7B is an open-source model in the Alpaca family. The structured metadata tracks a 2k-token context window and structured outputs. This page tracks provider routes through Together AI, with the cheapest tracked route listed at $0.2 input and $0.2 output per 1M tokens. No headline benchmark score is tracked for Alpaca 7B yet.

Top use-case fit

Classification

Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.

JSON / Tool use

Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.

Provider price ladder

Compare API pricing across 1 providers for input and output tokens, batch, and cached reads when available.

ProviderInput / 1MOutput / 1MRoute
Together AI$0.200$0.200
Serverless

Available via routers & gateways(1)

Capabilities

Structured Outputs

Benchmark peer barsfor Classification

No task-mapped benchmark peers are available for this model yet.

Migration checks

No linked migration route is available for this model yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the context window of Alpaca 7B?

Alpaca 7B has a context window of 2k tokens.

How much does Alpaca 7B cost?

Alpaca 7B is available at $0.2/1M input tokens through Together AI.

When was Alpaca 7B released?

Alpaca 7B was released on 2023-03-31.

Which providers offer Alpaca 7B?

Alpaca 7B is available from 1 provider: Together AI.