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Why use Alpaca 7B on Together AI?
Together AI offers Alpaca 7B with pay-as-you-go pricing at $0.20/1M input tokens. Together AI is a platform for running open-source and proprietary LLMs with fast serverless and dedicated endpoints at competitive inference pricing.
Setup recipe
Python + curlpip install togetherexport TOGETHER_API_KEY=...from together import Together
client = Together() # reads TOGETHER_API_KEY from env
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="alpaca-7b",alpaca-7bRequest example
from together import Together
client = Together() # reads TOGETHER_API_KEY from env
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="alpaca-7b",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)Gotchas
- Together uses "organization/model-name" format, e.g. "meta-llama/Llama-4-Scout-17B-16E-Instruct" or "Qwen/QwQ-32B". See the Together model catalog for the exact ID.
- The examples expect TOGETHER_API_KEY; rename it only if your application config maps the new variable.
Pricing
| Type | Price (per 1M) |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $0.20 |
| Output tokens | $0.20 |
Capabilities
About Alpaca 7B
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.
FAQ
What does Alpaca 7B cost on Together AI?
On Together AI, Alpaca 7B costs $0.2 per 1M input tokens and $0.2 per 1M output tokens.
Who created Alpaca 7B?
Alpaca 7B was created by Stanford ArtificiaI Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL) as part of the Alpaca model family.
Is Alpaca 7B open source?
Alpaca 7B's open source status is unknown in the seed data.