Hermes 3 405B Instruct pricing
$1.00 per 1M input tokens and $1.00 per 1M output tokens. In real work that is 0.11¢ per chat answer and 1.4¢ to summarize a 20-page PDF.
What Hermes 3 405B Instruct costs per task
Token counts estimated from a measured model of the same lab (MiniMax M3), rescaled by tokenizer. Reasoning tokens are billed as output.
| Task | Cost | Tokens used | Price rank | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Answer a chat question | 0.11¢$1.14 / 1,000 | 206 in · 451 out · 482 reasoning | 110 of 336 | estimated |
| Reply to a customer email | 0.09¢$0.87 / 1,000 | 420 in · 262 out · 187 reasoning | 156 of 336 | estimated |
| Write a 1,500-word blog post | 0.25¢$2.45 / 1,000 | 220 in · 1,790 out · 442 reasoning | 74 of 336 | estimated |
| Write 10 product descriptions | 0.21¢$2.06 / 1,000 | 444 in · 1,080 out · 531 reasoning | 74 of 336 | estimated |
| Translate 1,000 words | 0.72¢$7.24 / 1,000 | 1,486 in · 1,217 out · 4,535 reasoning | 160 of 336 | estimated |
| Proofread one page (500 words) | 0.20¢$1.95 / 1,000 | 881 in · 656 out · 416 reasoning | 150 of 336 | estimated |
| Summarize a 20-page PDF | 1.4¢$13.73 / 1,000 | 13,017 in · 466 out · 246 reasoning | 218 of 336 | estimated |
| Extract data from an invoice | 0.14¢$1.40 / 1,000 | 540 in · 568 out · 289 reasoning | 129 of 336 | estimated |
| Analyze a 200-row spreadsheet | ≥2.1¢$20.98 / 1,000 | 4,984 in · 154 out · 15,847 reasoning | 169 of 336 | estimated |
| Answer from 5 retrieved documents (RAG) | 0.51¢$5.07 / 1,000 | 3,807 in · 829 out · 437 reasoning | 172 of 336 | estimated |
| Classify 100 support tickets | 0.34¢$3.36 / 1,000 | 1,436 in · 444 out · 1,485 reasoning | 115 of 336 | estimated |
| Review 500 lines of code | 0.74¢$7.42 / 1,000 | 4,805 in · 2,611 out | 119 of 336 | estimated |
| Write a SQL query | 0.10¢$0.98 / 1,000 | 274 in · 708 out | 106 of 336 | estimated |
| Run a 50-step coding agent | $2.27$2,266 / 1,000 | 2,241,975 in · 15,030 out · 9,350 reasoning | 295 of 336 | modeled |
Price at every provider
List prices per 1M tokens (input / output) at each host serving Hermes 3 405B Instruct through OpenRouter today. Hosts can differ in quantization, context and speed.
| Provider | Input / output | Cached input | Context | Uptime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 DeepInfrafp8 | $1.00 / $1.00 | - | 131K | 100% |
Price history
First seen in our price history on Sep 5, 2024 at $0 input / $0 output. Since then the output price moved from $0 to $1.00 per 1M tokens (7 changes).
FAQ
How much does Hermes 3 405B Instruct cost?
Hermes 3 405B Instruct costs $1.00 per 1 million input tokens and $1.00 per 1 million output tokens (list price on Oct 18, 2026). In practice one chat answer costs about 0.11¢ and summarizing a 20-page PDF about 1.4¢.
Where is Hermes 3 405B Instruct cheapest?
Among 1 providers we track, the lowest list price today is at DeepInfra: $1.00 input and $1.00 output per 1M tokens.
Is the Hermes 3 405B Instruct cost per task measured or estimated?
Estimated: Hermes 3 405B Instruct was not run directly. Tokens come from MiniMax M3 and are rescaled by the tokenizer of Nous Research. Real usage can differ.