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Meta Llama 3 8B

Instantly via the EU router or as a dedicated GPU deployment. Data stays in Europe.

Meta Llama 3 8B is an open-source language model from Meta with 8B parameters, hosted on EU GPUs via an OpenAI-compatible API.

meta-llama/Meta-Llama-3-8B vLLM ready
text->text · meta-llama · EU-hosted
8B
Parameters
Context window
19GB
Minimum VRAM
POST /api/v1/chat/completions200 OK

Specifications

Parameters 8B
Minimum VRAM 19 GB
Architecture LlamaForCausalLM (vLLM)
License llama3
Modality text->text
Released April 2024
Publisher meta-llama ↗

Pricing

€0.10
Input (per 1M tokens)
€0.18
Output (per 1M tokens)

Shared EU router, pay-per-token, scale-to-zero. Dedicated GPU deployments are billed hourly — see pricing.

✓ Verified working on 25-06-2026 — responded in 827 ms on our EU infrastructure.

Call it now

Drop-in replacement for OpenAI: change only the base URL and API key. The Anthropic format (/v1/messages) is supported too.

curl https://hostyourai.com/api/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer hyai-..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "meta-llama/Meta-Llama-3-8B",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
  }'

Frequently asked questions

Can I run Meta Llama 3 8B in the EU?

Yes. HostYourAI runs Meta Llama 3 8B on GPUs in European datacenters via vLLM. Prompts and outputs never leave the EU and there is no US cloud provider in the chain.

Is hosting Meta Llama 3 8B GDPR-compliant?

Yes. All processing happens inside the EU, a Data Processing Agreement (DPA) is available and the subprocessor list is public. Open-source weights also mean: no training on your data.

How much does Meta Llama 3 8B cost?

Via the shared EU router you pay €0.10 per million input tokens and €0.18 per million output tokens, with no fixed costs. For high volume or isolation you can also run Meta Llama 3 8B as a dedicated hourly GPU instance.

Is the API OpenAI-compatible?

Yes. You use the standard OpenAI SDKs with a custom base URL (https://hostyourai.com/api/v1). The Anthropic Messages API is supported as a drop-in as well.

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