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Llama Guard 3

Safety classifier for LLM outputs

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★4.4ratingPricing · FreeRising
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Data updated 2 November 2026
Opportunity
High
Band
Saturation
Open
Band
Wrapper risk
Low
Band
Momentum
Rising
Market trend
Rating
4.4
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The Brief

What Llama Guard 3 does

Meta Llama Guard 3 is an open-source content safety model that classifies LLM inputs and outputs across risk categories.

How Llama Guard 3 compares with its closest alternatives

All 5 closest alternatives have a free plan, as Llama Guard 3 does. 4 of the 5 offer an API, as Llama Guard 3 does. Llama Guard 3 offers a command-line tool. Of the 3 alternatives with platforms on record, 1 offers a command-line tool. Llama Guard 3 was founded in 2024; the alternatives were founded between 2016 and 2024, 4 of them earlier. Llama Guard 3 is based in San Francisco, United States; 1 of the 3 alternatives with a known headquarters is in the United States too, and the others in France and Israel.

Market position · AI Models

How Llama Guard 3 compares in AI Models

Llama Guard 3 has high opportunity and sits in the bottom third of 455 live AI Models tools on FalcoScan. Across AI Models, the average opportunity score is 74.6 and the average saturation score 30.5. FalcoScan rates Llama Guard 3's own market position as open. 200 of the 455 operating AI Models tools have hot momentum, and FalcoScan has recorded 13 shutdowns in the category.

Llama Guard 3 compared with its closest alternatives
ProductOpportunitySaturationPricingPricing fromFree planAPIPlatformsMomentum
Llama Guard 3Founded 2024 · San Francisco, United StatesHighOpenFree—YesYesAPI, CLIRising
Mistral Small 3Founded 2023 · Paris, FranceModerateContestedFreemium—YesYesAPIStable
Prometheus 2Founded 2024 · Remote-firstHighOpenFree—YesYesAPI, CLIRising
TrivyFounded 2019 · Ramat Gan, IsraelHighOpenFree—YesYesDesktopHot
Bitwarden Open SourceFounded 2016HighOpenFreemium—YesNoWebHot
Jina AI EmbeddingsFounded 2020 · San Francisco, United StatesHighOpenFreemium—YesYesAPIRising

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What it ships with

Capabilities & who uses it

The capabilities Llama Guard 3 exposes to builders and the verticals it currently serves.

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Questions

Llama Guard 3: common questions

Is Llama Guard 3 free?

Yes. FalcoScan lists Llama Guard 3 as free to use.

What are the best alternatives to Llama Guard 3?

The closest alternatives to Llama Guard 3 that are still running, matched on the AI capabilities, uses and audience they share, are Mistral Small 3, Prometheus 2, Trivy, Bitwarden Open Source, and Jina AI Embeddings.

Is Llama Guard 3 still running?

Yes. As of 2 November 2026, FalcoScan lists Llama Guard 3 as operating at ai.meta.com.

Where is Llama Guard 3 based?

Llama Guard 3 is headquartered in San Francisco, United States.

Does Llama Guard 3 have an API?

Yes. Llama Guard 3 offers an API.

Who is Llama Guard 3 for?

Llama Guard 3 is built for developers.

How do I sign in to Llama Guard 3?

Sign in on Llama Guard 3's own website, ai.meta.com. FalcoScan reviews Llama Guard 3 but does not run its accounts, so logins, passwords and billing are handled by Llama Guard 3 directly.

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