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Llama Guard

Free#15 of 27 in AI Content Moderation Software

Llama Guard: A self-hosted model family for classifying LLM prompts and responses. Ranked #15 of 27 in AI Content Moderation Software by our editors (7.7/10); pricing: Open source; best for self-hosted LLM input and output safety.

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At a glance

  • Editor score
    7.7 / 10
  • Pricing
    Open source
  • Best for
    Self-hosted LLM input and output safety
  • Paid from
    Free
  • Text moderation
    Yes
  • Facts checked
    21 Sep 2026
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  • Where it wins

    • Classifies prompts and generated responses as safe or unsafe
    • Reports violated safety or hazard categories
    • Supports text, multiple images, and multilingual text classification

  • Where it doesn't

    • Not a conventional hosted SaaS product
    • Focused on model classification rather than human review workflows
    • Audio and video moderation are outside its stated scope

Our verdict on Llama Guard

Llama Guard is a family of open-source safety-classification models from Meta for developers building generative-AI applications. It classifies LLM input prompts and generated responses as safe or unsafe, then reports the safety or hazard categories involved. The models are suited to teams that want developer-controlled deployment through downloadable weights, with support for input filtering, output filtering, or both. Llama Guard 4 extends the family with text-and-image classification, including multiple images in a prompt, while supported versions provide multilingual text safety classification.

Deployment flexibility is a central part of the product. Llama Guard can run in self-hosted environments and is also integrated with the Llama Moderations API for text and image moderation. That gives development teams a choice between deploying the downloadable model family in their own environment and connecting through Meta’s moderation API. The documented feature set also includes custom policies, alongside hazard-category reporting and separate input and output filtering modes.

Its focus is narrower than a full moderation operations suite. Llama Guard is designed around automated classification of LLM prompts and responses, with text-and-image coverage rather than a broader workflow spanning audio, video, or human review. It is also a model family rather than a conventional hosted SaaS product, so it fits teams prepared to manage developer-controlled deployment. Choose Llama Guard for self-hosted LLM safety classification and multimodal prompt filtering; choose an alternative when the primary need is broader moderation operations beyond text and images.

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Llama Guard pricing

Plans Open sourceFree Free to use — no paid tier required for the core job.
See plans on ai.meta.com

Llama Guard fact sheet

Free planNot verified
Paid fromFree
Text moderationYes
Image moderationYes
Audio moderationNot verified
Video moderationNot verified
Custom policiesYes
Human review workflowNot verified
Deployment optionsSelf_hosted
DeploymentSelf-hosted, Cloud
SupportCommunity, Docs
Built forSolo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise (editorial estimate)
Integrations1 integrations: Llama Moderations API
PricingOpen source
Websiteai.meta.com
Facts checked21 Sep 2026

Llama Guard integrations

Llama Guard lists 1 integrations on its own site.

  • Llama Moderations API

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