Hermes 4 405B
Open weightNous Research · Released August 2025 · Knowledge cutoff August 2024
Hermes 4 is a large-scale reasoning model built on Meta-Llama-3.1-405B and released by Nous Research.
It is part of Nous Research's Hermes line, open-weight fine-tunes tuned for instruction following and steerability.
Facts and pricing
- Provider
- Nous Research
- Context window
- 131K tokens
- Input price
- 12.0 credits / 1M tokens ($1.00 raw)
- Output price
- 36.0 credits / 1M tokens ($3.00 raw)
- Vision (image input)
- No
- Tool calling
- No
- Extended reasoning
- No
Credits are what Zeplik bills: 1 credit = $0.10, computed from the raw provider rate with a 1.20x margin. Raw prices shown per 1M tokens.
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What Hermes 4 405B is best for
- Everyday chat and drafting on an open-weight model with transparent lineage
Example prompts
Prompts that suit a open weight model like Hermes 4 405B:
- Draft a project update from these rough notes
- Explain how HTTPS works to a curious teenager
- Turn this list of features into a changelog entry
- Brainstorm objections to this proposal and how to answer them
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Frequently asked questions
- What is Hermes 4 405B?
- Hermes 4 405B is an AI model by Nous Research. Hermes 4 is a large-scale reasoning model built on Meta-Llama-3.1-405B and released by Nous Research.
- How much does Hermes 4 405B cost on Zeplik?
- Input tokens cost 12.0 credits per million and output tokens 36.0 credits per million (1 credit = $0.10; the raw provider rates are $1.00 and $3.00 per million). New accounts start with free credits.
- How long can a conversation with Hermes 4 405B be?
- Hermes 4 405B has a 131K-token context window (131,072 tokens), which covers the conversation plus any documents you attach.
- Does Hermes 4 405B support images and tools?
- Hermes 4 405B is text-only and does not support tool calling.
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