Hugging Face
StarCoder2
Self-host onlySmall memory
StarCoder2 is Hugging Face's small-memory model. This page shows current pricing, an interactive cost calculator, and a side-by-side with similar models.
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Technical specifications
StarCoder2 at a glance.
Memory
16,384
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Memory tier
Small
a few emails or a short document
Tokenizer
default
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Availability
Self-host only
Status
active
What it can do
Capabilities & limits.
- Understands images
- Deep step-by-step thinking
- Uses tools / calls functions
- Strict JSON output
- Streams replies
- Fine-tunable on your data
When to pick StarCoder2
- High-volume workloads where unit cost matters.
- Code generation, review, or refactoring.
When to look elsewhere
- You need a managed endpoint — this one is self-host only.
- Your workload involves images — pick a vision-capable model instead.
- You need tool-use / function calling for agent workflows.
- Your inputs routinely exceed short documents.
FAQ
StarCoder2 — the questions we see most.
Pricing, capabilities, alternatives — generated from the same data that powers the calculator above.
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StarCoder2 is an open-weight model with no managed endpoint — you run it on your own GPUs, so the cost depends on your hardware choice rather than a per-token price. Hosted providers like Together AI, Fireworks, or Replicate offer it from around $0.20–$2.00 per 1M tokens depending on size.
StarCoder2 has a 16,384-token context window (small memory — a few emails or a short document). That means you can fit about 3,072 words of input and history in a single call.
Models in a similar class include devstral-small-2505, Codestral, DeepSeek V3.2. The "Similar models" section below this FAQ links into each.
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