Llama 4 Maverick
Meta · Released Apr 2025
The leading open-source model for teams that need self-hosting, data sovereignty, or want to avoid API vendor lock-in.
Is it right for you?
Good for
- Self-hosted inference
- Custom fine-tuning for domain-specific tasks
- Data sovereignty compliance
- Reducing API costs at scale
Not good for
- Tasks requiring the highest quality reasoning
- Teams without GPU infrastructure
- Quick prototyping where API access is faster
How it performs by task
Self-hosted inference
Best open-weight model for production self-hosting with strong performance per compute dollar.
Fine-tuning
Open weights enable full fine-tuning for domain-specific tasks with strong base performance.
Code generation
Competent at standard code generation but behind Claude and GPT-4o on complex architectural tasks.
Data extraction
Reliable for structured extraction with proper prompting, though schema adherence is less consistent.
Multilingual tasks
Strong multilingual support across major languages with competitive fluency.
Pricing
Input
Free (self-hosted) or $0.20 / 1M tokens (hosted)
Output
Free (self-hosted) or $0.60 / 1M tokens (hosted)
Context
1M tokens
Benchmarks
No verdict changes yet
The clock starts day one. Changes land here as our verdict evolves.
Sources
- Llama 4 Blog PostSep 2026
- Hugging Face: Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E-Instruct model cardSep 2026
- Meta LlamaMay 2026
Verification log
- Profile· Updated
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pricing_context '10M tokens' -> '1M tokens' and context_window_tokens -> 1000000: the model card gives Maverick 1M context, and Meta's launch blog attributes 10M to Llama 4 Scout only. pricing_url ai.meta.com/llama (now a 4-hop redirect to dev.meta.ai) -> HF model card. Hosted $0.20/$0.60 has no primary source and is kept. Rating unchanged (conditional->conditional); no verdict_set.
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Source unavailable: ai.meta.com/llama returned HTTP 400. Stored pricing (Free self-hosted / $0.20/$0.60 hosted) retained.
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Pricing unchanged: Free (self-hosted) or ~$0.20/$0.60 per 1M tokens hosted. Open-weight model; hosted pricing varies by provider.
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Context window updated: stored 1M tokens → 10M tokens. Meta officially lists 10M-token context for Llama 4 Maverick.
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Imported at launch
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Imported at launch