Llama 4 Maverick
Meta · Released Apr 2025
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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
Excellent
Best open-weight model for production self-hosting with strong performance per compute dollar.
Fine-tuning
Excellent
Open weights enable full fine-tuning for domain-specific tasks with strong base performance.
Code generation
Good
Competent at standard code generation but behind Claude and GPT-4o on complex architectural tasks.
Data extraction
Good
Reliable for structured extraction with proper prompting, though schema adherence is less consistent.
Multilingual tasks
Very Good
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
Verified 2026-05-20View full pricing
Benchmarks
Sources
- Meta LlamaMay 2026
- Llama 4 Blog PostMay 2026