Llama 4 Maverick pricing in 2026
What one task costs on Llama 4 Maverick
Per-million-token prices are hard to feel, so here are typical token counts for common jobs priced with Llama 4 Maverick. Figures are USD at the rates above and exclude prompt caching and batch discounts.
| Task | Tokens (in / out) | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Code review of a 500-line pull request | 60,000 / 4,000 | $0.014 |
| Debug one failing test | 40,000 / 6,000 | $0.011 |
| Generate a landing page in one shot | 3,000 / 30,000 | $0.020 |
| Draft a 1,200-word article | 2,000 / 2,500 | $0.0020 |
| Answer a question from a 20-page document | 25,000 / 800 | $0.0052 |
| Multi-step agent run (10 tool calls) | 250,000 / 25,000 | $0.063 |
| All of the above, once | $0.116 |
Cheaper at the same or better capability: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning runs the same set of tasks for $0.040 instead of $0.116.
Llama 4 Maverick by Meta (Llama) costs $0.19 per 1M input tokens and $0.65 per 1M output tokens — about 1.9M tokens per $1. Prices last verified 2026-09-19.
The verdict
Meta's open-weight mid tier. Cheap tokens ($0.20 / $0.696) and fully self-hostable, but its index of 9 is far below proprietary rivals, so its intelligence-per-dollar lags despite the low price. Choose it for control, privacy and self-hosting, not for raw value per dollar.
A concrete example: sending 100,000 input tokens and getting back 20,000 output tokens with Llama 4 Maverick costs about $0.03 at current prices.
Who is Llama 4 Maverick for?
Maverick is Meta's open-weight mid tier. At roughly $0.20 / $0.70 per 1M and fully self-hostable, it's cheap and controllable — but an index of 9 puts it far behind proprietary rivals on intelligence-per-dollar.
Choose it for privacy, self-hosting and sovereignty, not for raw value. If you need open weights with better quality, Kimi K3, GLM or Qwen are stronger; if you need pure value, DeepSeek wins on price.
Strengths & weaknesses
- Strength: Open weights you can self-host
Llama 4 Maverick key facts
| Provider | Llama pricing |
|---|---|
| Input price | $0.19 / 1M tokens |
| Output price | $0.65 / 1M tokens |
| Tokens / $1 | 1.9M |
| Intelligence / $1 | 167,832 |
| Context window | 1.0M tokens |
| Tier | balanced |
| Intelligence index | 9 / 100 |
| Released | 2025-04-05 |
| Last verified | 2026-09-19 |
What Llama 4 Maverick delivers for your budget
For a coding workload, here is roughly what each monthly budget buys:
| Budget | Tokens / month | Months of workload |
|---|---|---|
| $20 | 67.8M | 104.4x |
| $50 | 169.6M | 260.9x |
| $100 | 339.2M | 521.9x |
Other Llama models
How Llama 4 Maverick compares to its closest rivals
Rather than repeating the full catalog on every page, here are the three current models nearest to Llama 4 Maverick on the intelligence index — and why you might still pick one instead:
- Mistral Large 3 (Mistral) — $0.50 input / $1.50 output per 1M tokens. Why you might pick it: European open weights.
- Llama 4 Scout (Llama) — $0.10 input / $0.30 output per 1M tokens. Why you might pick it: 1.3M context at very low cost.
- Nemotron 3 Super (Nemotron) — $0.08 input / $0.45 output per 1M tokens. Why you might pick it: Near-free input pricing.
Llama 4 Maverick — frequently asked questions
How much does Llama 4 Maverick cost?
Llama 4 Maverick by Meta (Llama) costs $0.19 per 1M input tokens and $0.65 per 1M output tokens.
How many tokens per dollar does Llama 4 Maverick give you?
On a typical 1:3 input-to-output mix, Llama 4 Maverick delivers around 1.9M tokens per dollar — an intelligence-per-dollar score of 167832.
What is Llama 4 Maverick's context window?
Llama 4 Maverick supports a context window of 1.0M tokens.
Is Llama 4 Maverick worth it in 2026?
Llama 4 Maverick is Llama's balanced tier model. Use the AI Intelligence Calculator to see how its value compares to every other model at your budget.