Open multimodal Llama model for strong reasoning and fast responses
Llama 4 Maverick by meta is offered by 5 providers on this page. Its reference price is $0.20 per 1M input tokens and $0.696 per 1M output tokens. The lowest paid channel is NanoGPT at $0.15 / $0.60 per 1M, about 1.3× below the reference price. That channel is a third-party gateway, so confirm its availability and rate limits before depending on it.
Artificial Analysis rates it 14.5 on the Intelligence Index, with 16.3 for coding and 1.2 for agentic tasks. Against its lowest blended price of $0.263 per 1M, that is roughly 55 index points per dollar, which is the value ratio the leaderboards rank on. Median output speed is 82 tokens per second, with 0.87s to the first token. Running one task of the Artificial Analysis suite costs about $0.0346, which reflects how many tokens its reasoning consumes rather than the unit price alone.
The context window is 128,000 tokens at the reference host, but hosts report different limits, from 128,000 to 1,048,576, so the usable window depends on the provider you pick. It supports tool use and structured output. Accepted input modalities are Text and Image. The weights are open, so it can also be self-hosted or served through a gateway of your choice. Providers report the capability flags inconsistently, so verify a specific feature against the host you plan to use. Its training knowledge cuts off at 2024-08.
Quality is independently evaluated by Artificial Analysis. Speed/latency are model-level medians.
| Provider | Tier | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write | Context | Output limit | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NanoGPT | Gateway | $0.15 | $0.60 | $0.075 | — | 1,048,576 ⚠ | 65,536 | |
| Helicone | Gateway | $0.15 | $0.60 | — | — | 131,072 ⚠ | 8,192 | |
| DigitalOcean | Cloud | $0.20 | $0.696 | — | — | 128,000 | 16,384 | |
| OpenRouter | Gateway | $0.20 | $0.696 | — | — | 1,048,576 ⚠ | 115,200 | |
| Kilo Gateway | Gateway | $0.20 | $0.696 | — | — | 128,000 | 115,200 |
Sorted by blended price (input×0.75 + output×0.25) asc. The official channel always shows regardless of rank. Whether a gateway's low price is actually usable can't be verified.