Llama 4 Maverick: API price, context window and how to connect
Llama 4 Maverick by Meta: $0.188 per million input tokens, $0.652 per million output tokens, a 1.05M-token window. What it is good for, what to compare it with and how to connect it in SKILLOK.
In this article
In short#
Meta's multimodal mixture-of-experts model: 128 experts, 17 billion active parameters. Open weights, knowledge up to August 2024.
Specifications#
| Provider | Meta |
| Released | 2025-04-05 |
| Context window | 1.05M tokens |
| Accepts | text, images |
| Answers with | text |
| Reasoning mode | no |
| Tool calling | yes |
| Open weights | yes |
| Knowledge up to | 2024-08 |
| Identifier | meta-llama/llama-4-maverick |
Price#
| Per 1M tokens | In dollars |
|---|---|
| Input (question, context) | $0.188 |
| Output (answer) | $0.652 |
For reference: a conversation of 20 questions of ~500 tokens and answers of ~800 tokens costs about $0.012. Models in reasoning mode spend more tokens on an answer than the text shows: the reasoning is paid for too.
What it is good for#
- An open model with images as input
- Running it yourself
- Simple tasks for little money
Similar models#
Catalog models with the same kind of output, closest in the price of a typical request.
| Model | Input | Output | Window | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek V3.2 | $0.28 | $0.42 | 164K | 1.1× cheaper |
| Mistral Small 4 | $0.15 | $0.6 | 262K | 1.1× cheaper |
| Qwen3.8 Flash | $0.15 | $0.47 | 1M | 1.3× cheaper |
| Qwen3.8 Omni Flash | $0.15 | $0.47 | 1M | 1.3× cheaper |
| GPT-6 Luna | $0.1 | $0.5 | 1.05M | 1.4× cheaper |
Other Meta models#
How to connect in SKILLOK#
Llama 4 Maverick works through OpenRouter: add an OpenRouter key in Settings → AI and pick the meta-llama/llama-4-maverick model. It then becomes available in Space AI, in tasks and to the repository agent. In detail — Connecting a model in SKILLOK.
Where the data comes from#
Prices, the context window and capabilities come from the public OpenRouter catalog as of 2026-10-19. A provider may change the price — the exact figure is always on the model's OpenRouter page.
Was this helpful?