Tool review · Generative AI
Llama 4 review
Meta's open-weights flagship model. Available for download and self-hosted deployment under the Llama license. Comparable quality to commercial frontier models on many benchmarks; primary draw is data sovereignty and zero per-token API cost
What it is
Meta's open-weights flagship model. Available for download and self-hosted deployment under the Llama license. Comparable quality to commercial frontier models on many benchmarks; primary draw is data sovereignty and zero per-token API cost at scale.
Key features
- Open weights (downloadable for self-hosting)
- Multiple sizes — 8B / 70B / 405B parameters
- Multi-modal variants
- Strong tool-use for an open-weights model
- Permissive license for most commercial use
Pros
- Zero per-token API cost when self-hosted
- Data stays on your infrastructure
- Active fine-tuning and deployment ecosystem
Cons
- Self-hosting infrastructure cost / complexity
- Quality below frontier closed models on hardest tasks
- License restrictions kick in above certain user-count thresholds