Question 1

Who is the cheapest provider for Llama 4 Maverick?

Accepted Answer

Fireworks AI at $0.180/M input and $0.720/M output. That is 55% cheaper than DeepInfra. Recently cut 18%.

Question 2

Who has the fastest Llama 4 Maverick inference?

Accepted Answer

Groq serves Llama 4 Maverick at 420 tokens/sec. 1M context · speed leader. For latency-sensitive workloads this is usually the right pick even if not the cheapest.

Question 3

Is the output quality identical across all providers hosting Llama 4 Maverick?

Accepted Answer

The weights are identical · Llama Community License. Differences come from quantization (some providers use int8 or fp8 for speed), context window caps, and provider-added safety filters.

Question 4

What are cheaper alternative models to Llama 4 Maverick?

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See our substitute finder for models within 10% performance at lower price.

Provider	In $/M	Out $/M	Context	Speed	Free	Region
Fireworks AIWinner	$0.180	$0.720	1.0M	160 t/s		US
Groq	$0.200	$0.600	1.0M	420 t/s		US
Together AI	$0.270	$0.850	1.0M	110 t/s		US
D DeepInfra	$0.400	$1.20	128K	80 t/s	—	US

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