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Llama 4 Scout

Meta open-source multimodal model with 10M context window

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★4.5ratingPricing · FreeHot
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Data updated 2 November 2026
Opportunity
High
Band
Saturation
Open
Band
Wrapper risk
Low
Band
Momentum
Hot
Market trend
Rating
4.5
of 5 · FalcoScan rating

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The Brief

What Llama 4 Scout does

Llama 4 Scout is a 17B active parameter mixture-of-experts model with a 10 million token context window — the longest of any model in its class. Supports multimodal inputs and runs efficiently on a single H100 GPU. Meta open-source release enables full customization, fine-tuning, and on-premise deployment.

How Llama 4 Scout compares with its closest alternatives

4 of the 5 closest alternatives have a free plan, as Llama 4 Scout does. All 5 offer an API, as Llama 4 Scout does. Llama 4 Scout was founded in 2025; the alternatives were founded between 2023 and 2024, 5 of them earlier. Llama 4 Scout is based in Menlo Park, United States; all the 4 alternatives with a known headquarters are in the United States too.

Market position · AI Models

How Llama 4 Scout compares in AI Models

Llama 4 Scout has high opportunity and sits in the top third of 455 live AI Models tools on FalcoScan. Across AI Models, the average opportunity score is 74.6 and the average saturation score 30.5. FalcoScan rates Llama 4 Scout's own market position as open. 200 of the 455 operating AI Models tools have hot momentum, and FalcoScan has recorded 13 shutdowns in the category.

Llama 4 Scout compared with its closest alternatives
ProductOpportunitySaturationPricingPricing fromFree planAPIPlatformsMomentum
Llama 4 ScoutFounded 2025 · Menlo Park, United StatesHighOpenFree—YesYesAPIHot
Llama 3.3Founded 2024 · San Francisco, United StatesHighOpenFree—YesYesAPI, CLIHot
Google Gemini APIFounded 2023 · San Francisco, United StatesModerateContestedFreemium—YesYesWeb, APIHot
Bedrock ConverseFounded 2023 · Seattle, United StatesModerateContestedPaid—NoYesAPIHot
Llama APIFounded 2023 · Menlo Park, United StatesModerateContestedFreemium—YesYesAPIHot
DeepSeek R1Founded 2023HighContestedFreemium—YesYesAPIHot

Exact opportunity and saturation scores for all 6 of these, and where each ranks in AI Models.

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What it ships with

Capabilities & who uses it

The capabilities Llama 4 Scout exposes to builders and the verticals it currently serves.

AI Capabilities
Text GenerationMultimodalReasoning
Industry Verticals
TechnologyResearch
Tagged

Llama 4 Scout shows up when builders search for these

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Questions

Llama 4 Scout: common questions

Is Llama 4 Scout free?

Yes. FalcoScan lists Llama 4 Scout as free to use.

What are the best alternatives to Llama 4 Scout?

The closest alternatives to Llama 4 Scout that are still running, matched on the AI capabilities, uses and audience they share, are Llama 3.3, Google Gemini API, Bedrock Converse, Llama API, and DeepSeek R1.

Is Llama 4 Scout still running?

Yes. As of 2 November 2026, FalcoScan lists Llama 4 Scout as operating at meta.ai.

Where is Llama 4 Scout based?

Llama 4 Scout is headquartered in Menlo Park, United States.

Does Llama 4 Scout have an API?

Yes. Llama 4 Scout offers an API.

Who is Llama 4 Scout for?

Llama 4 Scout is built for researchers, developers, and enterprises.

How do I sign in to Llama 4 Scout?

Sign in on Llama 4 Scout's own website, meta.ai. FalcoScan reviews Llama 4 Scout but does not run its accounts, so logins, passwords and billing are handled by Llama 4 Scout directly.

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