Llama 4 Maverick vs DeepSeek V3.2: API Pricing Comparison
Meta Llama 4 Maverick vs DeepSeek DeepSeek V3.2 — token prices, batch and cache rates, Arena ELO, and cost per request for 8 business use cases. Prices in USD per 1 million tokens. Data snapshot: 2026-08-14.
Llama 4 Maverick pricing (Meta)
- Input: $0.20 per 1M tokens
- Output: $0.70 per 1M tokens
- Batch API (input/output): not published
- Prompt-cache read: not published
- Context window: 1M
- Arena ELO: 1325 (as of 2026-08-13)
- Full Llama 4 Maverick pricing page
DeepSeek V3.2 pricing (DeepSeek)
- Input: $0.27 per 1M tokens
- Output: $0.40 per 1M tokens
- Batch API (input/output): not published
- Prompt-cache read: $0.13
- Context window: 164K
- Arena ELO: 1370 (as of 2026-08-13)
- Full DeepSeek V3.2 pricing page
Cost per request by business use case
List price vs optimized (prompt caching on the cached input share, batch API for async workloads — only where the provider publishes those rates).
| Use case | Tokens (in/out) | Llama 4 Maverick list | Llama 4 Maverick optimized | DeepSeek V3.2 list | DeepSeek V3.2 optimized |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Support Ticket | 1,500 / 500 | $0.000650 | $0.000650 | $0.000605 | $0.000483 |
| Knowledge Q&A | 2,000 / 800 | $0.000960 | $0.000960 | $0.000860 | $0.000670 |
| Meeting Summary | 10,000 / 1,200 | $0.0028 | $0.0028 | $0.0032 | $0.0030 |
| Marketing Content | 2,500 / 1,800 | $0.0018 | $0.0018 | $0.0014 | $0.0013 |
| Coding Task | 3,000 / 2,000 | $0.0020 | $0.0020 | $0.0016 | $0.0014 |
| Invoice Processing | 1,500 / 600 | $0.000720 | $0.000720 | $0.000645 | $0.000584 |
| Call Summary | 2,000 / 700 | $0.000890 | $0.000890 | $0.000820 | $0.000793 |
| Agent Workflow | 6,000 / 3,000 | $0.0033 | $0.0033 | $0.0028 | $0.0022 |
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These are list prices — real cost also depends on caching, batching, negotiated discounts, marketplace agreements, and existing contracts. Get a FinOps review from OptimNow or compare all models.