Pricing

Free

$0/mo

Unlimited chat with Llama 4
Image generation
Voice mode
Native in WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger
Ray-Ban Meta glasses integration
Web app at meta.ai

Llama API

Pay per token

Llama 4 Maverick and Scout via API
Llama Guard safety models
Self-host the open-weight models for free
Fine-tuning support

Key Features

Llama 4 Maverick (flagship) and Llama 4 Scout (long context)
Open-weight models (free to self-host)
Native in WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, Facebook
Image generation with Imagine
Voice mode with celebrity voice options
Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses integration
Real-time translation
10M+ token context window on Llama 4 Scout

Pros & Cons

Pros

Genuinely free with no usage caps for consumer chat
Open-weight models you can self-host or fine-tune
Native in apps billions of people already use daily
Llama 4 Scout's 10M token context is the largest of any model

Cons

Lacks dedicated power-user product (no $20 tier with stronger model)
Web UI at meta.ai is bare-bones compared to ChatGPT or Claude
Reasoning quality trails GPT-5 and Claude on hard tasks
No native code-execution / browser-use / agent features

Verdict

Meta AI's strength is reach and open weights, not depth. If you live in WhatsApp or want a free assistant for casual queries, it's the easiest one to use. For serious work, the Llama models via API or self-hosting are the real product; the consumer chatbot feels like a free preview.

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Added to scored.tools on May 4, 2026