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Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct API pricing: cheapest provider

2 providers sell Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct. Google Cloud Vertex AI is cheapest; the most expensive charges 1.7× as much for the same model.

Cheapest$0.55per 1M · Google Cloud Vertex AI
Input · output$0.35 / $1.15per 1M tokens
Price gap1.7×across 2 providers
Context1Mmax tokens

$0.55 Google Cloud Vertex AI1.7× spread$0.9225 SambaNova

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Input tokens per month (millions)Prompts, context and documents you send.Output tokens per month (millions)Tokens the model generates.

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Cached share of input (%)0 = no caching. Only documented cache-read rates qualify.Required context per request (tokens)0 = any. Providers without a sufficient known limit are excluded.Required featureProvider requirement

Provider	Estimated / month	Input / 1M	Output / 1M	Context
1 Google Cloud Vertex AICloud platformCheapestPricing page	$5.80	$0.35	$1.15	1,000,000
2 SambaNovaInference providerPricing page	$9.90	$0.63	$1.80	131,072

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| Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct provider | Input / 1M tokens | Output / 1M tokens | 10M in + 2M out per month |
|---|---:|---:|---:|
| Google Cloud Vertex AI | $0.35 | $1.15 | $5.80 |
| SambaNova | $0.63 | $1.80 | $9.90 |

Standard list prices as of Nov 2, 2026. Source: [AISelect.online](https://aiselect.online/models/llama-4-maverick-17b-128e-instruct)

Price history

Cheapest blended price: $0.9225 on Sep 28, 2026, now $0.55 at Google Cloud Vertex AI (-40%).

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Sep 28, 2026: $0.9225 at SambaNova
Nov 2, 2026: $0.55 at Google Cloud Vertex AI

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from openai import OpenAI
import os

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.sambanova.ai/v1",
    api_key=os.environ["SAMBANOVA_API_KEY"],
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E-Instruct",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}],
)

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