expectedMetaExpected: H2 2026

Llama 5 API

Meta's next open-weight flagship. Expected to narrow the gap with frontier closed models while keeping fully open weights.

What we know

Meta's next open-weight flagship. Expected to narrow the gap with frontier closed models while keeping fully open weights.

Why it matters: Open-weight community watches every Meta release — Llama 5 will be one of the biggest AI news events of the year.

Expected pricing: ~$0.50 / $1.50 per 1M tokens

Current best equivalent

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Llama 3 8B Instruct

Meta's currently available Llama tier on SkillBoss — same API shape as Llama 5 will have.

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We'll auto-switch your API calls to Llama 5 the moment it launches — no code changes required.

Call it with curl

curl -X POST https://api.skillboss.co/v1/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SKILLBOSS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "skill_id": "meta-llama-3-8b-instruct",
    "input": {
      "prompt": "Say hello from Llama 5 — routed via SkillBoss"
    }
  }'

Alternate options

ModelSkill IDTradeoff
DeepSeek V3.2deepseek/deepseek-v3.2Stronger open-weight alternative at similar cost
Qwen Maxqwen/qwen-maxAlibaba's open-weight frontier

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