Side-by-side comparison of Llama 4 Scout (Meta · USA) and Qwen 2.5 (Alibaba · China) for self-hosted deployment of the open-weight model. Llama 4 Scout is rated conditional; Qwen 2.5 is conditional. They part ways on licence: Llama 4 Scout is "Llama community", Qwen 2.5 is "Apache 2.0".
| Field | ||
|---|---|---|
| Summary | ||
| Verdict | Conditional Smaller Llama 4 variant: 17B active over 16 experts, multimodal. More self-hostable than Maverick. Same Llama community licence caveats. | Conditional Legally clean under Apache 2.0, but Chinese origin raises supply-chain and geopolitical questions. Vet carefully for sensitive use cases. |
| Last reviewed | 2026-04-15 | 2026-04-15 |
| Open-weight | ||
| Licence | Llama community | Apache 2.0 |
| Commercial use | With caps | Yes |
| Training data | Undisclosed | Undisclosed |
| Origin | USA | China |
| Performance & pricing? | ||
| Quality index | 14/100 | 16/100 |
| Speed | 128 tok/s | 55 tok/s |
| Blended price | $0.29/M | — |
| Context window | — | — |
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