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Llama for occupational health & absence management

Meta's natively multimodal, open-weight Mixture-of-Experts family (Scout and Maverick), free to download and self-host.

Not specifically recommended

Llama isn't on our list for occupational health & absence management. Usable for general work, but first look at the options we recommend for occupational health & absence management.

GDPR profileOur summary of what the provider itself publishes about your data: EU hosting possible, no training on your data for business use, and self-hosting available. Caution applies to a model with a documented problem, such as an investigation by a regulator. How we measure
GDPR: Caution
QualityQuality from blind duels on LMArena: users choose between two anonymous answers. A difference of about 20 points is noticeable, a few points is noise. How we measure
–Elo, independent
Editorial scoreOur own assessment on 10 of suitability for professional work, price and privacy. This is a judgement, not a measurement; that is why it always sits alongside the Elo. How we measure
7,6
Entry price
Free
Full GDPR check

What Llama does in occupational health & absence management

Core tasks in occupational health & absence management
Where Llama is strong
  • Open weights, fully self-hostable
  • Fine-tunable on your own data
  • Very large context window (Scout 10M)
  • GPU-efficient (Mixture-of-Experts)

Llama has a specific GDPR concern. The Llama 4 Acceptable Use Policy prohibits the multimodal models for businesses headquartered in the EU. Dutch businesses therefore may not install the multimodal Llama 4 models themselves on licence grounds. Weigh this heavily before using it in occupational health & absence management.

Confidentiality and GDPR

GDPR: Caution

Occupational health and absence data are health data and fall under medical confidentiality. The employer must not see a diagnosis, not even through an AI summary: keep medical and non-medical information strictly separated. Never use a free chatbot for consultations or case files. Sign a data processing agreement (DPA), require processing within the EU, no training on your data, and NEN 7510/ISO 27001, and ask which language models and sub-processors sit behind the service. Ask the employee for consent before any recording. Do not let AI independently assess an individual employee's fitness for work or absence risk: AI systems that influence decisions about employees can be high-risk under the EU AI Act. Check every report before it goes into the file.

Self-hosting gives full data control within your own EU infrastructure, a strong GDPR argument.

Rule of thumb Use the business variant with a data processing agreement, and keep a human in the loop for decisions that matter.
Caution the Llama 4 Acceptable Use Policy prohibits the multimodal models for businesses headquartered in the EU. Dutch businesses therefore may not install the multimodal Llama 4 models themselves under the licence terms.

Prices

Self-hostingFreeOpen weights; infrastructure costs only
Meta AI$0Free in WhatsApp/Instagram/Messenger
Hosted API (third parties)from ~$0.03 / 1M inVia Bedrock, Azure, Together, Groq, Novita, varies widely by provider and model size; Meta's own Llama API retired July 2026

Questions about Llama for occupational health & absence management

Is Llama suitable for occupational health & absence management?
Not specifically. Llama isn't on our list for occupational health & absence management; it's broadly usable, but first look at the options we recommend for occupational health & absence management. Keep a professional in the loop for every use.
May I put confidential data into Llama?
Occupational health and absence data is health data and falls under medical confidentiality. The employer must not see a diagnosis, not even via an AI summary: keep medical and non-medical information strictly separated. Never use a free chatbot for consultations or case files. Require a data processing agreement, processing within the EU, no training on your data and NEN 7510/ISO 27001, and ask which language models and sub-processors sit behind it. Ask the employee for consent before any recording. Do not let AI itself assess an individual employee's fitness for work or absence risk: AI systems that influence decisions about employees may be high-risk under the AI Act. Check every report before it enters the file. Self-hosting gives full data control within your own EU infrastructure, a strong GDPR argument.
What does Llama cost?
There is self-hosting (free), Meta AI ($0), Hosted API (third parties) (from ~$0.03 / 1M in). Check current prices on the official site.

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