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Llama for social care & youth services

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

Recommended for social domain & youth care

Llama is strong in open weights, fully self-hostable and fine-tunable on your own data; that suits turning kitchen-table and intake conversations (Wmo, Jeugdwet, Participatiewet) into a draft report.

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 social domain & youth care

Core tasks in social domain & youth care
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 point to note. 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. Weigh this heavily before using it in social domain & youth care.

Confidentiality and GDPR

GDPR: Caution

In the social domain this involves special category personal data (health, debts, family situation, sometimes of children). Never use a free chatbot for conversations or files. Conclude a data processing agreement, require processing within the EU and no training on your data, ask which language models and sub-processors sit behind it, and carry out a DPIA. Ask the resident for consent before you record a conversation, and explain how long the recording and text are kept. Do not let AI itself judge whether someone is entitled to a provision or benefit: the EU AI Act classes systems that determine access to public services as high-risk, and the childcare benefits scandal shows what goes wrong without human checking. Register the application in the Algorithm Register and 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 social domain & youth care

Is Llama suitable for social domain & youth care?
Yes. Llama is strong in open weights, can be fully self-hosted and fine-tuned on your own data, which fits social domain & youth care well. Always assess the specific task and keep a professional in the loop.
May I put confidential data into Llama?
The social domain involves special category personal data (health, debts, family situation, sometimes of children). Never use a free chatbot for conversations or case files. Conclude a data processing agreement, require processing within the EU and no training on your data, ask which language models and sub-processors sit behind it, and carry out a DPIA. Ask the resident for consent before recording a conversation, and explain how long the recording and text are kept. Do not let AI itself decide whether someone is entitled to a provision or benefit: the EU AI Act classes systems that determine access to public services as high-risk, and the childcare benefits scandal shows what goes wrong without human checking. Register the application in the Algorithm Register and check every report before it goes into 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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