# Can I use Llama 3 commercially?

**Short answer:** Commercial use and deployment: Yes. Same for Llama 3.1: Yes.

Meta's Llama 3 models ship under the Llama 3 Community License (3.1, 3.2 and 3.3 have their own versions of it).

## Commercial use and deployment — Yes

License: [Meta Llama 3 Community License Agreement](https://www.llama.com/llama3/license/) (`LicenseRef-Llama-3-Community`, curated_provisional)

- Every use you described is granted by Llama 3 Community, and nothing you described is prohibited.

Duties: attribution, license_notice, acceptable_use_policy, model_name_prefix, user_threshold
## Same for Llama 3.1 — Yes

License: [Llama 3.1 Community License Agreement](https://www.llama.com/llama3_1/license/) (`LicenseRef-Llama-3.1-Community`, curated)

- Every use you described is granted by Llama 3.1 Community, and nothing you described is prohibited.

Duties: attribution, license_notice, acceptable_use_policy, model_name_prefix, user_threshold

## Context
- Products or services above 700 million monthly active users need a separate license from Meta.
- The Acceptable Use Policy and the attribution display requirement apply to every use.

## Sources
- [Llama 3 license](https://www.llama.com/llama3/license/)
- [Llama 3.1 license](https://www.llama.com/llama3_1/license/)

## Check it yourself (free, no key)
```json
{
  "tool": "check_license",
  "arguments": {
    "license": "LicenseRef-Llama-3-Community",
    "intended_use": {
      "commercial_use": true,
      "deployment": true
    }
  }
}
```
REST: POST https://www.rightshold.com/v1/licenses/check

_Computed from Rightshold's license profiles; not legal advice. Updated 2026-10-19. JSON: https://www.rightshold.com/answers/can-i-use-llama-3-commercially.json_