{ "meta": { "attribution": "Anchor Terminal (https://www.anchorterminal.com)", "docs": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/docs/", "generatedAt": "2026-10-09", "license": "CC-BY-4.0", "method": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/", "methodology": "0.4", "openapi": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/openapi.json", "preview": false, "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run" }, "tool": { "slug": "sambanova", "name": "SambaCloud", "vendor": "SambaNova Systems, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://sambanova.ai", "kind": "model", "category": "inference", "summary": "SambaCloud is SambaNova's hosted inference API for open-weight models running on its own RDU processors. It answers OpenAI-style chat, completions and Responses calls and Anthropic-style Messages calls, with Python and TypeScript SDKs.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sambanova", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sambanova.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sambanova.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/sambanova.json", "repo": "https://github.com/sambanova/sambanova-python", "license": "Proprietary service under the SambaCloud Terms of Service. The SDKs and the OpenAPI document are Apache-2.0", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.sambanova.ai/v1", "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "sambanova" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "sambanova" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "Self-serve Bearer key from the SambaCloud console at https://cloud.sambanova.ai/apis after a browser sign-up. The Messages routes also take the same key in `x-api-key`. Up to 25 keys per user, shown once, with no scopes.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free tier with no payment method, at 20 requests a minute, 20 requests a day and 200,000 tokens a day per model. Linking a card moves the account to the Developer tier, billed per token through Stripe, from $0.22 in and $0.59 out per 1M tokens on gpt-oss-120b (https://cloud.sambanova.ai/plans/pricing, checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "from $0.22 / 1M in", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs index, the OpenAPI document or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 2, "npmWeekly": 76, "pypiWeekly": 6129, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/get-started/overview", "rateLimitsUrl": "https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/models/rate-limits", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sambanova/sambanova-inference-api-spec/refs/heads/main/openapi.documented.json", "capabilities": [ "inference.llm", "inference.open-weights", "inference.fast" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "model", "open-weights", "free-tier", "no-card", "openapi", "llms-txt", "openai-compatible", "anthropic-compatible", "python", "typescript", "status-page", "soc2" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-17", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 66.4, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 269, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 842, "categoryRank": 7, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 67, "maintenance": 77, "payments": 40, "reliability": 85, "schema": 81, "security": 58, "transparency": 63 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "breakdown": [ { "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16, "effectiveWeight": 20, "score": 85, "points": 17, "reason": "Hosted reading. Status page at status.sambanova.ai on Statuspage, with components for the API gateway, the Playground and each model (20). The incident feed lists 25 incidents since launch, the latest an 8-minute Playground login fault on 25 June 2026, so nothing is posted for the last 90 days (30). Limits published per model and tier, 20 requests a minute and 20 a day on the free tier, 60 and 12,000 on the Developer tier (15). `x-ratelimit-*` headers on every response, the error table says to retry `queue_full` after a delay, and the SDKs retry 429 and server errors twice with backoff. No `Retry-After` header was found in the docs or the OpenAPI document (10 of 15). No SLA found on the legal page or in the terms (0). Three production models are generally available, three are previews (10)." }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "weight": 10, "effectiveWeight": 0, "pending": true, "points": 0, "reason": "Pending. Latency is measured per call by our probes, which haven't run yet, so this run doesn't score it. Its weight is shared across the assessed categories until the first probe window closes." }, { "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13, "effectiveWeight": 16.25, "score": 81, "points": 13.16, "reason": "Public OpenAPI 3.1.1 document, version 1.2.0, with 10 operations and 169 schemas, last updated 17 September 2026 (25). `llms.txt` at docs.sambanova.ai/docs/llms.txt and a Markdown copy of each page (10). 717 descriptions in the document, with feature pages for function calling, Responses, Messages and caching. When not to use a route is rarely stated (15 of 20). Typed parameters with 152 enums, but JSON schema output is best effort and `strict: true` has no effect (10 of 15). Code examples in Python and TypeScript, and an errors page with 13 codes and a recovery suggestion for each (13 of 15). The spec is versioned and release notes are dated, but the newest SambaCloud entry is 7 July 2026 and the models page disagrees with `/v1/models` (8 of 15)." }, { "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13, "effectiveWeight": 16.25, "score": 67, "points": 10.89, "reason": "Model reading of the checklist (tool use, structured output, caching, context, batch, SDKs, errors). Function calling with `tool_choice` to force a function, on six listed models, and a July 2026 fix for tool calls that were buffered when streaming (17 of 20). `json_object` and `json_schema` output, best effort only, with a known failure on DeepSeek-V3.2 recorded in July 2026 (8 of 15). Automatic prompt caching on the MiniMax models only, with cached input on MiniMax-M3 at a tenth of the input price, a 4,096-token minimum and no guaranteed persistence (10 of 15). 131,072-token context on four of six models, 1M on the MiniMax-M3 preview, and output capped at 7,168 tokens on DeepSeek and 3,072 on Llama 3.3 70B (8 of 15). No batch API found in the docs index or the OpenAPI document (0 of 10). Official SDKs for Python and TypeScript, and the OpenAI and Anthropic clients work with a changed base URL (10). Errors carry `type`, `param`, `code` and `request_id` (14 of 15)." }, { "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14, "effectiveWeight": 17.5, "score": 58, "points": 10.15, "reason": "Model reading. Bearer keys from the console, up to 25 per user and shown once. No scopes, project limits or rotation guidance were found, and the key travels in a header, never in the URL (18 of 30). The terms let SambaNova access, store and process Customer Content solely to supply the service and for no other purposes, which rules out training without naming it (18 of 20). No retention period is published. The product page says SambaCloud never sees or collects prompts, while the terms grant a right to store content and to use query logs (7 of 15). The console has a Usage page. No request logs or audit log were found in the docs (5 of 15). The trust centre states SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001. No security.txt, disclosure policy or bug bounty was found, and the SDK's SECURITY.md sends service reports to a general address (10 of 20)." }, { "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10, "effectiveWeight": 12.5, "score": 40, "points": 5, "reason": "No machine payment protocol (0). Per-token prices on the pricing page and in `/v1/models`, both read without a login, such as gpt-oss-120b at $0.22 in and $0.59 out per 1M tokens (20). Free tier with no payment method (20). A person signs up in the console to get a key (0)." }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "weight": 10, "effectiveWeight": 0, "pending": true, "points": 0, "reason": "Pending. Task success needs the category task suites run through each tool, which haven't run yet, so this run doesn't score it. Its weight is shared across the assessed categories until then. A data provider's data-quality score is published on its listing now and becomes half of this category when it's scored." }, { "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7, "effectiveWeight": 8.75, "score": 77, "points": 6.74, "reason": "Model reading. The OpenAPI document and both SDKs were updated on 17 September 2026, and a MiniMax-M3 component joined the status page on 1 September (30). Production models get a notice of at least two to three weeks, and the recorded removals had 14 days or less (5 of 12). No removal is recorded in the last 90 days, but 13 model ids left between 9 March and 9 June 2026, and MiniMax-M2.7 is in the docs but not in the live catalogue (4 of 8). The SambaCloud release notes stop at 7 July 2026. The community forum has staff replies and a post dated 8 October 2026 (10 of 15). The Python SDK repository has no open issues and holds release pull requests only, so replies could not be judged (5 of 10). Python 1.13.0 and TypeScript 1.10.0, both 17 September 2026 (15). CI, release-please, a lock file and gitleaks scanning (8 of 10)." }, { "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7, "effectiveWeight": 8.75, "score": 63, "points": 5.51, "note": "editorial 44, provenance 81", "reason": "Closed service with clear terms that name the entity and the governing law, and Apache-2.0 SDKs and OpenAPI document (15). The privacy policy is dated 27 May 2023 and does not name SambaCloud or API inputs, no DPA or retention period is published, and the product page's claim that prompts are never seen or collected sits beside terms that allow storing content and using query logs (10 of 30). A deprecations page with notice and removal dates back to April 2025, though it has no entry for Mistral Large 3 or MiniMax-M2.7 (14 of 20). The terms name Stripe as payment processor and the privacy policy names regions in general terms. No sub-processor list or data location for inference was found (5 of 20)." } ], "assessment": { "date": "2026-10-08", "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "notes": { "ergonomics": "Model reading of the checklist (tool use, structured output, caching, context, batch, SDKs, errors). Function calling with `tool_choice` to force a function, on six listed models, and a July 2026 fix for tool calls that were buffered when streaming (17 of 20). `json_object` and `json_schema` output, best effort only, with a known failure on DeepSeek-V3.2 recorded in July 2026 (8 of 15). Automatic prompt caching on the MiniMax models only, with cached input on MiniMax-M3 at a tenth of the input price, a 4,096-token minimum and no guaranteed persistence (10 of 15). 131,072-token context on four of six models, 1M on the MiniMax-M3 preview, and output capped at 7,168 tokens on DeepSeek and 3,072 on Llama 3.3 70B (8 of 15). No batch API found in the docs index or the OpenAPI document (0 of 10). Official SDKs for Python and TypeScript, and the OpenAI and Anthropic clients work with a changed base URL (10). Errors carry `type`, `param`, `code` and `request_id` (14 of 15).", "maintenance": "Model reading. The OpenAPI document and both SDKs were updated on 17 September 2026, and a MiniMax-M3 component joined the status page on 1 September (30). Production models get a notice of at least two to three weeks, and the recorded removals had 14 days or less (5 of 12). No removal is recorded in the last 90 days, but 13 model ids left between 9 March and 9 June 2026, and MiniMax-M2.7 is in the docs but not in the live catalogue (4 of 8). The SambaCloud release notes stop at 7 July 2026. The community forum has staff replies and a post dated 8 October 2026 (10 of 15). The Python SDK repository has no open issues and holds release pull requests only, so replies could not be judged (5 of 10). Python 1.13.0 and TypeScript 1.10.0, both 17 September 2026 (15). CI, release-please, a lock file and gitleaks scanning (8 of 10).", "payments": "No machine payment protocol (0). Per-token prices on the pricing page and in `/v1/models`, both read without a login, such as gpt-oss-120b at $0.22 in and $0.59 out per 1M tokens (20). Free tier with no payment method (20). A person signs up in the console to get a key (0).", "reliability": "Hosted reading. Status page at status.sambanova.ai on Statuspage, with components for the API gateway, the Playground and each model (20). The incident feed lists 25 incidents since launch, the latest an 8-minute Playground login fault on 25 June 2026, so nothing is posted for the last 90 days (30). Limits published per model and tier, 20 requests a minute and 20 a day on the free tier, 60 and 12,000 on the Developer tier (15). `x-ratelimit-*` headers on every response, the error table says to retry `queue_full` after a delay, and the SDKs retry 429 and server errors twice with backoff. No `Retry-After` header was found in the docs or the OpenAPI document (10 of 15). No SLA found on the legal page or in the terms (0). Three production models are generally available, three are previews (10).", "schema": "Public OpenAPI 3.1.1 document, version 1.2.0, with 10 operations and 169 schemas, last updated 17 September 2026 (25). `llms.txt` at docs.sambanova.ai/docs/llms.txt and a Markdown copy of each page (10). 717 descriptions in the document, with feature pages for function calling, Responses, Messages and caching. When not to use a route is rarely stated (15 of 20). Typed parameters with 152 enums, but JSON schema output is best effort and `strict: true` has no effect (10 of 15). Code examples in Python and TypeScript, and an errors page with 13 codes and a recovery suggestion for each (13 of 15). The spec is versioned and release notes are dated, but the newest SambaCloud entry is 7 July 2026 and the models page disagrees with `/v1/models` (8 of 15).", "security": "Model reading. Bearer keys from the console, up to 25 per user and shown once. No scopes, project limits or rotation guidance were found, and the key travels in a header, never in the URL (18 of 30). The terms let SambaNova access, store and process Customer Content solely to supply the service and for no other purposes, which rules out training without naming it (18 of 20). No retention period is published. The product page says SambaCloud never sees or collects prompts, while the terms grant a right to store content and to use query logs (7 of 15). The console has a Usage page. No request logs or audit log were found in the docs (5 of 15). The trust centre states SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001. No security.txt, disclosure policy or bug bounty was found, and the SDK's SECURITY.md sends service reports to a general address (10 of 20).", "transparency": "Closed service with clear terms that name the entity and the governing law, and Apache-2.0 SDKs and OpenAPI document (15). The privacy policy is dated 27 May 2023 and does not name SambaCloud or API inputs, no DPA or retention period is published, and the product page's claim that prompts are never seen or collected sits beside terms that allow storing content and using query logs (10 of 30). A deprecations page with notice and removal dates back to April 2025, though it has no entry for Mistral Large 3 or MiniMax-M2.7 (14 of 20). The terms name Stripe as payment processor and the privacy policy names regions in general terms. No sub-processor list or data location for inference was found (5 of 20)." }, "sources": [ { "what": "docs index for agents", "url": "https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/llms.txt", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "docs robots.txt with Content-Signal", "url": "https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/robots.txt", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "API keys and base URL", "url": "https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/get-started/api-keys-urls", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "models and context lengths", "url": "https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/models/sambacloud-models", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "rate limits, tiers and headers", "url": "https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/models/rate-limits", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "deprecation policy and record", "url": "https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/models/deprecations", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "error codes", "url": "https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/api-reference/using-the-api/api-error-codes", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "SambaCloud release notes", "url": "https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/release-notes/sambacloud", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "function calling and structured output", "url": "https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/features/function-calling", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "prompt caching", "url": "https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/features/prompt-caching", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "Responses API limits", "url": "https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/features/responses", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "Anthropic compatibility", "url": "https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/features/anthropic-compatibility", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "live model list with prices, no key", "url": "https://api.sambanova.ai/v1/models", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "pricing page", "url": "https://cloud.sambanova.ai/plans/pricing", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "OpenAPI document", "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sambanova/sambanova-inference-api-spec/refs/heads/main/openapi.documented.json", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "status incidents feed", "url": "https://status.sambanova.ai/api/v2/incidents.json", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "status components", "url": "https://status.sambanova.ai/api/v2/components.json", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "SambaCloud Terms of Service", "url": "https://sambanova.ai/cloud-end-user-license-agreement", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "legal index", "url": "https://sambanova.ai/legal-agreements", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "privacy policy", "url": "https://sambanova.ai/privacy-policy", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "trust centre page description", "url": "https://trust.sambanova.ai/", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "product page, data privacy claim", "url": "https://sambanova.ai/products/sambacloud", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "security.txt (404)", "url": "https://sambanova.ai/.well-known/security.txt", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "Python SDK repository, changelog, CI and README", "url": "https://github.com/sambanova/sambanova-python", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "PyPI release history", "url": "https://pypi.org/pypi/sambanova/json", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "npm release history", "url": "https://registry.npmjs.org/sambanova", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "community forum, latest topics", "url": "https://community.sambanova.ai/latest.json", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "domain registration", "url": "https://rdap.org/domain/sambanova.ai", "seen": "2026-10-08" } ], "openQuestions": [ "unchecked: whether calls to `MiniMax-M2.7` and `Mistral-Large-3-675B-Instruct-2512` fail. No keyed call was made. The finding rests on the pricing page and the keyless `/v1/models` response", "unchecked: the trust centre beyond its page description (it renders with JavaScript), so the SOC 2 and ISO 27001 reports, any sub-processor list and any disclosure policy were not read", "unchecked: the console after login, so key revocation, usage views and any request logs are not confirmed", "No SLA, DPA, retention period or sub-processor list was found on the legal page. Whether they exist on request is not established", "The speed claim behind `inference.fast` is the vendor's, citing Artificial Analysis. We did not measure it", "The privacy policy predates SambaCloud's September 2024 launch and does not name it. It is linked as the only privacy policy the vendor publishes", "The terms bar publishing benchmark results without written consent, which matters before our probes run" ] }, "negative": -2, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-10-08. The models and rate-limit pages list `MiniMax-M2.7` as a production model, and the July 2026 release notes say `Mistral-Large-3-675B-Instruct-2512` was promoted to production. Neither is on the pricing page or in `/v1/models`, and the deprecations page records neither. Two points, since a keyed call was not made to confirm the ids fail (https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/models/sambacloud-models, https://api.sambanova.ai/v1/models)." ], "verdict": "Per-token prices and the model list are readable without a key at `/v1/models`, and a free tier needs no card. Production models get two to three weeks' notice before removal, 13 model ids left between March and June 2026, and the docs disagree with the live catalogue on MiniMax-M2.7.", "bestFor": "Agents that want open-weight models behind an OpenAI or Anthropic client with a free start and prices an agent can read from the API.", "strengths": [ "Public OpenAPI 3.1.1 document for all 10 operations, plus `llms.txt` and a Markdown copy of every docs page", "`GET /v1/models` answers without a key and returns context length, output cap and per-token prices for each model", "Free tier with no payment method at 20 requests a minute, 20 requests a day and 200,000 tokens a day per model", "One key works with the OpenAI client, the Anthropic client (`/v1/messages`, `x-api-key`) and SambaNova's own SDKs", "Status page with a component per model and no incident posted since 25 June 2026" ], "weaknesses": [ "Production models get a notice of two to three weeks, and 13 model ids were removed between 9 March and 9 June 2026", "The docs list `MiniMax-M2.7` as a production model, while the pricing page and `/v1/models` did not list it on 8 October 2026", "`strict: true` on a JSON schema is accepted and has no effect, and the July 2026 notes record failing structured output on DeepSeek-V3.2", "Keys carry no scopes or project limits, and no key rotation guidance was found in the reviewed documentation", "The privacy policy is dated 27 May 2023, and no DPA, retention period or sub-processor list was found on the legal page" ], "agentNotes": [ "Call `GET https://api.sambanova.ai/v1/models` at start-up and use only ids it returns. The docs name models the endpoint no longer lists", "Read `x-ratelimit-remaining-requests` and `x-ratelimit-remaining-requests-day` on every response. The free tier allows 20 requests a day per model", "Treat 429 `queue_full` and 503 `maintenance` as retryable after a delay, and 410 `model_deprecated` as a signal to change model", "Validate JSON output yourself. Schema enforcement is best effort and `strict: true` changes nothing", "Check `max_completion_tokens` per model. DeepSeek-V3.1 caps output at 7,168 tokens and Llama 3.3 70B at 3,072" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 66.4 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 67, "maintenance": 77, "payments": 40, "reliability": 85, "schema": 81, "security": 58, "transparency": 44 }, "provenanceScore": 81 }, "connect": { "install": "pip install sambanova # or: npm install sambanova", "http": "curl https://api.sambanova.ai/v1/chat/completions \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $SAMBANOVA_API_KEY\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"model\":\"gpt-oss-120b\",\"messages\":[{\"role\":\"user\",\"content\":\"hello\"}]}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/inference.llm", "tool": "https://letme.dev/sambanova" }, "notable": [ "`GET https://api.sambanova.ai/v1/models` answered without a key on 8 October 2026 with six models, each with `context_length`, `max_completion_tokens` and a `pricing` object (https://api.sambanova.ai/v1/models)", "The docs list `MiniMax-M2.7` as a production model with a 192k context, and neither the pricing page nor `/v1/models` listed it on 8 October 2026. The deprecations page has no entry for it (https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/models/sambacloud-models)", "The July 2026 release notes say `Mistral-Large-3-675B-Instruct-2512` was promoted to production. It is absent from the models page, the pricing page, `/v1/models` and the deprecation record (https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/release-notes/sambacloud)", "The SambaCloud Terms of Service bar publishing performance results or benchmarks of the service without SambaNova's written consent, section 1.5(g) (https://sambanova.ai/cloud-end-user-license-agreement)", "The Messages API accepts the Anthropic client with `base_url` set to https://api.sambanova.ai/v1, and `/v1/messages/count_tokens` counts tokens before a call (https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/features/anthropic-compatibility)", "docs.sambanova.ai/docs/robots.txt carries `Content-Signal: ai-train=yes, search=yes, ai-input=yes` (https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/robots.txt)", "The status page lists 25 incidents since launch. The latest three are an 8-minute Playground login fault on 25 June 2026, an embedding model outage on 16 January 2026 and a 12-minute outage of the cloud on 9 January 2026 (https://status.sambanova.ai/history)" ], "area": "models", "details": [ { "label": "Endpoints", "value": "`/chat/completions`, `/completions`, `/responses`, `/messages`, `/messages/count_tokens`, `/embeddings`, `/audio/transcriptions`, `/audio/translations`, `/models` and `/models/{model_id}` under https://api.sambanova.ai/v1, per the OpenAPI document (version 1.2.0)" }, { "label": "Models on 8 October 2026", "value": "Six ids from `/v1/models` and the pricing page. gpt-oss-120b, DeepSeek-V3.1, Meta-Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct (production), and DeepSeek-V3.2, gemma-4-31B-it, MiniMax-M3 (preview). No embedding or audio model is listed" }, { "label": "Free tier", "value": "No payment method. 20 requests a minute, 20 requests a day and 200,000 tokens a day per model. MiniMax models are not in the free tier table" }, { "label": "Developer tier", "value": "Applies once a payment method is linked. 60 requests a minute and 12,000 a day on most models, 240 and 48,000 on Llama 3.3 70B, and 20M tokens a day across all models" }, { "label": "Prompt caching", "value": "Automatic on MiniMax-M3 and MiniMax-M2.7 for prefixes of 4,096 to 192,000 tokens. MiniMax-M3 cached input is $0.06 per 1M tokens against $0.60. Cache is per serving node, evicted least recently used, and not guaranteed" }, { "label": "Structured output", "value": "`response_format` takes `json_object` and `json_schema`. Schema matching is best effort, and `strict: true` is accepted with no effect" }, { "label": "Responses API", "value": "Stateless. `previous_response_id` and built-in or server-executed tools are not supported" }, { "label": "Errors", "value": "OpenAI-style `error` object with `message`, `type`, `param` and `code`, plus `request_id`. 13 documented codes, among them `context_length_exceeded`, `model_deprecated` (410), `insufficient_quota` and `queue_full` (429) and `maintenance` (503)" }, { "label": "Credentials", "value": "Bearer API key, or the same key in `x-api-key` on the Messages routes. Up to 25 keys per user, each shown once at creation" }, { "label": "Deprecation notice", "value": "Production models at least two to three weeks, preview models at short notice, by email and on the deprecations page" }, { "label": "Data use in the terms", "value": "SambaNova may access, store and process Customer Content solely to supply the service or as law requires. 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