# Antseed vs Tencent Hy4 (slim)

> Tencent Hy4 scores 64 (B) to Antseed's 57 (C) for llm inference. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Tencent Hy4 scores 64 (B) on agent readiness against Antseed's 57 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Antseed leads on reliability, payments & pricing, maintenance & community and transparency & trust. Both do llm inference.

- Antseed: C 57, rank #888 of 1524 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/antseed.min.md
- Tencent Hy4: B 64, rank #595 of 1524 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hy4.min.md
- Antseed, good for Agents and coding tools that want pay-per-request inference with no account, and owners comfortable holding USDC on Base. Ahead on Reliability, 52 against 46; Payments & pricing, 93 against 45; Maintenance & community, 79 against 73; Transparency & trust, 59 against 52. Also No key needed to call it; Free to start without a card; Open source.
- Tencent Hy4, good for Long-context agent work, coding and office or finance tasks on a 1M-token context with images, for teams already on Tencent Cloud or happy to verify an account there. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 73 against 55; Agent ergonomics, 86 against 56; Security & auth, 71 against 45. Also No incidents deducted, where Antseed loses 3 points for them.

| Category | Antseed | Tencent Hy4 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 52 | 46 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 55 | 73 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 56 | 86 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 45 | 71 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 93 | 45 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 79 | 73 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 59 | 52 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Antseed | Tencent Hy4 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Model router | Model API |
| Vendor | Antseed Foundation | Tencent (Hy team) |
| Auth | None | API key |
| Licence | GPL-3.0 (LICENSE in the repository). The @antseed/cli manifest on npm carries no licence field | Hosted model under the Tencent Cloud TokenHub terms. Tencent says weights and a system card will follow; no licence is stated yet |
| Last release | 2026-10-31 | 2026-11-04 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-05-15 | couldn't be read |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | couldn't be read |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Popularity | 106 stars, 1.8k npm/wk | none |

Why the edge:
- Payments & pricing, Antseed +48: Antseed 93 (x402 v2 exists only on `POST /v1/key/topup` of a gateway the owner runs, and is off until enabled per key.); Tencent Hy4 45 (Model reading for hy4 on Tencent Cloud TokenHub.)
- Agent ergonomics, Tencent Hy4 +30: Antseed 56 (Model reading, as for other routers.); Tencent Hy4 86 (Model reading for hy4 on Tencent Cloud TokenHub.)
- Security & auth, Tencent Hy4 +26: Antseed 45 (Model reading.); Tencent Hy4 71 (Model reading for hy4 on Tencent Cloud TokenHub.)
- Schema & documentation, Tencent Hy4 +18: Antseed 55 (No OpenAPI document found in the repository or docs.); Tencent Hy4 73 (Model reading for hy4 on Tencent Cloud TokenHub.)
- Transparency & trust, Antseed +7: Antseed 59 (GPL-3.0 source for the protocol, CLI, desktop app and contracts (30).); Tencent Hy4 52 (Model reading for hy4 on Tencent Cloud TokenHub.)
- Reliability, Antseed +6: Antseed 52 (Read with the local-software lines, since the buyer runs the proxy.); Tencent Hy4 46 (Model reading for hy4 on Tencent Cloud TokenHub.)