{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "antseed", "name": "Antseed", "vendor": "Antseed Foundation", "vendorUrl": "https://antseed.com", "kind": "router", "category": "inference", "summary": "Antseed is an open-source peer-to-peer network for buying and selling AI inference. A buyer runs a local proxy with OpenAI and Anthropic format endpoints, which routes each request to an independent seller and pays in USDC on Base.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/antseed", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/antseed.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/antseed.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/antseed.json", "repo": "https://github.com/Antseed/antseed", "license": "GPL-3.0 (LICENSE in the repository). The @antseed/cli manifest on npm carries no licence field", "transports": [ "http" ], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@antseed/cli" } ], "auth": "none", "authNotes": "No account and no API key. The local proxy at 127.0.0.1:8377 doesn't check a key, so clients that need one send a placeholder such as `antseed-p2p`. Identity is a secp256k1 key the CLI creates on first run. Its EVM address is the peer id and the paying wallet. A public tunnel or the gateway (`antseed gateway`, `antseed tunnel start`) needs a generated `antseed_...` bearer key, with optional spend limits and expiry per key.", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "Sellers set their own prices per 1M input, cached-input and output tokens, published without login at https://network.antseed.com/stats. Buyers pre-deposit USDC on Base and pay per request. Some models are free, with nine free ids in the 8 October 2026 snapshot. The FAQ sets network fees at 4 per cent, and a gasless deposit costs a fixed $0.05 relay fee. The software is free.", "priceSummary": "4% fee", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "Inference isn't paid by x402. Sellers answer HTTP 402 and the buyer signs Antseed's own EIP-712 ReserveAuth and SpendingAuth against an on-chain USDC channel (https://antseed.com/blog/the-402-flow/). x402 v2 appears only on `POST /v1/key/topup` of a gateway the owner runs, off until enabled per key (CHANGELOG.md, checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 106, "npmWeekly": 1823, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://antseed.com/docs/", "llmsTxt": "https://antseed.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "inference.router", "inference.llm" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "local", "p2p", "usdc", "base", "no-signup", "no-card", "openai-compatible", "anthropic-compatible", "llms-txt", "cli", "desktop", "pre-1.0" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-08", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 55.1, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 667, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 950, "categoryRank": 14, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 56, "maintenance": 79, "payments": 70, "reliability": 62, "schema": 55, "security": 45, "transparency": 59 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": -4, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-10-08. The buyer proxy forwards a client's `Authorization`, `x-api-key` and cookie headers to the seller it routes to, confirmed in apps/cli/src/proxy/buyer-proxy.ts at commit 10a1f6b. The repository's own review of 8 March 2026 lists it as VULN-002, and issue #1104 (4 October 2026) is open. Clients started through `antseed claude` or `antseed codex` send a placeholder, so the deduction is 4 of a possible 15. https://github.com/Antseed/antseed/issues/1104" ], "verdict": "A buyer needs no account. The CLI creates a wallet key, free models answer at once and paid ones draw on deposited USDC, with seller, tokens and cost returned in response headers. Sellers are unvetted and can read prompts unless TEE-verified, the proxy forwards a client's own credential headers to them, and every package is pre-1.0.", "bestFor": "Agents and coding tools that want pay-per-request inference with no account, and owners comfortable holding USDC on Base.", "strengths": [ "No sign-up. `npm install -g @antseed/cli` and `antseed buyer start` give a local endpoint at http://localhost:8377, and nine model ids were free in the 8 October snapshot", "One proxy accepts Anthropic Messages, OpenAI Chat Completions and OpenAI Responses requests and translates between them when the seller speaks another format", "Seller prices per 1M tokens are public JSON at https://network.antseed.com/stats with no login, and `antseed network browse --json` reads them live", "Non-streaming responses carry `x-antseed-peer-id`, token counts and `x-antseed-estimated-cost-usd`, and `antseed buyer metering` gives totals per channel", "GPL-3.0 source with CI passing on main on 8 October 2026 and 28 tagged releases since 19 August 2026" ], "weaknesses": [ "The buyer proxy copies a client's `Authorization` and `x-api-key` headers to the seller. The repository's March 2026 review flagged it and issue #1104 is open", "Sellers are independent and unvetted. The FAQ says a standard seller can read the prompt it serves, and each sets its own data practices", "Pre-1.0 everywhere. The CLI is 0.1.173, the release tag is v0.2.51, and CHANGELOG.md keeps everything since August under one Unreleased heading", "No OpenAPI document, security.txt, SECURITY.md, published advisory, bug bounty or contract audit report was found", "The buyer key is also the wallet, and the CLI stores it in plain text at ~/.antseed/identity.key unless `ANTSEED_IDENTITY_HEX` is set" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send a placeholder key such as `antseed-p2p`. The proxy forwards whatever `Authorization` or `x-api-key` header the client sends to the seller", "Call `GET /v1/models` first and request a concrete id. The `antseed` alias works only when the desktop app has a model selected", "Handle 402 `insufficient_deposits` by reading `suggestedAmount`, then fund the address from `antseed buyer deposit` with USDC on Base", "Pass `--verifiers antseed-verifier --require-verifier` to `antseed buyer start` when prompts are private, so only TEE-verified sellers are routed", "Read `x-antseed-peer-id` and `x-antseed-estimated-cost-usd` on each response, and pin a seller with `\u003cpeerId\u003e@\u003cmodel\u003e` when the same one must answer" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 55.1 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 56, "maintenance": 79, "payments": 70, "reliability": 62, "schema": 55, "security": 45, "transparency": 66 }, "provenanceScore": 52 }, "connect": { "install": "npm install -g @antseed/cli \u0026\u0026 antseed buyer start", "http": "curl http://localhost:8377/v1/chat/completions -H 'content-type: application/json' -d '{\"model\": \"deepseek-v4-flash\", \"messages\": [{\"role\": \"user\", \"content\": \"Hello\"}]}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/inference.router", "tool": "https://letme.dev/antseed" }, "area": "models", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Network fee", "unit": "pct", "usd": 4, "note": "Per the FAQ. Model prices are set by each seller" }, { "item": "Gasless deposit relay", "unit": "tx", "usd": 0.05, "note": "Fixed fee per sweep on Base mainnet" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Antseed Foundation", "domain": "antseed.com", "domainRegistered": "2026-02-23", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://antseed.com/terms-of-service/", "privacy": "", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://github.com/Antseed/antseed/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The site footer reads © 2026 Antseed Foundation. The foundation post of 17 July 2026 calls it a non-profit and gives no jurisdiction or registration number.", "The terms (last updated 15 May 2026) say the protocol is not a company and that supporting entities don't operate or control the network. Their contact section points to the repository's issues.", "https://antseed.com/privacy/ is a product page about anonymity, not a privacy policy. Section 16 of the terms covers data, and docs/telemetry.md in the repository covers the desktop app.", "The endpoint an agent calls is on the owner's machine. The price snapshot is at network.antseed.com, and https://antseed.com/network shows live network data with no incident history.", "antseed.com/.well-known/security.txt and /security.txt both return 404, and the repository has no SECURITY.md.", "RDAP gives 2026-02-23 as the registration date for antseed.com. @antseed/cli was first published to npm on 2026-02-24." ], "score": 52 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/antseed.json", "live": { "slug": "antseed", "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "Antseed/antseed", "version": "v0.2.55", "released": "2026-10-09", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T16:39:35.690188193Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@antseed/cli", "version": "0.1.176", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T16:39:34.756589792Z" } ], "githubStars": 111, "npmWeekly": 1724, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://antseed.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T15:40:07.168373294Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://antseed.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T14:01:25.489380538Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Antseed/antseed/main/CHANGELOG.md", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:44:18.964142456Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-09T18:44:18.964142456Z", "fingerprint": "4e0f231aa624" }, { "url": "https://antseed.com/terms-of-service/", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:32:29.252623146Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-09T18:32:29.252623146Z", "fingerprint": "7c8b8db529a1" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T18:44:18.964142456Z" } }, "answer": "Antseed scores 55.1 (C) on agent readiness against Novita AI's 53.5 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Novita AI leads on schema \u0026 documentation, agent ergonomics and security \u0026 auth.", "b": { "slug": "novita-ai", "name": "Novita AI", "vendor": "Novita AI", "vendorUrl": "https://novita.ai", "kind": "model", "category": "inference", "summary": "Novita AI is a hosted inference API for open-weight language models, with embeddings, reranking, image, video and speech models on the same key. It answers OpenAI-style calls at api.novita.ai with a Bearer key.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/novita-ai", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/novita-ai.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/novita-ai.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/novita-ai.json", "repo": "https://github.com/novitalabs/novita-skills", "license": "Proprietary service under the Novita AI Terms of Service. The agent skill and the MCP server are MIT", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.novita.ai/openai", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "novita-sdk" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "novita-client" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@novitalabs/novita-mcp-server" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "Self-serve Bearer key from Key Management in the console after a browser sign-up. Keys start with `sk_`, are shown once, number up to 10 an account and take an expiry of 24 hours, 30 days, 90 days or none. A per-key model access policy and source IP allowlist can be set by API. `auth.md` also describes OAuth with PKCE after the user signs in and approves (https://docs.novita.ai/guides/llm-api-keys, https://novita.ai/auth.md).", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "Pay per token from prepaid credit. `deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash` costs $0.30 in and $1.20 out per 1M tokens, batch is 50 per cent off as an introductory price, and two models are listed as free. A voucher for new users is described without an amount, and whether a card is needed was not found (https://novita.ai/pricing, checked 2026-10-09).", "priceSummary": "from $0.05 / 1M in", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs index, the docs site map, the pricing page or the skill repository (checked 2026-10-09).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 6, "npmWeekly": 1363, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-09" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.novita.ai/guides/introduction", "rateLimitsUrl": "https://docs.novita.ai/guides/llm-rate-limits", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.novita.ai/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://novita.ai/.well-known/openapi.json", "capabilities": [ "inference.llm", "inference.open-weights", "embed.text", "rerank", "image.generate", "video.generate", "speech.tts", "compute.batch" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "model", "open-weights", "usage-based", "llms-txt", "openai-compatible", "batch", "prompt-caching", "changelog" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-28", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 53.5, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 706, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 950, "categoryRank": 15, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 72, "maintenance": 62, "payments": 35, "reliability": 28, "schema": 62, "security": 65, "transparency": 56 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-09" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Per-token prices for about 140 language models are public, and each key can carry an expiry, a model allowlist and a source IP allowlist. No status page, SLA or security.txt was found, the per-model rate limit figures are drawn by script, and both vendor SDK repositories are archived while the docs still point to them.", "bestFor": "Agents that want many open-weight models at per-token prices behind one OpenAI-style key, with keys that can be limited by model, IP and expiry.", "strengths": [ "API keys take an expiry of 24 hours, 30 days or 90 days, a per-key model access policy and a per-key source IP allowlist, the last two settable by API", "The pricing page lists input, output and cache-read prices per 1M tokens with context size for each language model, readable without a login", "The terms commit to zero data retention and say content is not used to train Novita's models by default, with stated exceptions", "A billing page states which HTTP statuses are charged. 400, 401, 403, 429, 500, 503 and 504 are not, and 200 and 499 are", "A dated changelog holds 84 entries since February 2024, 11 of them in the 90 days to 9 October 2026, and `llms.txt` links a Markdown copy of every docs page" ], "weaknesses": [ "No status page or SLA was found on the home page, the docs index or the docs site map. The home page states 99.5% uptime with no supporting document", "The rate limit page explains five tiers by monthly top-up, and the RPM and TPM figures per model are drawn by script and were not readable", "`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash` was retired on 9 October 2026 on a notice dated 28 September 2026, and the named replacement is priced higher", "The Python and JavaScript SDK repositories are archived, last changed in November 2024 and March 2025, and the SDK docs page still tells users to install them", "The terms name the contracting party only as Novita AI, with no corporate form or address, and no DPA or sub-processor list was found", "The Acceptable Use Policy forbids scripts, bots or crawlers that extract data from the Site. Recorded as a fact, and it matters before any probe is run" ], "agentNotes": [ "Set the OpenAI client base URL to `https://api.novita.ai/openai` and send the key as `Authorization: Bearer`. Keys start with `sk_`", "Do not close a connection to stop generation. A request that reached the model is billed in full under status 499, so cap output with `max_tokens`", "On 429, check whether the code is `RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED` or `TOKEN_LIMIT_EXCEEDED` and back off exponentially. No `Retry-After` header is documented", "Read the changelog for retirement notices before pinning a model id. One retirement in October 2026 came with 11 days' notice", "Ask the account owner for a key with an expiry, a model access policy and an IP allowlist. Keys are created and deleted only in the console" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 53.5 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 72, "maintenance": 62, "payments": 35, "reliability": 28, "schema": 62, "security": 65, "transparency": 42 }, "provenanceScore": 69 }, "connect": { "install": "pip install openai # or: npm install openai", "http": "curl \"https://api.novita.ai/openai/v1/chat/completions\" \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $NOVITA_API_KEY\" \\\n -d '{\"model\":\"deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash\",\"messages\":[{\"role\":\"user\",\"content\":\"Hello\"}]}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/inference.llm", "tool": "https://letme.dev/novita-ai" }, "area": "models", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Novita AI", "domain": "novita.ai", "domainRegistered": "2023-09-18", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://novita.ai/legal/terms-of-service", "privacy": "https://novita.ai/legal/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://docs.novita.ai/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-09", "notes": [ "The Terms of Service, updated 5 August 2026, name the party only as Novita AI, with no corporate form or address. They cover the site and the services sold through it, the inference APIs included, under Delaware law with arbitration.", "The Privacy Policy, effective 13 May 2026, covers the website and services and says it does not apply to content processed on behalf of customers, which it leaves to customer agreements.", "The Acceptable Use Policy, effective 5 August 2026, is part of the terms.", "No status page was found on the home page, the pricing page, the docs index or the docs site map.", "https://novita.ai/.well-known/security.txt returns 404.", "RDAP for novita.ai gives a registration date of 2023-09-18.", "The API answers at api.novita.ai and the docs at docs.novita.ai. `auth.md` names a token endpoint at api-server.novita.ai.", "No SLA, DPA or sub-processor list was found. The trust centre at trust.novita.ai is drawn by script and was not read." ], "score": 69 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/novita-ai.json", "live": { "slug": "novita-ai", "probe": { "target": "https://api.novita.ai/openai", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-10T04:40:57.441378264Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 174, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 194, "p95ms24h": 295, "samples24h": 133, "samples30d": 133, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 85, "ok": 85 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 48, "ok": 48 } ] }, "versions": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@novitalabs/novita-mcp-server", "version": "1.0.2", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:08:41.708799275Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "novita-sdk", "version": "3.1.3", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:08:40.700432938Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "novita-client", "version": "0.7.1", "released": "2024-11-08", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:08:41.522030178Z" } ], "githubStars": 6, "npmWeekly": 1363, "pypiWeekly": 540, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.novita.ai/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:37:52.275657851Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "1f496fd964c8" }, { "url": "https://docs.novita.ai/changelog/28-09-26", "kind": "deprecations", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:37:54.59372706Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "1f496fd964c8" }, { "url": "https://novita.ai/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:42:34.466314386Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "fd70ed7ca34a" }, { "url": "https://novita.ai/legal/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:42:29.861270188Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "a91f11239499" }, { "url": "https://novita.ai/legal/terms-of-service", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:42:32.628448205Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "94067cded599" } ], "models": { "deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash": { "openrouterId": "deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash", "tools": true, "structuredOutputs": true, "jsonMode": true, "reasoning": true, "input": [ "image", "text" ], "promptCaching": true, "contextTokens": 1048576, "maxOutput": 943718, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T22:59:28.49657734Z" }, "openai/gpt-oss-120b": { "openrouterId": "openai/gpt-oss-120b", "tools": true, "structuredOutputs": true, "jsonMode": true, "reasoning": true, "input": [ "text" ], "promptCaching": false, "contextTokens": 131072, "maxOutput": 117964, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T22:59:28.49657734Z" }, "qwen/qwen3.8-flash": { "openrouterId": "qwen/qwen3.8-flash", "tools": true, "structuredOutputs": true, "jsonMode": true, "reasoning": true, "input": [ "image", "text", "video" ], "promptCaching": true, "contextTokens": 1000000, "maxOutput": 131072, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T22:59:28.49657734Z" } }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-10T04:40:57.441378264Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "Model router", "b": "Model API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Antseed Foundation", "b": "Novita AI", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "https://api.novita.ai/openai", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "None", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Pay per use", "b": "Pay per use", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "GPL-3.0 (LICENSE in the repository). 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The agent skill and the MCP server are MIT", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-08", "b": "2026-09-28", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2026-05-15", "b": "2026-08-05", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no document linked", "b": "2026-05-13", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "106 stars, 1.8k npm/wk", "b": "6 stars, 1.4k npm/wk", "name": "Popularity" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Antseed scores 55.1 (C) on agent readiness against Novita AI's 53.5 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Novita AI leads on schema \u0026 documentation, agent ergonomics and security \u0026 auth.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Antseed or Novita AI?" }, { "answer": "Antseed needs no key. Novita AI needs an API key.", "question": "Do Antseed and Novita AI need an API key?" }, { "answer": "No hosted endpoint is listed for Antseed. Novita AI has a hosted endpoint at https://api.novita.ai/openai.", "question": "Can an agent call Antseed and Novita AI without installing anything?" }, { "answer": "Antseed is open source (GPL-3.0 (LICENSE in the repository). The @antseed/cli manifest on npm carries no licence field). No open-source release is listed for Novita AI.", "question": "Are Antseed and Novita AI open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 62 against 28", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 70 against 35", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 79 against 62" ], "also": [ "No key needed to call it", "Free to start without a card", "Open source" ], "goodFor": "Agents and coding tools that want pay-per-request inference with no account, and owners comfortable holding USDC on Base.", "slug": "antseed", "watchFor": "The buyer proxy copies a client's `Authorization` and `x-api-key` headers to the seller. The repository's March 2026 review flagged it and issue #1104 is open" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 62 against 55", "Agent ergonomics, 72 against 56", "Security \u0026 auth, 65 against 45" ], "also": [ "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install", "No incidents deducted, where Antseed loses 4 points for them" ], "goodFor": "Agents that want many open-weight models at per-token prices behind one OpenAI-style key, with keys that can be limited by model, IP and expiry.", "slug": "novita-ai", "watchFor": "No status page or SLA was found on the home page, the docs index or the docs site map. 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/novita-ai-vs-openai-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/novita-ai-vs-openrouter.json", "title": "Novita AI vs OpenRouter", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/novita-ai-vs-openrouter" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/novita-ai-vs-prism-inference.json", "title": "Novita AI vs Prism Inference", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/novita-ai-vs-prism-inference" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/novita-ai-vs-sambanova.json", "title": "Novita AI vs SambaCloud", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/novita-ai-vs-sambanova" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/novita-ai-vs-siliconflow.json", "title": "Novita AI vs SiliconFlow", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/novita-ai-vs-siliconflow" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antseed-vs-cloudflare-ai-gateway.json", "title": "Antseed vs Cloudflare AI Gateway", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antseed-vs-cloudflare-ai-gateway" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antseed-vs-openrouter.json", "title": "Antseed vs OpenRouter", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antseed-vs-openrouter" } ], "scores": [ { "antseed": 62, "by": 34, "edge": "antseed", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "novita-ai": 28, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "antseed": 55, "by": 7, "edge": "novita-ai", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "novita-ai": 62, "weight": 13 }, { "antseed": 56, "by": 16, "edge": "novita-ai", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "novita-ai": 72, "weight": 13 }, { "antseed": 45, "by": 20, "edge": "novita-ai", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "novita-ai": 65, "weight": 14 }, { "antseed": 70, "by": 35, "edge": "antseed", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "novita-ai": 35, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "antseed": 79, "by": 17, "edge": "antseed", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "novita-ai": 62, "weight": 7 }, { "antseed": 59, "by": 3, "edge": "antseed", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "novita-ai": 56, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Antseed scores 55.1 (C) on agent readiness against Novita AI's 53.5 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Novita AI leads on schema \u0026 documentation, agent ergonomics and security \u0026 auth. Both do llm inference.", "verdicts": { "antseed": "A buyer needs no account. The CLI creates a wallet key, free models answer at once and paid ones draw on deposited USDC, with seller, tokens and cost returned in response headers. Sellers are unvetted and can read prompts unless TEE-verified, the proxy forwards a client's own credential headers to them, and every package is pre-1.0.", "novita-ai": "Per-token prices for about 140 language models are public, and each key can carry an expiry, a model allowlist and a source IP allowlist. No status page, SLA or security.txt was found, the per-model rate limit figures are drawn by script, and both vendor SDK repositories are archived while the docs still point to them." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antseed-vs-novita-ai", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antseed-vs-novita-ai.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antseed-vs-novita-ai.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antseed-vs-novita-ai.min.md" }, "markdown": "Antseed scores 55.1 (C) on agent readiness against Novita AI's 53.5 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Novita AI leads on schema \u0026 documentation, agent ergonomics and security \u0026 auth. Both do llm inference.\n\n- Antseed: grade C, 55.1/100, rank #667 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/antseed.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/antseed.json\n- Novita AI: grade D, 53.5/100, rank #706 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/novita-ai.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/novita-ai.json\n- Best model APIs and inference for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/inference/index.md\n- All 136 models comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/inference/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Antseed (C)\n\nGood for: Agents and coding tools that want pay-per-request inference with no account, and owners comfortable holding USDC on Base.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 62 against 28\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 70 against 35\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 79 against 62\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No key needed to call it\n- Free to start without a card\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: The buyer proxy copies a client's `Authorization` and `x-api-key` headers to the seller. The repository's March 2026 review flagged it and issue #1104 is open\n\n### Novita AI (D)\n\nGood for: Agents that want many open-weight models at per-token prices behind one OpenAI-style key, with keys that can be limited by model, IP and expiry.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 62 against 55\n- Agent ergonomics, 72 against 56\n- Security \u0026 auth, 65 against 45\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n- No incidents deducted, where Antseed loses 4 points for them\n\nWatch for: No status page or SLA was found on the home page, the docs index or the docs site map. The home page states 99.5% uptime with no supporting document\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Antseed | Novita AI | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 62 | 28 | Antseed +34 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 55 | 62 | Novita AI +7 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 56 | 72 | Novita AI +16 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 45 | 65 | Novita AI +20 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 70 | 35 | Antseed +35 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 79 | 62 | Antseed +17 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 59 | 56 | Antseed +3 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -4 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **55.1 · C** | **53.5 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Antseed | Novita AI |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Model router | Model API |\n| Vendor | Antseed Foundation | Novita AI |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.novita.ai/openai` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | None | API key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Pay per use |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | GPL-3.0 (LICENSE in the repository). The @antseed/cli manifest on npm carries no licence field | Proprietary service under the Novita AI Terms of Service. The agent skill and the MCP server are MIT |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-08 | 2026-09-28 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-05-15 | 2026-08-05 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2026-05-13 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |\n| Popularity | 106 stars, 1.8k npm/wk | 6 stars, 1.4k npm/wk |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Antseed.** A buyer needs no account. The CLI creates a wallet key, free models answer at once and paid ones draw on deposited USDC, with seller, tokens and cost returned in response headers. Sellers are unvetted and can read prompts unless TEE-verified, the proxy forwards a client's own credential headers to them, and every package is pre-1.0.\n\n**Novita AI.** Per-token prices for about 140 language models are public, and each key can carry an expiry, a model allowlist and a source IP allowlist. No status page, SLA or security.txt was found, the per-model rate limit figures are drawn by script, and both vendor SDK repositories are archived while the docs still point to them.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Antseed\n\n1. Send a placeholder key such as `antseed-p2p`. The proxy forwards whatever `Authorization` or `x-api-key` header the client sends to the seller\n2. Call `GET /v1/models` first and request a concrete id. The `antseed` alias works only when the desktop app has a model selected\n3. Handle 402 `insufficient_deposits` by reading `suggestedAmount`, then fund the address from `antseed buyer deposit` with USDC on Base\n4. Pass `--verifiers antseed-verifier --require-verifier` to `antseed buyer start` when prompts are private, so only TEE-verified sellers are routed\n5. Read `x-antseed-peer-id` and `x-antseed-estimated-cost-usd` on each response, and pin a seller with `\u003cpeerId\u003e@\u003cmodel\u003e` when the same one must answer\n\n### Novita AI\n\n1. Set the OpenAI client base URL to `https://api.novita.ai/openai` and send the key as `Authorization: Bearer`. Keys start with `sk_`\n2. Do not close a connection to stop generation. A request that reached the model is billed in full under status 499, so cap output with `max_tokens`\n3. On 429, check whether the code is `RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED` or `TOKEN_LIMIT_EXCEEDED` and back off exponentially. No `Retry-After` header is documented\n4. Read the changelog for retirement notices before pinning a model id. One retirement in October 2026 came with 11 days' notice\n5. Ask the account owner for a key with an expiry, a model access policy and an IP allowlist. Keys are created and deleted only in the console\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Antseed or Novita AI?\n\nAntseed scores 55.1 (C) on agent readiness against Novita AI's 53.5 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Novita AI leads on schema \u0026 documentation, agent ergonomics and security \u0026 auth.\n\n### Do Antseed and Novita AI need an API key?\n\nAntseed needs no key. Novita AI needs an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call Antseed and Novita AI without installing anything?\n\nNo hosted endpoint is listed for Antseed. Novita AI has a hosted endpoint at https://api.novita.ai/openai.\n\n### Are Antseed and Novita AI open source?\n\nAntseed is open source (GPL-3.0 (LICENSE in the repository). The @antseed/cli manifest on npm carries no licence field). No open-source release is listed for Novita AI.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antseed-vs-novita-ai.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antseed-vs-novita-ai.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"antseed\", \"b\": \"novita-ai\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare antseed novita-ai`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/antseed.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/novita-ai.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Antseed or Novita AI\n\n- [Claude API vs Antseed](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/anthropic-api-vs-antseed.md)\n- [Claude API vs Novita AI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/anthropic-api-vs-novita-ai.md)\n- [Antseed vs BlockRun.AI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antseed-vs-blockrun-ai.md)\n- [Antseed vs Cloudflare Workers AI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antseed-vs-cloudflare-workers-ai.md)\n- [Antseed vs Cohere Chat API (Command models)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antseed-vs-cohere-chat.md)\n- [Antseed vs DeepInfra](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antseed-vs-deepinfra.md)\n- [Antseed vs DeepSeek API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antseed-vs-deepseek-api.md)\n- [Antseed vs Gemini Developer API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antseed-vs-gemini-api.md)\n- [Antseed vs GroqCloud](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antseed-vs-groq.md)\n- [Antseed vs Mistral AI API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antseed-vs-mistral-api.md)\n- [Antseed vs OpenAI API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antseed-vs-openai-api.md)\n- [Antseed vs Prism Inference](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antseed-vs-prism-inference.md)\n- [Antseed vs SambaCloud](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antseed-vs-sambanova.md)\n- [Antseed vs SiliconFlow](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antseed-vs-siliconflow.md)\n- [BlockRun.AI vs Novita AI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/blockrun-ai-vs-novita-ai.md)\n- [Cloudflare AI Gateway vs Novita AI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-ai-gateway-vs-novita-ai.md)\n- [Cloudflare Workers AI vs Novita AI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-workers-ai-vs-novita-ai.md)\n- [Cohere Chat API (Command models) vs Novita AI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cohere-chat-vs-novita-ai.md)\n- [DeepInfra vs Novita AI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepinfra-vs-novita-ai.md)\n- [DeepSeek API vs Novita AI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-novita-ai.md)\n- [Gemini Developer API vs Novita AI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-api-vs-novita-ai.md)\n- [GroqCloud vs Novita AI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/groq-vs-novita-ai.md)\n- [Mistral AI API vs Novita AI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mistral-api-vs-novita-ai.md)\n- [Novita AI vs OpenAI API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/novita-ai-vs-openai-api.md)\n- [Novita AI vs OpenRouter](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/novita-ai-vs-openrouter.md)\n- [Novita AI vs Prism Inference](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/novita-ai-vs-prism-inference.md)\n- [Novita AI vs SambaCloud](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/novita-ai-vs-sambanova.md)\n- [Novita AI vs SiliconFlow](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/novita-ai-vs-siliconflow.md)\n- [Antseed vs Cloudflare AI Gateway](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antseed-vs-cloudflare-ai-gateway.md)\n- [Antseed vs OpenRouter](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antseed-vs-openrouter.md)\n", "meta": { "attribution": "Anchor Terminal (https://www.anchorterminal.com)", "docs": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/docs/", "generatedAt": "2026-10-10", "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" }, "page": { "breadcrumbs": [ { "name": "Home", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/" }, { "name": "Compare", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/" }, { "name": "Antseed vs Novita AI", "url": "" } ], "description": "Antseed scores 55.1 (C) to Novita AI's 53.5 (D) for llm inference. 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