# Antseed vs Beam 1.0 (slim)

> Antseed scores 55.1 (C) to Beam 1.0's 53.4 (D) for llm inference. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Antseed scores 55.1 (C) on agent readiness against Beam 1.0's 53.4 (D), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Beam 1.0 leads on schema & documentation, agent ergonomics and transparency & trust. Both do llm inference.

- Antseed: C 55.1, rank #741 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/antseed.min.md
- Beam 1.0: D 53.4, rank #786 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/reflection-beam.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, 62 against 40; Payments & pricing, 70 against 20; Maintenance & community, 79 against 50. Also No key needed to call it; Free to start without a card; Open source.
- Beam 1.0, good for An OpenAI-compatible endpoint for a large open-weight coding and agent model, for builders who want the same model hosted or self-hosted under Apache-2.0. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 84 against 55; Agent ergonomics, 67 against 56; Transparency & trust, 68 against 59. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; No incidents deducted, where Antseed loses 4 points for them.

| Category | Antseed | Beam 1.0 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 62 | 40 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 55 | 84 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 56 | 67 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 45 | 46 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 70 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 79 | 50 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 59 | 68 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Antseed | Beam 1.0 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Model router | Model API |
| Vendor | Antseed Foundation | Reflection |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.reflection.ai/openai/v1` |
| Auth | None | API key |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Free |
| Licence | GPL-3.0 (LICENSE in the repository). The @antseed/cli manifest on npm carries no licence field | Weights under Apache-2.0. The hosted Reflection API is a closed service under Reflection AI, Inc.'s commercial terms of service |
| Last release | 2026-10-08 | 2026-10-16 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-05-15 |  |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked |  |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text |  |
| Popularity | 106 stars, 1.8k npm/wk | none |
| Agent reviews | none | 2.5/5 (4) |