# DeepInfra vs SambaCloud (slim)

> SambaCloud scores 66.4 (B) on agent readiness against DeepInfra's 63 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. DeepInfra leads on agent ergonomics and security & auth. Both do llm inference. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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SambaCloud scores 66.4 (B) on agent readiness against DeepInfra's 63 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. DeepInfra leads on agent ergonomics and security & auth. Both do llm inference.

- DeepInfra: B 63, rank #371 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepinfra.min.md
- SambaCloud: B 66.4, rank #269 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sambanova.min.md
- DeepInfra, good for Agents that want many open-weight models, embeddings, image and speech behind one OpenAI-style key at low per-token prices, with spend-capped tokens. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 77 against 67; Security & auth, 64 against 58.
- SambaCloud, good for 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. Ahead on Reliability, 85 against 70; Schema & documentation, 81 against 69; Payments & pricing, 40 against 20; Maintenance & community, 77 against 65. Also Free to start without a card.

| Category | DeepInfra | SambaCloud |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 70 | 85 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 69 | 81 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 77 | 67 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 64 | 58 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 65 | 77 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 67 | 63 |

| Fact (where they differ) | DeepInfra | SambaCloud |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Deep Infra Inc. | SambaNova Systems, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.deepinfra.com/v1/openai` | `https://api.sambanova.ai/v1` |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |
| Licence | Proprietary service under the DeepInfra Terms of Service. The Python and Node SDKs and the docs repository are MIT | Proprietary service under the SambaCloud Terms of Service. The SDKs and the OpenAPI document are Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | 2026-10-07 | 2026-09-17 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-08-17 | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-08-15 | 2023-05-27 |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 21 stars, 1.2k npm/wk, 50 PyPI/wk | 2 stars, 76 npm/wk, 6.1k PyPI/wk |