# DeepSeek API vs SambaCloud (slim)

> SambaCloud scores 66.4 (B) on agent readiness against DeepSeek API's 46.8 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. 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 DeepSeek API's 46.8 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do llm inference.

- DeepSeek API: D 46.8, rank #748 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepseek-api.min.md
- SambaCloud: B 66.4, rank #269 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sambanova.min.md
- DeepSeek API, good for Low-cost long-context work on public data, and off-peak batch-style jobs run through the normal API.
- 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 65; Schema & documentation, 81 against 49; Security & auth, 58 against 30; Payments & pricing, 40 against 20; Maintenance & community, 77 against 46. Also Free to start without a card.

| Category | DeepSeek API | SambaCloud |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 65 | 85 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 49 | 81 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 70 | 67 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 30 | 58 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 46 | 77 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 65 | 63 |

| Fact (where they differ) | DeepSeek API | SambaCloud |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | DeepSeek | SambaNova Systems, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.deepseek.com` | `https://api.sambanova.ai/v1` |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |
| Licence | none | Proprietary service under the SambaCloud Terms of Service. The SDKs and the OpenAPI document are Apache-2.0 |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-09-10 | 2026-09-17 |
| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | 2023-05-27 |
| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Popularity | none | 2 stars, 76 npm/wk, 6.1k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 2/5 (2) | none |