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      "summary": "Glimpse is Elorian's visual reasoning model, released as a research preview on 16 October 2026. It takes text, images and video and returns text, through Elorian's own API and chat app and through OpenRouter.",
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      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elorian-glimpse.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/elorian-glimpse.json",
      "license": "Closed model and service under the Elorian AI, Inc. terms of service (California law). Weights not released.",
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        "http"
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      "pricingNotes": "$0.60 per million input tokens, $0.06 cached and $3.00 per million output tokens on OpenRouter through Together, matching Elorian's published rates (checked 2026-10-17). OpenRouter's top-up fee applies. Elorian says Glimpse can be tried free on its own platform, and volume access is through sales.",
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        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in OpenRouter's docs index or API reference, Elorian's launch post or Elorian's terms, which describe prepaid credits or a subscription (checked 2026-10-17).",
        "endpoints": []
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        "pypiWeekly": null,
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        "inference.llm"
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        "hosted",
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        "closed-source",
        "usage-priced",
        "prepaid",
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        "ranked": true,
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        "methodology": "0.4",
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          "payments": 25,
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          "schema": 60,
          "security": 56,
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          "confidence": "medium",
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        "bestFor": "Visual question answering, video captioning and counting over images and video at a low per-token price, where a research preview reached through OpenRouter is acceptable.",
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          "Takes text, images and video and returns text, with a 262,144-token context and up to 256,000 output tokens on OpenRouter",
          "$0.60 per million input tokens, $0.06 cached and $3.00 per million output tokens, published without a login",
          "On OpenRouter it accepts `tools`, `tool_choice`, `response_format`, `structured_outputs` and `reasoning` through the OpenAI-compatible chat endpoint",
          "OpenRouter documents Retry-After on 429 and 503, video input as `video_url` and per-key credit limits",
          "Elorian's own benchmark table puts it above GPT-6 Astra on four of twelve visual evaluations, at a fraction of the price. Vendor-reported"
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          "Labelled a research preview, with no public API docs, model card, changelog or deprecation policy from Elorian",
          "One provider on OpenRouter (Together, on a dedicated deployment), so there is no fallback if that endpoint goes down",
          "Elorian's terms licence submitted content for training. Paid users opt out by email, and free use trains by default",
          "Elorian's terms forbid using the Service through any agent or automated software other than Elorian's own",
          "The tools the launch post says Glimpse is trained to use (code, image transforms, video watching, subagents) aren't exposed on OpenRouter"
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          "Call it through OpenRouter as `elorian/glimpse` at https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions. Elorian's own API docs sit behind a console sign-in",
          "Send video as a `video_url` content part, as a public URL or a base64 data URL. Batch requests are not available for this model",
          "Set `max_tokens` yourself. The endpoint allows up to 256,000 output tokens, and visual reasoning spends many of them",
          "Honour Retry-After on 429 and 503. With a single provider, a 503 means the Together deployment is unavailable, not that another host can take over",
          "Treat counts and timestamps as unverified. Elorian's terms say outputs need independent human review before anyone relies on them"
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          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
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              "tasks"
            ],
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          "payments": 25,
          "reliability": 38,
          "schema": 60,
          "security": 56,
          "transparency": 31
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      "connect": {
        "http": "curl https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions \\\n  -H \"Authorization: Bearer $OPENROUTER_API_KEY\" \\\n  -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n  -d '{\"model\":\"elorian/glimpse\",\"messages\":[{\"role\":\"user\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"How many open pliers are in this photo?\"},{\"type\":\"image_url\",\"image_url\":{\"url\":\"https://example.com/photo.jpg\"}}]}]}'"
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      },
      "area": "models",
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          "item": "Glimpse input on OpenRouter",
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        {
          "item": "Glimpse cached input on OpenRouter",
          "unit": "1m-tokens",
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        {
          "item": "Glimpse output on OpenRouter",
          "unit": "1m-tokens",
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      ],
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        "legalEntity": "Elorian AI, Inc.",
        "domain": "elorian.ai",
        "domainRegistered": "2025-12-03",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": false,
        "terms": "https://platform.elorian.ai/terms",
        "privacy": "https://elorian.ai/privacy",
        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-10-17",
        "notes": [
          "The terms, privacy policy and support page name Elorian AI, Inc., 654 High Street, Floor 2, Palo Alto, California, with EDPO as EU and UK representative.",
          "The graded endpoint is OpenRouter's (openrouter.ai), served by Together, so it is not on Elorian's domain. Elorian's own API is api.elorian.ai.",
          "RDAP gives elorian.ai a registration date of 3 December 2025.",
          "elorian.ai/.well-known/security.txt and api.elorian.ai/.well-known/security.txt returned 404, and platform.elorian.ai's returned 403. elorian.ai and api.elorian.ai have no robots.txt (404), and platform.elorian.ai's robots.txt answers with an S3 AccessDenied error, read as no robots file.",
          "platform.elorian.ai/terms renders in the browser from the platform's public script, and the terms text was read from that script. The same script carries the signed-in console's API docs, which were not used as evidence because Elorian serves them only after sign-in.",
          "No status page or changelog found. status.elorian.ai couldn't be reached from our shell."
        ],
        "score": 40
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elorian-glimpse.json",
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        "slug": "elorian-glimpse",
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          ]
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            "url": "https://elorian.ai/privacy",
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            "url": "https://platform.elorian.ai/terms",
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    "answer": "SambaCloud scores 66.4 (B) on agent readiness against Glimpse's 48.6 (D), and leads in every scored category.",
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      "name": "SambaCloud",
      "vendor": "SambaNova Systems, Inc.",
      "vendorUrl": "https://sambanova.ai",
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      "category": "inference",
      "summary": "SambaCloud is SambaNova's hosted inference API for open-weight models running on its own RDU processors. It answers OpenAI-style chat, completions and Responses calls and Anthropic-style Messages calls, with Python and TypeScript SDKs.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sambanova",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sambanova.md",
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      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/sambanova.json",
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        },
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "sambanova"
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      ],
      "auth": "api-key",
      "authNotes": "Self-serve Bearer key from the SambaCloud console at https://cloud.sambanova.ai/apis after a browser sign-up. The Messages routes also take the same key in `x-api-key`. Up to 25 keys per user, shown once, with no scopes.",
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      "priceSummary": "from $0.22 / 1M in",
      "where": "hosted",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs index, the OpenAPI document or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).",
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        "inference.fast"
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        "no-card",
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        "openai-compatible",
        "anthropic-compatible",
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        "typescript",
        "status-page",
        "soc2"
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          "2026-10-08. The models and rate-limit pages list `MiniMax-M2.7` as a production model, and the July 2026 release notes say `Mistral-Large-3-675B-Instruct-2512` was promoted to production. Neither is on the pricing page or in `/v1/models`, and the deprecations page records neither. Two points, since a keyed call was not made to confirm the ids fail (https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/models/sambacloud-models, https://api.sambanova.ai/v1/models)."
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        "verdict": "Per-token prices and the model list are readable without a key at `/v1/models`, and a free tier needs no card. Production models get two to three weeks' notice before removal, 13 model ids left between March and June 2026, and the docs disagree with the live catalogue on MiniMax-M2.7.",
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          "Free tier with no payment method at 20 requests a minute, 20 requests a day and 200,000 tokens a day per model",
          "One key works with the OpenAI client, the Anthropic client (`/v1/messages`, `x-api-key`) and SambaNova's own SDKs",
          "Status page with a component per model and no incident posted since 25 June 2026"
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          "Production models get a notice of two to three weeks, and 13 model ids were removed between 9 March and 9 June 2026",
          "The docs list `MiniMax-M2.7` as a production model, while the pricing page and `/v1/models` did not list it on 8 October 2026",
          "`strict: true` on a JSON schema is accepted and has no effect, and the July 2026 notes record failing structured output on DeepSeek-V3.2",
          "Keys carry no scopes or project limits, and no key rotation guidance was found in the reviewed documentation",
          "The privacy policy is dated 27 May 2023, and no DPA, retention period or sub-processor list was found on the legal page"
        ],
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          "Call `GET https://api.sambanova.ai/v1/models` at start-up and use only ids it returns. The docs name models the endpoint no longer lists",
          "Read `x-ratelimit-remaining-requests` and `x-ratelimit-remaining-requests-day` on every response. The free tier allows 20 requests a day per model",
          "Treat 429 `queue_full` and 503 `maintenance` as retryable after a delay, and 410 `model_deprecated` as a signal to change model",
          "Validate JSON output yourself. Schema enforcement is best effort and `strict: true` changes nothing",
          "Check `max_completion_tokens` per model. DeepSeek-V3.1 caps output at 7,168 tokens and Llama 3.3 70B at 3,072"
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        "install": "pip install sambanova   # or: npm install sambanova",
        "http": "curl https://api.sambanova.ai/v1/chat/completions \\\n  -H \"Authorization: Bearer $SAMBANOVA_API_KEY\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n  -d '{\"model\":\"gpt-oss-120b\",\"messages\":[{\"role\":\"user\",\"content\":\"hello\"}]}'"
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        "privacy": "https://sambanova.ai/privacy-policy",
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          "The SambaCloud Terms of Service name SambaNova Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation at 2460 N. First St, Suite #100, San Jose, CA 95131, and define the Service as the SambaCloud platform. The page carries no date. The legal index says it was last updated on 5 February 2026.",
          "The privacy policy is the company's only one. Its last revision is dated 27 May 2023, it covers the website, communications and related services, and it does not name SambaCloud or API inputs.",
          "No DPA, SLA, acceptable use policy or sub-processor list is linked from https://sambanova.ai/legal-agreements.",
          "https://sambanova.ai/.well-known/security.txt returns 404.",
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sambanova.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/sambanova.json\n- Best model APIs and inference for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/inference/index.md\n- All 326 models comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/inference/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Glimpse (D)\n\nGood for: Visual question answering, video captioning and counting over images and video at a low per-token price, where a research preview reached through OpenRouter is acceptable.\n\nWatch for: Labelled a research preview, with no public API docs, model card, changelog or deprecation policy from Elorian\n\n### SambaCloud (B)\n\nGood 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.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 85 against 38\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 81 against 60\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 25\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 77 against 51\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 63 against 36\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\n- Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.5 against 2.5 out of 5\n\nWatch for: Production models get a notice of two to three weeks, and 13 model ids were removed between 9 March and 9 June 2026\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Glimpse | SambaCloud | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 38 | 85 | SambaCloud +47 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 60 | 81 | SambaCloud +21 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 66 | 67 | SambaCloud +1 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 56 | 58 | SambaCloud +2 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 25 | 40 | SambaCloud +15 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 51 | 77 | SambaCloud +26 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 36 | 63 | SambaCloud +27 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -2 | |\n| **Total** | | **48.6 · D** | **66.4 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Glimpse | SambaCloud |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Model API | Model API |\n| Vendor | Elorian | SambaNova Systems, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://openrouter.ai/api/v1` | `https://api.sambanova.ai/v1` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Closed model and service under the Elorian AI, Inc. terms of service (California law). Weights not released. | Proprietary service under the SambaCloud Terms of Service. The SDKs and the OpenAPI document are Apache-2.0 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-16 | 2026-09-17 |\n| Terms last updated |  | no date given |\n| Privacy policy last updated |  | 2023-05-27 |\n| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access |  | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice |  | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | none | 2 stars, 76 npm/wk, 6.1k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (4) | 3.5/5 (4) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Glimpse.** Glimpse reads images and video at $0.60 input and $3.00 output per million tokens, and OpenRouter serves it with tools, structured output and a 262,144-token context. It is a research preview with no public Elorian docs, model card or status page, and Elorian's terms allow training on submitted content unless a paid user opts out.\n\n**SambaCloud.** Per-token prices and the model list are readable without a key at `/v1/models`, and a free tier needs no card. Production models get two to three weeks' notice before removal, 13 model ids left between March and June 2026, and the docs disagree with the live catalogue on MiniMax-M2.7.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Glimpse\n\n1. Call it through OpenRouter as `elorian/glimpse` at https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions. Elorian's own API docs sit behind a console sign-in\n2. Send video as a `video_url` content part, as a public URL or a base64 data URL. Batch requests are not available for this model\n3. Set `max_tokens` yourself. The endpoint allows up to 256,000 output tokens, and visual reasoning spends many of them\n4. Honour Retry-After on 429 and 503. With a single provider, a 503 means the Together deployment is unavailable, not that another host can take over\n5. Treat counts and timestamps as unverified. Elorian's terms say outputs need independent human review before anyone relies on them\n\n### SambaCloud\n\n1. Call `GET https://api.sambanova.ai/v1/models` at start-up and use only ids it returns. The docs name models the endpoint no longer lists\n2. Read `x-ratelimit-remaining-requests` and `x-ratelimit-remaining-requests-day` on every response. The free tier allows 20 requests a day per model\n3. Treat 429 `queue_full` and 503 `maintenance` as retryable after a delay, and 410 `model_deprecated` as a signal to change model\n4. Validate JSON output yourself. Schema enforcement is best effort and `strict: true` changes nothing\n5. Check `max_completion_tokens` per model. DeepSeek-V3.1 caps output at 7,168 tokens and Llama 3.3 70B at 3,072\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Glimpse or SambaCloud?\n\nSambaCloud scores 66.4 (B) on agent readiness against Glimpse's 48.6 (D), and leads in every scored category.\n\n### Do Glimpse and SambaCloud need an API key?\n\nBoth need an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call Glimpse and SambaCloud without installing anything?\n\nYes. Glimpse has a hosted endpoint at https://openrouter.ai/api/v1 and SambaCloud at https://api.sambanova.ai/v1.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elorian-glimpse-vs-sambanova.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elorian-glimpse-vs-sambanova.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"elorian-glimpse\", \"b\": \"sambanova\"}`. 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