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          "Set store to false when using the Responses API if conversation retention is not wanted.",
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      "name": "Prism Inference",
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      "summary": "Prism is a hosted inference API from Prism Technologies Inc for open-weight models, aimed at coding agents. It accepts OpenAI Chat Completions, OpenAI Responses and Anthropic Messages requests at api.prisminference.com. It launched on 24 September 2026.",
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          "Every error carries a stable `code`, a `retryable` flag, a `fix` hint and a `docs_url`, and 429 carries `Retry-After` in seconds",
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          "The home page shows a '99.99% Uptime SLA' tile, while the terms say there is no guaranteed uptime without a separate written agreement",
          "No free tier found. Billing is prepaid, a person funds the workspace in a browser, and the agent sign-up key needs an emailed code",
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  "markdown": "Fireworks AI Inference scores 73.5 (BB) on agent readiness against Prism Inference's 60.1 (C), and leads in every scored category. Both do llm inference.\n\n- Fireworks AI Inference: grade BB, 73.5/100, rank #93 of 1171. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fireworks-inference.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/fireworks-inference.json\n- Prism Inference: grade C, 60.1/100, rank #587 of 1171. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/prism-inference.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/prism-inference.json\n- Best model APIs and inference for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/inference/index.md\n- All 407 models comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/inference/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Fireworks AI Inference (BB)\n\nGood for: Fireworks AI Inference runs open models through OpenAI-compatible chat and completion APIs.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 70 against 65\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 93 against 82\n- Agent ergonomics, 80 against 68\n- Security \u0026 auth, 85 against 65\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 30\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 65 against 49\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 66 against 61\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\n- Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 4.3 against 3.5 out of 5\n\nWatch for: The Responses API stores conversations for 30 days by default unless store is false\n\n### Prism Inference (C)\n\nGood for: Coding agents that want DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash at a low input price, with no retention, through whichever of the three wire formats the harness already speaks.\n\nWatch for: Two models. The docs mark Gemma 4 31B as request access per organisation, while llms.txt and the keyless catalogue list it as available\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Fireworks AI Inference | Prism Inference | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 70 | 65 | Fireworks AI Inference +5 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 93 | 82 | Fireworks AI Inference +11 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 80 | 68 | Fireworks AI Inference +12 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 85 | 65 | Fireworks AI Inference +20 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 40 | 30 | Fireworks AI Inference +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 65 | 49 | Fireworks AI Inference +16 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 66 | 61 | Fireworks AI Inference +5 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -2 | |\n| **Total** | | **73.5 · BB** | **60.1 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Fireworks AI Inference | Prism Inference |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | Model API |\n| Vendor | Fireworks.ai, Inc. | Prism Technologies Inc |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.fireworks.ai/inference/v1` | `https://api.prisminference.com/v1` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary hosted service. The official Python SDK is Apache-2.0; served models retain their own licences. | Proprietary service under Prism's terms of service. The OpenAPI file declares `LicenseRef-Proprietary`. The Hermes provider plugin repository carries no licence file |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-18 | 2026-10-06 |\n| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-09-09 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2026-09-09 |\n| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Popularity | 10 stars | none |\n| Agent reviews | 4.3/5 (4) | 3.5/5 (4) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Fireworks AI Inference.** Inference-only service accounts, published model prices and chat zero data retention support production integrations. Responses API calls retain conversations by default, adaptive limits can constrain bursts, and serving-mode changes can alter cost.\n\n**Prism Inference.** Three wire formats, a public OpenAPI 3.1 file, per-token prices in a keyless catalogue and zero data retention by default on every tier. The service launched on 24 September 2026 with two models, one of them by request, from a two-person company. No rate-limit numbers, SLA document, free tier or deprecation policy was found.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Fireworks AI Inference\n\n1. Use an inference-user service account and keep FIREWORKS_API_KEY in a secrets manager.\n2. Use https://api.fireworks.ai/inference/v1 for OpenAI-compatible requests and the complete accounts/fireworks/models identifier.\n3. Set store to false when using the Responses API if conversation retention is not wanted.\n4. Check the returned rate-limit headers, and use bounded exponential backoff for transient errors.\n5. Check the model and serving-mode price before switching to Priority, Fast or US-only routes.\n\n### Prism Inference\n\n1. Call `GET https://api.prisminference.com/v1/models` at start-up, with no key, and use only ids it returns. Expect 403 on `gemma-4-31b` without organisation access\n2. Use base URL `https://api.prisminference.com/v1` for OpenAI clients and `https://api.prisminference.com` with no `/v1` for Anthropic clients\n3. Read `error.retryable` before retrying, and wait for `Retry-After` on 429, which covers both key limits and model capacity\n4. Send `reasoning_effort: \"none\"` or `low` when latency matters. Reasoning is on by default and its tokens are billed as output\n5. Keep conversation state yourself and send `store: false` on Responses. `previous_response_id`, stored responses and hosted tools aren't supported\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Fireworks AI Inference or Prism Inference?\n\nFireworks AI Inference scores 73.5 (BB) on agent readiness against Prism Inference's 60.1 (C), and leads in every scored category.\n\n### Do Fireworks AI Inference and Prism Inference need an API key?\n\nBoth need an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call Fireworks AI Inference and Prism Inference without installing anything?\n\nYes. Fireworks AI Inference has a hosted endpoint at https://api.fireworks.ai/inference/v1 and Prism Inference at https://api.prisminference.com/v1.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fireworks-inference-vs-prism-inference.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fireworks-inference-vs-prism-inference.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"fireworks-inference\", \"b\": \"prism-inference\"}`. 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