# Tencent Hy4 vs Novita AI (slim)

> Tencent Hy4 scores 64 (B) to Novita AI's 56.1 (C) for llm inference. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Tencent Hy4 scores 64 (B) on agent readiness against Novita AI's 56.1 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Novita AI leads on payments & pricing and transparency & trust. Both do llm inference.

- Tencent Hy4: B 64, rank #595 of 1524 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hy4.min.md
- Novita AI: C 56.1, rank #937 of 1524 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/novita-ai.min.md
- Tencent Hy4, good for Long-context agent work, coding and office or finance tasks on a 1M-token context with images, for teams already on Tencent Cloud or happy to verify an account there. Ahead on Reliability, 46 against 28; Schema & documentation, 73 against 62; Agent ergonomics, 86 against 72; Security & auth, 71 against 65; Maintenance & community, 73 against 66.
- Novita AI, good for Agents that want many open-weight models at per-token prices behind one OpenAI-style key, with keys that can be limited by model, IP and expiry. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 53 against 45; Transparency & trust, 57 against 52. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.

| Category | Tencent Hy4 | Novita AI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 46 | 28 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 73 | 62 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 86 | 72 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 71 | 65 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 45 | 53 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 73 | 66 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 52 | 57 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Tencent Hy4 | Novita AI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Tencent (Hy team) | Novita AI |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.novita.ai/openai` |
| Licence | Hosted model under the Tencent Cloud TokenHub terms. Tencent says weights and a system card will follow; no licence is stated yet | Proprietary service under the Novita AI Terms of Service. The agent skill and the MCP server are MIT |
| Last release | 2026-11-04 | 2026-10-22 |
| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-08-05 |
| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-05-13 |
| 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 | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | yes |
| Popularity | none | 6 stars, 1.4k npm/wk |

Why the edge:
- Reliability, Tencent Hy4 +18: Tencent Hy4 46 (Model reading for hy4 on Tencent Cloud TokenHub.); Novita AI 28 (Hosted reading.)
- Agent ergonomics, Tencent Hy4 +14: Tencent Hy4 86 (Model reading for hy4 on Tencent Cloud TokenHub.); Novita AI 72 (Model reading of the checklist (tool use, structured output, caching, context, batch, SDKs, errors).)
- Schema & documentation, Tencent Hy4 +11: Tencent Hy4 73 (Model reading for hy4 on Tencent Cloud TokenHub.); Novita AI 62 (Model reading.)
- Payments & pricing, Novita AI +8: Tencent Hy4 45 (Model reading for hy4 on Tencent Cloud TokenHub.); Novita AI 53 (No machine payment protocol was found in the docs index, the site map, the pricing page or the skill repository (0).)
- Maintenance & community, Tencent Hy4 +7: Tencent Hy4 73 (Model reading for hy4 on Tencent Cloud TokenHub.); Novita AI 66 (Model reading.)
- Security & auth, Tencent Hy4 +6: Tencent Hy4 71 (Model reading for hy4 on Tencent Cloud TokenHub.); Novita AI 65 (Model reading.)