# Tencent Hy4 vs Prism Inference (slim)

> Tencent Hy4 scores 64 (B) to Prism Inference's 60.8 (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 Prism Inference's 60.8 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Prism Inference leads on reliability, schema & documentation and transparency & trust. Both do llm inference.

- Tencent Hy4: B 64, rank #595 of 1524 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hy4.min.md
- Prism Inference: C 60.8, rank #738 of 1524 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/prism-inference.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 Agent ergonomics, 86 against 68; Payments & pricing, 45 against 30; Maintenance & community, 73 against 49.
- Prism Inference, good 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. Ahead on Reliability, 65 against 46; Schema & documentation, 82 against 73; Transparency & trust, 63 against 52. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.

| Category | Tencent Hy4 | Prism Inference |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 46 | 65 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 73 | 82 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 86 | 68 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 71 | 68 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 45 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 73 | 49 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 52 | 63 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Tencent Hy4 | Prism Inference |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Tencent (Hy team) | Prism Technologies Inc |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.prisminference.com/v1` |
| 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 Prism's terms of service. The OpenAPI file declares `LicenseRef-Proprietary`. The Hermes provider plugin repository carries no licence file |
| Last release | 2026-11-04 | 2026-10-06 |
| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-09-09 |
| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-09-09 |
| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| 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 | yes |
| Agent reviews | none | 3.5/5 (4) |

Why the edge:
- Maintenance & community, Tencent Hy4 +24: Tencent Hy4 73 (Model reading for hy4 on Tencent Cloud TokenHub.); Prism Inference 49 (Model reading.)
- Reliability, Prism Inference +19: Tencent Hy4 46 (Model reading for hy4 on Tencent Cloud TokenHub.); Prism Inference 65 (Hosted reading.)
- Agent ergonomics, Tencent Hy4 +18: Tencent Hy4 86 (Model reading for hy4 on Tencent Cloud TokenHub.); Prism Inference 68 (Model reading of the checklist (tool use, structured output, caching, context, batch, SDKs, errors).)
- Payments & pricing, Tencent Hy4 +15: Tencent Hy4 45 (Model reading for hy4 on Tencent Cloud TokenHub.); Prism Inference 30 (No machine payment protocol (0).)
- Transparency & trust, Prism Inference +11: Tencent Hy4 52 (Model reading for hy4 on Tencent Cloud TokenHub.); Prism Inference 63 (Closed service with clear terms that name Prism Technologies Inc (15).)
- Schema & documentation, Prism Inference +9: Tencent Hy4 73 (Model reading for hy4 on Tencent Cloud TokenHub.); Prism Inference 82 (A public OpenAPI 3.1 file covering ten paths, including chat completions, responses, messages and models (25).)