# Tencent Hy4 vs SambaCloud (slim)

> SambaCloud scores 67.4 (B) to Tencent Hy4's 64 (B) for llm inference. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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SambaCloud scores 67.4 (B) on agent readiness against Tencent Hy4's 64 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Tencent Hy4 leads on agent ergonomics and security & auth. Both do llm inference.

- Tencent Hy4: B 64, rank #595 of 1524 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hy4.min.md
- SambaCloud: B 67.4, rank #431 of 1524 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sambanova.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 67; Security & auth, 71 against 61. Also No incidents deducted, where SambaCloud loses 5 points for them.
- 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 46; Schema & documentation, 81 against 73; Payments & pricing, 60 against 45; Transparency & trust, 73 against 52. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Free to start without a card.

| Category | Tencent Hy4 | SambaCloud |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 46 | 85 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 73 | 81 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 86 | 67 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 71 | 61 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 45 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 73 | 77 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 52 | 73 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Tencent Hy4 | SambaCloud |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Tencent (Hy team) | SambaNova Systems, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.sambanova.ai/v1` |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |
| 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 SambaCloud Terms of Service. The SDKs and the OpenAPI document are Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | 2026-11-04 | 2026-10-27 |
| 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 | none | 3.5/5 (4) |

Why the edge:
- Reliability, SambaCloud +39: Tencent Hy4 46 (Model reading for hy4 on Tencent Cloud TokenHub.); SambaCloud 85 (Hosted reading.)
- Transparency & trust, SambaCloud +21: Tencent Hy4 52 (Model reading for hy4 on Tencent Cloud TokenHub.); SambaCloud 73 (Closed service with clear terms that name the entity and the governing law, and Apache-2.0 SDKs and OpenAPI document (15).)
- Agent ergonomics, Tencent Hy4 +19: Tencent Hy4 86 (Model reading for hy4 on Tencent Cloud TokenHub.); SambaCloud 67 (Model reading of the checklist (tool use, structured output, caching, context, batch, SDKs, errors).)
- Payments & pricing, SambaCloud +15: Tencent Hy4 45 (Model reading for hy4 on Tencent Cloud TokenHub.); SambaCloud 60 (No machine payment protocol (0).)
- Security & auth, Tencent Hy4 +10: Tencent Hy4 71 (Model reading for hy4 on Tencent Cloud TokenHub.); SambaCloud 61 (Model reading.)
- Schema & documentation, SambaCloud +8: Tencent Hy4 73 (Model reading for hy4 on Tencent Cloud TokenHub.); SambaCloud 81 (Public OpenAPI 3.1.1 document, still labelled version 1.2.0 though its content changed on 27 October 2026, with 10 operations and 165 schemas (25).)