# Nemotron 3.5 Super VL vs SambaCloud (slim)

> SambaCloud scores 66.4 (B) to Nemotron 3.5 Super VL's 58.9 (C) for open-weight models. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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SambaCloud scores 66.4 (B) on agent readiness against Nemotron 3.5 Super VL's 58.9 (C), and leads in every scored category. Both do open-weight models.

- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL: C 58.9, rank #621 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nemotron-3-5-super-vl.min.md
- SambaCloud: B 66.4, rank #321 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sambanova.min.md
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL, good for Agents that read documents, charts, screenshots and short videos and need tool calls in one open model, prototyped free on NVIDIA's endpoint and moved to a partner host or own GPUs for production.
- 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 58; Schema & documentation, 81 against 74; Security & auth, 58 against 51; Payments & pricing, 40 against 35; Maintenance & community, 77 against 71. Also Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.5 against 3.0 out of 5.

| Category | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL | SambaCloud |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 58 | 85 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 74 | 81 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 65 | 67 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 51 | 58 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 35 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 71 | 77 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 59 | 63 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL | SambaCloud |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | NVIDIA | SambaNova Systems, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://integrate.api.nvidia.com/v1` | `https://api.sambanova.ai/v1` |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| Licence | OpenMDW-1.1 for the weights (permissive, not an OSI licence). The hosted trial endpoint is under the NVIDIA API Trial Terms of Service, and the NIM container under the NVIDIA Software Licence Agreement | Proprietary service under the SambaCloud Terms of Service. The SDKs and the OpenAPI document are Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | 2026-10-15 | 2026-09-17 |
| Terms last updated |  | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2023-05-27 |
| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | not found in the text |
| Popularity | none | 2 stars, 76 npm/wk, 6.1k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (4) | 3.5/5 (4) |