# Novita AI vs SambaCloud (slim)

> SambaCloud scores 66.4 (B) to Novita AI's 53.5 (D) for llm inference. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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SambaCloud scores 66.4 (B) on agent readiness against Novita AI's 53.5 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Novita AI leads on agent ergonomics and security & auth. Both do llm inference.

- Novita AI: D 53.5, rank #706 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/novita-ai.min.md
- SambaCloud: B 66.4, rank #293 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sambanova.min.md
- 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 Agent ergonomics, 72 against 67; Security & auth, 65 against 58.
- 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 28; Schema & documentation, 81 against 62; Payments & pricing, 40 against 35; Maintenance & community, 77 against 62; Transparency & trust, 63 against 56. Also Free to start without a card.

| Category | Novita AI | SambaCloud |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 28 | 85 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 62 | 81 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 72 | 67 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 65 | 58 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 35 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 62 | 77 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 56 | 63 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Novita AI | SambaCloud |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Novita AI | SambaNova Systems, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.novita.ai/openai` | `https://api.sambanova.ai/v1` |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |
| Licence | Proprietary service under the Novita AI Terms of Service. The agent skill and the MCP server are MIT | Proprietary service under the SambaCloud Terms of Service. The SDKs and the OpenAPI document are Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | 2026-09-28 | 2026-09-17 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-08-05 | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-13 | 2023-05-27 |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 6 stars, 1.4k npm/wk | 2 stars, 76 npm/wk, 6.1k PyPI/wk |