# Prism Inference vs Beam 1.0 (slim)

> Prism Inference scores 60.1 (C) to Beam 1.0's 53.4 (D) for llm inference. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Prism Inference scores 60.1 (C) on agent readiness against Beam 1.0's 53.4 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Beam 1.0 leads on transparency & trust. Both do llm inference.

- Prism Inference: C 60.1, rank #581 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/prism-inference.min.md
- Beam 1.0: D 53.4, rank #786 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/reflection-beam.min.md
- 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 40; Security & auth, 65 against 46; Payments & pricing, 30 against 20. Also Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.5 against 2.5 out of 5.
- Beam 1.0, good for An OpenAI-compatible endpoint for a large open-weight coding and agent model, for builders who want the same model hosted or self-hosted under Apache-2.0. Ahead on Transparency & trust, 68 against 61.

| Category | Prism Inference | Beam 1.0 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 65 | 40 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 82 | 84 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 68 | 67 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 65 | 46 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 49 | 50 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 61 | 68 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Prism Inference | Beam 1.0 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Prism Technologies Inc | Reflection |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.prisminference.com/v1` | `https://api.reflection.ai/openai/v1` |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Free |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Prism's terms of service. The OpenAPI file declares `LicenseRef-Proprietary`. The Hermes provider plugin repository carries no licence file | Weights under Apache-2.0. The hosted Reflection API is a closed service under Reflection AI, Inc.'s commercial terms of service |
| Last release | 2026-10-06 | 2026-10-16 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-09-09 |  |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-09 |  |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes |  |
| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (4) | 2.5/5 (4) |