# Router.com (Ramp Router) vs SambaCloud

> SambaCloud scores 66.5 (B) to Router.com's 54.5 (C) for llm inference. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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SambaCloud scores 66.5 (B) on agent readiness against Router.com (Ramp Router)'s 54.5 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Router.com (Ramp Router) leads on agent ergonomics and security & auth. Both do llm inference.

- Router.com (Ramp Router): grade C, 54.5/100, rank #798 of 1218. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ramp-router.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/ramp-router.json
- SambaCloud: grade B, 66.5/100, rank #329 of 1218. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sambanova.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/sambanova.json
- Best model APIs and inference for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/inference/index.md
- All 466 models comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/inference/index.md

## Which one, for what

### Router.com (Ramp Router) (C)

Good for: Teams in the US that want one key for OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI and open-weight models, with routing to cheaper tiers and per-request cost, and can switch off content recording.

Ahead on:
- Agent ergonomics, 77 against 67
- Security & auth, 66 against 58

Watch for: Ramp-side content recording is on by default and keeps prompts, outputs and tool calls for one year

### SambaCloud (B)

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 25
- Schema & documentation, 81 against 58
- Maintenance & community, 77 against 59

Also in its favour:
- Free to start without a card

Watch for: Production models get a notice of two to three weeks, and 13 model ids were removed between 9 March and 9 June 2026


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | Router.com (Ramp Router) | SambaCloud | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 25 | 85 | SambaCloud +60 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 58 | 81 | SambaCloud +23 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 77 | 67 | Router.com (Ramp Router) +10 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 66 | 58 | Router.com (Ramp Router) +8 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 40 | 40 | even |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 59 | 77 | SambaCloud +18 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 67 | 64 | Router.com (Ramp Router) +3 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -2 | |
| **Total** | | **54.5 · C** | **66.5 · B** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | Router.com (Ramp Router) | SambaCloud |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Model router | Model API |
| Vendor | Ramp | SambaNova Systems, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.router.com/v1` | `https://api.sambanova.ai/v1` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |
| Auth | API key | API key |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Closed service under the Router Terms of Service (last updated 31 August 2026). The Ramp CLI that configures coding agents for Router is MIT. | Proprietary service under the SambaCloud Terms of Service. The SDKs and the OpenAPI document are Apache-2.0 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | yes | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-27 | 2026-09-17 |
| Terms last updated |  | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated |  | 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 | 1.7k npm/wk | 2 stars, 76 npm/wk, 6.1k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3.5/5 (4) |

## Verdicts

**Router.com (Ramp Router).** Detailed Markdown docs with typed error codes, per-model capability data and routing an agent can set per request. No OpenAPI document, status page, changelog or published rate limits were found. Signup needs a US business email in a browser, and Ramp records prompts and outputs for a year by default unless switched off.

**SambaCloud.** Per-token prices and the model list are readable without a key at `/v1/models`, and a free tier needs no card. Production models get two to three weeks' notice before removal, 13 model ids left between March and June 2026, and the docs disagree with the live catalogue on MiniMax-M2.7.

## Before you call either

### Router.com (Ramp Router)

1. Switch off content recording in Settings before sending private data. It is on by default and keeps prompts and outputs for a year
2. Read model ids from `GET /v1/models` at runtime. Ids are account-specific, an unknown one is a 404, and Gemini ids need your own Google key
3. Use `POST /v1/responses` with a `models` list for fallbacks. Router stops falling back once a stream has started
4. Set `fallback_timeout` and `provider_timeout`, or `allow_flex_tier: false`, when latency matters. Flex routing is on by default
5. Treat both `401 invalid_api_key` and `401 api_key_deactivated` as a possibly locked key, and stop retrying on `402`

### SambaCloud

1. Call `GET https://api.sambanova.ai/v1/models` at start-up and use only ids it returns. The docs name models the endpoint no longer lists
2. Read `x-ratelimit-remaining-requests` and `x-ratelimit-remaining-requests-day` on every response. The free tier allows 20 requests a day per model
3. Treat 429 `queue_full` and 503 `maintenance` as retryable after a delay, and 410 `model_deprecated` as a signal to change model
4. Validate JSON output yourself. Schema enforcement is best effort and `strict: true` changes nothing
5. Check `max_completion_tokens` per model. DeepSeek-V3.1 caps output at 7,168 tokens and Llama 3.3 70B at 3,072

## Questions

### Which is better for AI agents, Router.com (Ramp Router) or SambaCloud?

SambaCloud scores 66.5 (B) on agent readiness against Router.com (Ramp Router)'s 54.5 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Router.com (Ramp Router) leads on agent ergonomics and security & auth.

### Do Router.com (Ramp Router) and SambaCloud need an API key?

Both need an API key.

### Can an agent call Router.com (Ramp Router) and SambaCloud without installing anything?

Yes. Router.com (Ramp Router) has a hosted endpoint at https://api.router.com/v1 and SambaCloud at https://api.sambanova.ai/v1.


## For agents

- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ramp-router-vs-sambanova.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ramp-router-vs-sambanova.min.md
- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "ramp-router", "b": "sambanova"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare ramp-router sambanova`
- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/ramp-router.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/sambanova.json

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