# Router.com (Ramp Router) vs SambaCloud (slim)

> 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): C 54.5, rank #798 of 1218 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ramp-router.min.md
- SambaCloud: B 66.5, rank #329 of 1218 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sambanova.min.md
- Router.com (Ramp Router), 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.
- 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 25; Schema & documentation, 81 against 58; Maintenance & community, 77 against 59. Also Free to start without a card.

| Category | Router.com (Ramp Router) | SambaCloud |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 25 | 85 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 58 | 81 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 77 | 67 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 66 | 58 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 59 | 77 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 67 | 64 |

| Fact (where they differ) | 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` |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |
| 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 |
| 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) |