# Beam 1.0 vs SambaCloud (slim)

> SambaCloud scores 66.4 (B) 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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SambaCloud scores 66.4 (B) 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.

- Beam 1.0: D 53.4, rank #786 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/reflection-beam.min.md
- SambaCloud: B 66.4, rank #321 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sambanova.min.md
- 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 63.
- 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 40; Security & auth, 58 against 46; Payments & pricing, 40 against 20; Maintenance & community, 77 against 50. Also Free to start without a card; Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.5 against 2.5 out of 5.

| Category | Beam 1.0 | SambaCloud |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 40 | 85 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 84 | 81 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 67 | 67 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 46 | 58 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 50 | 77 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 68 | 63 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Beam 1.0 | SambaCloud |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Reflection | SambaNova Systems, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.reflection.ai/openai/v1` | `https://api.sambanova.ai/v1` |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| Licence | Weights under Apache-2.0. The hosted Reflection API is a closed service under Reflection AI, Inc.'s commercial terms of service | Proprietary service under the SambaCloud Terms of Service. The SDKs and the OpenAPI document are Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | 2026-10-16 | 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 | none | 2 stars, 76 npm/wk, 6.1k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (4) | 3.5/5 (4) |