# RouterPlus vs SambaCloud (slim)

> SambaCloud scores 66.4 (B) to RouterPlus's 51.2 (D) for llm inference. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · Updated: 2026-10-13

SambaCloud scores 66.4 (B) on agent readiness against RouterPlus's 51.2 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Both do llm inference.

- RouterPlus: D 51.2, rank #777 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/routerplus.min.md
- SambaCloud: B 66.4, rank #302 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sambanova.min.md
- RouterPlus, good for Teams that call Claude and GPT models from one key and want the cost of every call in the response, with their own provider keys where they have them.
- 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 45; Schema & documentation, 81 against 59; Maintenance & community, 77 against 44; Transparency & trust, 63 against 38. Also Free to start without a card.

| Category | RouterPlus | SambaCloud |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 45 | 85 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 59 | 81 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 71 | 67 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 62 | 58 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 44 | 77 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 38 | 63 |

| Fact (where they differ) | RouterPlus | SambaCloud |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Model router | Model API |
| Vendor | RouterPlus | SambaNova Systems, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.routerplus.com/v1` | `https://api.sambanova.ai/v1` |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |
| Licence | Closed service. No terms of service for the gateway were found on routerplus.com or app.routerplus.com on 13 October 2026. The only terms on the site govern the capacity request form and name EVO HQ Inc, a Delaware corporation (https://routerplus.com/capacity/terms/). | Proprietary service under the SambaCloud Terms of Service. The SDKs and the OpenAPI document are Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | none | 2026-09-17 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 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 |