# SambaCloud vs SiliconFlow (slim)

> SambaCloud scores 66.4 (B) to SiliconFlow's 46.7 (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: 2026-10-09

SambaCloud scores 66.4 (B) on agent readiness against SiliconFlow's 46.7 (D), and leads in every scored category. Both do llm inference.

- SambaCloud: B 66.4, rank #293 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sambanova.min.md
- SiliconFlow: D 46.7, rank #848 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/siliconflow.min.md
- 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 33; Schema & documentation, 81 against 65; Agent ergonomics, 67 against 60; Security & auth, 58 against 39; Payments & pricing, 40 against 35; Maintenance & community, 77 against 47; Transparency & trust, 63 against 51. Also Free to start without a card.
- SiliconFlow, good for Agents that want recent open-weight chat models, plus image, video and speech, behind one OpenAI-style key at low per-token prices, and can live without a status page or SLA.

| Category | SambaCloud | SiliconFlow |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 85 | 33 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 81 | 65 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 67 | 60 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 58 | 39 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 35 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 77 | 47 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 63 | 51 |

| Fact (where they differ) | SambaCloud | SiliconFlow |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | SambaNova Systems, Inc. | SiliconFlow Labs Pte. Ltd. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.sambanova.ai/v1` | `https://api.siliconflow.com/v1` |
| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |
| Licence | Proprietary service under the SambaCloud Terms of Service. The SDKs and the OpenAPI document are Apache-2.0 | Proprietary service under the SiliconFlow Terms of Use |
| Last release | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-14 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2023-05-27 | no date given |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 2 stars, 76 npm/wk, 6.1k PyPI/wk | none |