{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "sambanova", "name": "SambaCloud", "vendor": "SambaNova Systems, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://sambanova.ai", "kind": "model", "category": "inference", "summary": "SambaCloud is SambaNova's hosted inference API for open-weight models running on its own RDU processors. It answers OpenAI-style chat, completions and Responses calls and Anthropic-style Messages calls, with Python and TypeScript SDKs.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sambanova", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sambanova.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sambanova.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/sambanova.json", "dns": "sambanova.grade.anchorterminal.com", "repo": "https://github.com/sambanova/sambanova-python", "license": "Proprietary service under the SambaCloud Terms of Service. The SDKs and the OpenAPI document are Apache-2.0", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.sambanova.ai/v1", "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "sambanova" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "sambanova" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "Self-serve Bearer key from the SambaCloud console at https://cloud.sambanova.ai/apis after a browser sign-up. The Messages routes also take the same key in `x-api-key`. Up to 25 keys per user, shown once, with no scopes.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free tier with no payment method, at 20 requests a minute, 20 requests a day and 200,000 tokens a day per model. Linking a card moves the account to the Developer tier, billed per token through Stripe, from $0.22 in and $0.59 out per 1M tokens on gpt-oss-120b (https://cloud.sambanova.ai/plans/pricing, checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "from $0.22 / 1M in", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs index, the OpenAPI document or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 2, "npmWeekly": 76, "pypiWeekly": 6129, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/get-started/overview", "rateLimitsUrl": "https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/models/rate-limits", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sambanova/sambanova-inference-api-spec/refs/heads/main/openapi.documented.json", "capabilities": [ "inference.llm", "inference.open-weights", "inference.fast" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "model", "open-weights", "free-tier", "no-card", "openapi", "llms-txt", "openai-compatible", "anthropic-compatible", "python", "typescript", "status-page", "soc2" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-17", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 66.4, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 297, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1260, "categoryRank": 12, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 67, "maintenance": 77, "payments": 40, "reliability": 85, "schema": 81, "security": 58, "transparency": 63 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": -2, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-10-08. The models and rate-limit pages list `MiniMax-M2.7` as a production model, and the July 2026 release notes say `Mistral-Large-3-675B-Instruct-2512` was promoted to production. Neither is on the pricing page or in `/v1/models`, and the deprecations page records neither. Two points, since a keyed call was not made to confirm the ids fail (https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/models/sambacloud-models, https://api.sambanova.ai/v1/models)." ], "verdict": "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.", "bestFor": "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.", "strengths": [ "Public OpenAPI 3.1.1 document for all 10 operations, plus `llms.txt` and a Markdown copy of every docs page", "`GET /v1/models` answers without a key and returns context length, output cap and per-token prices for each model", "Free tier with no payment method at 20 requests a minute, 20 requests a day and 200,000 tokens a day per model", "One key works with the OpenAI client, the Anthropic client (`/v1/messages`, `x-api-key`) and SambaNova's own SDKs", "Status page with a component per model and no incident posted since 25 June 2026" ], "weaknesses": [ "Production models get a notice of two to three weeks, and 13 model ids were removed between 9 March and 9 June 2026", "The docs list `MiniMax-M2.7` as a production model, while the pricing page and `/v1/models` did not list it on 8 October 2026", "`strict: true` on a JSON schema is accepted and has no effect, and the July 2026 notes record failing structured output on DeepSeek-V3.2", "Keys carry no scopes or project limits, and no key rotation guidance was found in the reviewed documentation", "The privacy policy is dated 27 May 2023, and no DPA, retention period or sub-processor list was found on the legal page" ], "agentNotes": [ "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", "Read `x-ratelimit-remaining-requests` and `x-ratelimit-remaining-requests-day` on every response. The free tier allows 20 requests a day per model", "Treat 429 `queue_full` and 503 `maintenance` as retryable after a delay, and 410 `model_deprecated` as a signal to change model", "Validate JSON output yourself. Schema enforcement is best effort and `strict: true` changes nothing", "Check `max_completion_tokens` per model. 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First St, Suite #100, San Jose, CA 95131, and define the Service as the SambaCloud platform. The page carries no date. The legal index says it was last updated on 5 February 2026.", "The privacy policy is the company's only one. Its last revision is dated 27 May 2023, it covers the website, communications and related services, and it does not name SambaCloud or API inputs.", "No DPA, SLA, acceptable use policy or sub-processor list is linked from https://sambanova.ai/legal-agreements.", "https://sambanova.ai/.well-known/security.txt returns 404.", "RDAP for sambanova.ai gives a registration date of 2017-12-18.", "The API answers at api.sambanova.ai and the console at cloud.sambanova.ai." ], "score": 82 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sambanova.json", "live": { "slug": "sambanova", "probe": { "target": "https://api.sambanova.ai/v1", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-11-02T00:56:19.60909913Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 405, "lastMs": 377, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 99.6, "uptime30d": 99.66, "p50ms24h": 423, "p95ms24h": 4713, "samples24h": 249, "samples30d": 5942, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 169, "ok": 169 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 247, "ok": 247 }, { 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59.5 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Tencent Cloud TokenHub leads on agent ergonomics and security \u0026 auth.", "b": { "slug": "tencent-tokenhub", "name": "Tencent Cloud TokenHub", "vendor": "Tencent Cloud", "vendorUrl": "https://cloud.tencent.com", "kind": "router", "category": "inference", "summary": "Tencent Cloud TokenHub is a hosted model gateway serving Tencent's Hy models and third-party models such as DeepSeek, Kimi, GLM and MiniMax through OpenAI-compatible and Anthropic-compatible endpoints in Guangzhou and Singapore, with per-key scopes and quotas.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tencent-tokenhub", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tencent-tokenhub.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tencent-tokenhub.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/tencent-tokenhub.json", "dns": "tencent-tokenhub.grade.anchorterminal.com", "repo": "https://github.com/TencentCloud/THCLI", "license": "Proprietary service under the TokenHub Terms of Service, the TokenHub SLA and the Tencent Cloud Service Agreement, with a special note for third-party deployed models. The `tencent-tokenhub-cli` package is Apache-2.0", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://tokenhub.tencentmaas.com/v1", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "tencent-tokenhub-cli" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "Bearer API key from the TokenHub console, or `x-api-key` on the Anthropic-style `/v1/messages`. Keys are long-lived, belong to one region (Guangzhou or Singapore), can be limited to chosen models and inference services, up to 200 IP ranges and token quotas, and can be disabled or deleted. They can also be created through the CreateApiKey control-plane call with signed Tencent Cloud credentials, or by `thcli auth login`. The account needs real-name verification first.", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "Pay per token in CNY, billed hourly. Hy4 preview costs 6 CNY in, 18 CNY out and 0.3 CNY cached per 1M tokens, Hy3 1, 4 and 0.25 CNY. DeepSeek models double at weekday peak hours. Batch is half price for Hy3 and Hy4 preview. Each account gets 1M free tokens per language model for a year, in a campaign to 31 December 2026. Token Plan subscriptions run from 28 to 599 CNY a month (https://cloud.tencent.com/document/product/1823/130055, checked 2026-11-01).", "priceSummary": "Pay per use", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs table of contents, the billing pages or the API usage page. Payment is from a Tencent Cloud account balance, billed hourly (checked 2026-11-01).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 204, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-11-01" }, "docsUrl": "https://cloud.tencent.com/document/product/1823/130058", "rateLimitsUrl": "https://cloud.tencent.com/document/product/1823/136028", "llmsTxt": "https://cloud.tencent.com/document/product/1823/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "inference.router", "inference.llm", "inference.open-weights", "embed.text", "embed.multimodal", "image.generate", "video.generate", "speech.tts", "speech.stt", "audio.music", "translate.text", "web.search", "obs.gateway" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "router", "usage-based", "free-credit", "openai-compatible", "anthropic-compatible", "llms-txt", "cli", "sla", "batch", "bug-bounty", "no-status-page", "regional-endpoints", "singapore", "chinese", "subscription" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-24", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 59.5, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 646, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1260, "categoryRank": 18, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 83, "maintenance": 73, "payments": 35, "reliability": 46, "schema": 73, "security": 71, "transparency": 54 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-11-01" }, "negative": -3, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-10-17. -3, a breaking change without notice. DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash (directly supplied) was moved to its 1017 version under the same model ids and prices on 17 October 2026, and the notice came two days later (https://cloud.tencent.com/announce/detail/2516). Callers pinned to the id got a different model's behaviour with no warning. One term at the floor: the API didn't change. The founder's decision, 1 November 2026." ], "verdict": "Keys can be limited to chosen models, source IPs and token quotas, errors name their source and code, and a 99.5% SLA covers paid use of models Tencent runs. Sign-up needs a Tencent Cloud account with real-name verification, prices are in CNY, no public status page was found, and 18 model retirement notices ran from April to October 2026.", "bestFor": "Teams in or near Tencent Cloud that want one key and bill for Tencent's Hy models and Chinese open-weight models (DeepSeek, Kimi, GLM, MiniMax, Qwen, MiMo) with per-key limits and CNY billing.", "strengths": [ "API keys can be limited to chosen models and inference services, up to 200 source IP ranges, and daily, monthly or total token quotas", "One base URL answers OpenAI Chat Completions, OpenAI Responses and Anthropic Messages calls, and `GET /v1/models` marks models due to retire as `pre-offline`", "Error bodies carry a six-digit code, English and Chinese messages, the source (client, gateway or upstream) and a request ID, and 429s can carry `Retry-After`", "A published SLA promises 99.5% monthly availability with voucher credits of 10 to 50 per cent of the month's fee, for paid use of models Tencent runs", "Per-call audit logs (request ID, key, client IP, status, tokens, latency) can be delivered to the customer's own Tencent Cloud CLS log service" ], "weaknesses": [ "Sign-up needs a Tencent Cloud account with real-name verification. The international site answered with a bot check, so access from outside China was not established", "No public status page was found. A four-hour outage of DeepSeek's directly supplied models on 15 October 2026 appears only as a compensation notice", "18 model retirement notices from 21 April to 22 October 2026. Those read gave 21 to 33 days, and eligible callers are switched to a successor at its price", "DeepSeek's directly supplied models send inputs to DeepSeek under its own terms, and the TokenHub SLA does not cover them", "Per-model RPM and TPM limits for chat models are shown in the console and the quota API, not in the public docs" ], "agentNotes": [ "Use `https://tokenhub.tencentmaas.com/v1` with keys made for Guangzhou and `https://tokenhub-intl.tencentmaas.com/v1` with keys made for Singapore. Keys do not work across the two", "Send the key as `Authorization: Bearer` on the OpenAI paths and as `x-api-key` on `/v1/messages`", "Parse `error.code` as a string or a number, since 429 codes can come back as integers, and wait for `Retry-After` before retrying", "Take model ids from `GET /v1/models` and watch for `pre-offline`. The quickstart's `deepseek-v3` example is not in the current model list", "Expect DeepSeek prices to double on weekdays from 9am to noon and 2pm to 6pm Beijing time, when the peak rate applies" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 59.5 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 83, "maintenance": 73, "payments": 35, "reliability": 46, "schema": 73, "security": 71, "transparency": 59 }, "provenanceScore": 49, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-11-01", "maintenance": "2026-11-01", "payments": "2026-11-01", "reliability": "2026-11-01", "schema": "2026-11-01", "security": "2026-11-01", "transparency": "2026-11-01" }, "last": "2026-11-01", "oldest": "2026-11-01", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "install": "npm i -g tencent-tokenhub-cli", "http": "curl https://tokenhub.tencentmaas.com/v1/models \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $TOKENHUB_API_KEY\"", "claudeCode": "{\n \"env\": {\n \"ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL\": \"https://tokenhub.tencentmaas.com\",\n \"ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN\": \"YOUR_API_KEY\",\n \"ANTHROPIC_MODEL\": \"hy3\"\n }\n}" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/inference.router", "tool": "https://letme.dev/tencent-tokenhub" }, "area": "models", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Tencent Cloud Computing (Beijing) Co., Ltd. (腾讯云计算（北京）有限责任公司)", "domain": "tencentmaas.com", "domainRegistered": "2026-03-13", "endpointOnVendorDomain": false, "terms": "https://cloud.tencent.com/document/product/301/129852", "privacy": "https://privacy.qq.com/document/preview/91d5fd3c98ce4468ae462ac59233bba2", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://cloud.tencent.com/document/product/1823/130675", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-11-01", "notes": [ "The TokenHub Terms of Service (effective 14 September 2026), the SLA (effective 23 April 2026) and the special note on third-party deployed models (effective 14 September 2026) name 腾讯云计算（北京）有限责任公司. The docs footer also names 深圳市腾讯计算机系统有限公司 as ICP licence holder.", "The TokenHub privacy policy is linked from the docs to privacy.qq.com, which renders only with JavaScript, so it was not read. privacy.qq.com has no robots.txt (404).", "No public status page was found. status.cloud.tencent.com did not answer, and the Tencent Cloud health dashboard documentation answered with a bot check.", "security.txt answered 404 on cloud.tencent.com, www.tencent.com and tokenhub.tencentmaas.com. Tencent's bug bounty policy at en.security.tencent.com lists Tencent Cloud in scope.", "RDAP at Verisign gives tencentmaas.com a registration date of 13 March 2026 with no registrant. The API answers at tokenhub.tencentmaas.com and tokenhub-intl.tencentmaas.com, named in Tencent Cloud's API usage page.", "cloud.tencent.com allows these docs in robots.txt. Its pages answered some requests with a JavaScript bot check, which was not passed. The pages were read when a later plain request returned them. www.tencentcloud.com answered robots.txt with a bot check, so the international site was not read." ], "score": 49 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tencent-tokenhub.json", "live": { "slug": "tencent-tokenhub", "probe": { "target": "https://tokenhub.tencentmaas.com/v1", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-11-02T00:56:24.101434531Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 795, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 826, "p95ms24h": 1067, "samples24h": 28, "samples30d": 28, "days": [ { "date": "2026-11-01", "probes": 18, "ok": 18 }, { "date": "2026-11-02", "probes": 10, "ok": 10 } ] }, "updatedAt": "2026-11-02T00:56:24.101434531Z" } }, "edges": [ { "by": 39, "category": "reliability", "leads": "sambanova", "name": "Reliability", "reasons": { "a": "Hosted reading. Status page at status.sambanova.ai on Statuspage, with components for the API gateway, the Playground and each model (20). The incident feed lists 25 incidents since launch, the latest an 8-minute Playground login fault on 25 June 2026, so nothing is posted for the last 90 days (30). Limits published per model and tier, 20 requests a minute and 20 a day on the free tier, 60 and 12,000 on the Developer tier (15). `x-ratelimit-*` headers on every response, the error table says to retry `queue_full` after a delay, and the SDKs retry 429 and server errors twice with backoff. No `Retry-After` header was found in the docs or the OpenAPI document (10 of 15). No SLA found on the legal page or in the terms (0). Three production models are generally available, three are previews (10).", "b": "Hosted reading. No public status page was found. status.cloud.tencent.com did not answer and the Tencent Cloud health dashboard documentation answered with a bot check (0). With no page there is no incident record to read (5 of 30). The announcements carry one incident, DeepSeek's directly supplied models unavailable from 9:06 to 13:04 Beijing time on 15 October 2026 after a fault at DeepSeek, compensated with vouchers. Rate limits are per model, shown in the console and returned by DescribeModelQuota. The public docs give numbers only for batch jobs (20 created a minute, 10 active), image models (5 concurrent) and DeepSeek V4 Flash and Pro (2,500 and 500 concurrent), with the rules for self-serve increases (8 of 15). Six 429 codes separate RPM, TPM, TPD, concurrency and upstream capacity, 429s may carry `Retry-After` and the docs advise exponential backoff. No idempotency guidance, though inference calls are not writes (13 of 15). The TokenHub SLA promises 99.5% monthly availability with vouchers of 10, 25 or 50 per cent of the month's fee. It excludes free use and third-party deployed models such as DeepSeek's directly supplied ones (10). Generally available since 7 April 2026, with some models marked preview (10)." }, "scores": { "a": 85, "b": 46 } }, { "by": 16, "category": "ergonomics", "leads": "tencent-tokenhub", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "reasons": { "a": "Model reading of the checklist (tool use, structured output, caching, context, batch, SDKs, errors). Function calling with `tool_choice` to force a function, on six listed models, and a July 2026 fix for tool calls that were buffered when streaming (17 of 20). `json_object` and `json_schema` output, best effort only, with a known failure on DeepSeek-V3.2 recorded in July 2026 (8 of 15). Automatic prompt caching on the MiniMax models only, with cached input on MiniMax-M3 at a tenth of the input price, a 4,096-token minimum and no guaranteed persistence (10 of 15). 131,072-token context on four of six models, 1M on the MiniMax-M3 preview, and output capped at 7,168 tokens on DeepSeek and 3,072 on Llama 3.3 70B (8 of 15). No batch API found in the docs index or the OpenAPI document (0 of 10). Official SDKs for Python and TypeScript, and the OpenAI and Anthropic clients work with a changed base URL (10). Errors carry `type`, `param`, `code` and `request_id` (14 of 15).", "b": "Router, read on the model lines. Function calling is marked on most chat models in the model list, with behaviour depending on the model routed (14 of 20). Structured output is marked per model and missing on the MiniMax and Qwen models, and an unsupported `response_format` returns code 400006 (12 of 15). Cache-hit prices are published per model, Kimi K3.1 Pro lists five-minute and one-hour cache writes, and a guide covers `prompt_cache_key` and the `X-Session-ID` header for instance affinity (14 of 15). Most listed chat models have contexts of one million tokens, a judgement call since a router has no default model (15). Batch at half price covers only Hy3 and Hy4 preview, reads and writes JSONL in the customer's own COS bucket and is documented for the Guangzhou endpoint (5 of 10). No TokenHub inference SDK. The OpenAI and Anthropic SDKs work with a changed base URL, and Tencent Cloud SDK 3.0 and the `thcli` CLI cover the control plane (8 of 10). Errors return a code, English and Chinese messages, the source, the upstream code and status and a request ID, and stream errors arrive as SSE error frames (15 of 15)." }, "scores": { "a": 67, "b": 83 } }, { "by": 13, "category": "security", "leads": "tencent-tokenhub", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "reasons": { "a": "Model reading. Bearer keys from the console, up to 25 per user and shown once. No scopes, project limits or rotation guidance were found, and the key travels in a header, never in the URL (18 of 30). The terms let SambaNova access, store and process Customer Content solely to supply the service and for no other purposes, which rules out training without naming it (18 of 20). No retention period is published. The product page says SambaCloud never sees or collects prompts, while the terms grant a right to store content and to use query logs (7 of 15). The console has a Usage page. No request logs or audit log were found in the docs (5 of 15). The trust centre states SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001. No security.txt, disclosure policy or bug bounty was found, and the SDK's SECURITY.md sends service reports to a general address (10 of 20).", "b": "Router, read on the model lines. Bearer keys can be limited to chosen models and inference services, up to 200 source IP ranges and daily, monthly or total token quotas, can be disabled or deleted, and can be created in code through CreateApiKey with signed Tencent Cloud credentials. Keys are long-lived with no expiry setting or built-in rotation (26 of 30). Clause 2.17 of the terms says inputs are not used to train Tencent Cloud's own models, and the FAQ says data is not used for training. Inputs to third-party deployed models (DeepSeek's directly supplied ones) go to DeepSeek under its terms (14 of 20). Clause 2.14 keeps data only as long as the service needs, with no periods stated. When a customer asks for generated content without AI labels, Tencent Cloud keeps logs of who received it for at least six months. No zero-retention option was found (7 of 15). Per-call audit logs (request ID, key, client IP, status, tokens, latency) and optional full call logs go to the customer's CLS, billed separately, with usage by key and a monitoring dashboard (14 of 15). No security.txt on cloud.tencent.com, www.tencent.com or tokenhub.tencentmaas.com (404). Tencent's bug bounty through TSRC lists Tencent Cloud in scope. No certification for TokenHub was checked (10 of 20)." }, "scores": { "a": 58, "b": 71 } }, { "by": 9, "category": "transparency", "leads": "sambanova", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "reasons": { "a": "Closed service with clear terms that name the entity and the governing law, and Apache-2.0 SDKs and OpenAPI document (15). The privacy policy is dated 27 May 2023 and does not name SambaCloud or API inputs, no DPA or retention period is published, and the product page's claim that prompts are never seen or collected sits beside terms that allow storing content and using query logs (10 of 30). A deprecations page with notice and removal dates back to April 2025, though it has no entry for Mistral Large 3 or MiniMax-M2.7 (14 of 20). The terms name Stripe as payment processor and the privacy policy names regions in general terms. No sub-processor list or data location for inference was found (5 of 20).", "b": "Closed service under the TokenHub Terms of Service (effective 14 September 2026), the SLA (23 April 2026), a special note on third-party deployed models and the Tencent Cloud Service Agreement, naming Tencent Cloud Computing (Beijing) Co., Ltd. The CLI is Apache-2.0 (18 of 30). The terms and the FAQ agree that inputs are processed on the customer's instructions and not used for training, and clause 2.14 limits retention to what the service needs without periods. The TokenHub privacy policy on privacy.qq.com renders only with JavaScript and was not read (15 of 30). Dated retirement notices, shutdown dates in the model list, a `pre-offline` status in `/v1/models` and a `DiscontinuedAt` field in the control API. Clause 6.3 refunds paid, unused tokens when a third-party model is removed. No minimum notice period is written (13 of 20). Clause 2.13 places processing generally in mainland China for the China site and in Singapore for the international site, and the third-party model list names DeepSeek's Hangzhou company with a link to its terms. No subprocessor list was found (13 of 20)." }, "scores": { "a": 63, "b": 54 } }, { "by": 8, "category": "schema", "leads": "sambanova", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "reasons": { "a": "Public OpenAPI 3.1.1 document, version 1.2.0, with 10 operations and 169 schemas, last updated 17 September 2026 (25). `llms.txt` at docs.sambanova.ai/docs/llms.txt and a Markdown copy of each page (10). 717 descriptions in the document, with feature pages for function calling, Responses, Messages and caching. When not to use a route is rarely stated (15 of 20). Typed parameters with 152 enums, but JSON schema output is best effort and `strict: true` has no effect (10 of 15). Code examples in Python and TypeScript, and an errors page with 13 codes and a recovery suggestion for each (13 of 15). The spec is versioned and release notes are dated, but the newest SambaCloud entry is 7 July 2026 and the models page disagrees with `/v1/models` (8 of 15).", "b": "Router, scored on the API lines. No OpenAPI file for the inference routes. Field pages document the OpenAI Chat Completions, OpenAI Responses and Anthropic Messages formats as TokenHub implements them, and the control plane is a Tencent Cloud API 3.0 service (version 2026-03-22) with typed parameters, API Explorer and SDKs (12 of 25). An llms.txt at cloud.tencent.com/document/product/1823/llms.txt links a Markdown copy of each docs page (10). The docs say which models support thinking, tools, structured output and caching, how TokenHub departs from each standard protocol, and which DeepSeek model suits which job. The quickstart's examples still use `deepseek-v3`, which is not in the model list, and Qwen3.5 stays in the list with a past shutdown date (13 of 20). Protocol pages list each field with type, required flag and default, and control-plane parameters carry enums and required flags (10 of 15). Examples in curl, Python, Node.js, Java and Go, and an error page listing 30 codes with HTTP status, cause and fix (14 of 15). Paths carry `/v1`, release notes are dated monthly from 7 April to 24 October 2026, and the control-plane API has a dated history of 26 releases to 18 September 2026 (14 of 15)." }, "scores": { "a": 81, "b": 73 } }, { "by": 5, "category": "payments", "leads": "sambanova", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "reasons": { "a": "No machine payment protocol (0). Per-token prices on the pricing page and in `/v1/models`, both read without a login, such as gpt-oss-120b at $0.22 in and $0.59 out per 1M tokens (20). Free tier with no payment method (20). A person signs up in the console to get a key (0).", "b": "No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Per-token prices for every model are public in CNY for Guangzhou and Singapore, with DeepSeek's peak and off-peak rates (20). Each account gets 1M free tokens per language model, valid for a year, in a campaign running to 31 December 2026. No card is mentioned, but the account needs real-name verification, so this line takes 15 of 20. A person signs up and completes real-name verification in a browser. Keys can then be created in code or by `thcli auth login`, but only from that account (0)." }, "scores": { "a": 40, "b": 35 } } ], "facts": [ { "a": "Model API", "b": "Model router", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "SambaNova Systems, Inc.", "b": "Tencent Cloud", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.sambanova.ai/v1", "b": "https://tokenhub.tencentmaas.com/v1", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Pay per use", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary service under the SambaCloud Terms of Service. The SDKs and the OpenAPI document are Apache-2.0", "b": "Proprietary service under the TokenHub Terms of Service, the TokenHub SLA and the Tencent Cloud Service Agreement, with a special note for third-party deployed models. The `tencent-tokenhub-cli` package is Apache-2.0", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-09-17", "b": "2026-10-24", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2023-05-27", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "2 stars, 76 npm/wk, 6.1k PyPI/wk", "b": "204 npm/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "3.5/5 (4)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "SambaCloud scores 66.4 (B) on agent readiness against Tencent Cloud TokenHub's 59.5 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Tencent Cloud TokenHub leads on agent ergonomics and security \u0026 auth.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, SambaCloud or Tencent Cloud TokenHub?" }, { "answer": "Both need an API key.", "question": "Do SambaCloud and Tencent Cloud TokenHub need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. SambaCloud has a hosted endpoint at https://api.sambanova.ai/v1 and Tencent Cloud TokenHub at https://tokenhub.tencentmaas.com/v1.", "question": "Can an agent call SambaCloud and Tencent Cloud TokenHub without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 85 against 46", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 81 against 73", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 35", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 63 against 54" ], "also": [ "Free to start without a card" ], "goodFor": "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.", "slug": "sambanova", "watchFor": "Production models get a notice of two to three weeks, and 13 model ids were removed between 9 March and 9 June 2026" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Agent ergonomics, 83 against 67", "Security \u0026 auth, 71 against 58" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Teams in or near Tencent Cloud that want one key and bill for Tencent's Hy models and Chinese open-weight models (DeepSeek, Kimi, GLM, MiniMax, Qwen, MiMo) with per-key limits and CNY billing.", "slug": "tencent-tokenhub", "watchFor": "Sign-up needs a Tencent Cloud account with real-name verification. The international site answered with a bot check, so access from outside China was not established" } ], "history": { "sambanova": [ { "causes": [ "correction" ], "date": "2026-10-28", "delta": -0.1, "from": 66.5, "fromGrade": "B", "to": 66.4, "toGrade": "B" }, { "causes": [ "method" ], "date": "2026-10-27", "delta": 0.1, "from": 66.4, "fromGrade": "B", "to": 66.5, "toGrade": "B" } ], "tencent-tokenhub": null }, "job": { "capability": "inference.llm", "name": "LLM inference" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/anthropic-api-vs-sambanova.json", "title": "Claude API vs SambaCloud", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/anthropic-api-vs-sambanova" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/anthropic-api-vs-tencent-tokenhub.json", "title": "Claude API vs Tencent Cloud TokenHub", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/anthropic-api-vs-tencent-tokenhub" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antseed-vs-sambanova.json", 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"tencent-tokenhub": 35, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 4, "edge": "sambanova", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "sambanova": 77, "tencent-tokenhub": 73, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 9, "edge": "sambanova", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "sambanova": 63, "tencent-tokenhub": 54, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "SambaCloud scores 66.4 (B) on agent readiness against Tencent Cloud TokenHub's 59.5 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. 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Sign-up needs a Tencent Cloud account with real-name verification, prices are in CNY, no public status page was found, and 18 model retirement notices ran from April to October 2026." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sambanova-vs-tencent-tokenhub", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sambanova-vs-tencent-tokenhub.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sambanova-vs-tencent-tokenhub.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sambanova-vs-tencent-tokenhub.min.md" }, "markdown": "SambaCloud scores 66.4 (B) on agent readiness against Tencent Cloud TokenHub's 59.5 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Tencent Cloud TokenHub leads on agent ergonomics and security \u0026 auth. Both do llm inference.\n\n- SambaCloud: grade B, 66.4/100, rank #297 of 1260. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sambanova.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/sambanova.json\n- Tencent Cloud TokenHub: grade C, 59.5/100, rank #646 of 1260. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tencent-tokenhub.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/tencent-tokenhub.json\n- Best model APIs and inference for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/inference/index.md\n- All 529 models comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/inference/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### SambaCloud (B)\n\nGood 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.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 85 against 46\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 81 against 73\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 35\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 63 against 54\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: Production models get a notice of two to three weeks, and 13 model ids were removed between 9 March and 9 June 2026\n\n### Tencent Cloud TokenHub (C)\n\nGood for: Teams in or near Tencent Cloud that want one key and bill for Tencent's Hy models and Chinese open-weight models (DeepSeek, Kimi, GLM, MiniMax, Qwen, MiMo) with per-key limits and CNY billing.\n\nAhead on:\n- Agent ergonomics, 83 against 67\n- Security \u0026 auth, 71 against 58\n\nWatch for: Sign-up needs a Tencent Cloud account with real-name verification. The international site answered with a bot check, so access from outside China was not established\n\n\n## Why the edge\n\n### Reliability: SambaCloud +39\n\n- SambaCloud (85): Hosted reading. Status page at status.sambanova.ai on Statuspage, with components for the API gateway, the Playground and each model (20). The incident feed lists 25 incidents since launch, the latest an 8-minute Playground login fault on 25 June 2026, so nothing is posted for the last 90 days (30). Limits published per model and tier, 20 requests a minute and 20 a day on the free tier, 60 and 12,000 on the Developer tier (15). `x-ratelimit-*` headers on every response, the error table says to retry `queue_full` after a delay, and the SDKs retry 429 and server errors twice with backoff. No `Retry-After` header was found in the docs or the OpenAPI document (10 of 15). No SLA found on the legal page or in the terms (0). Three production models are generally available, three are previews (10).\n- Tencent Cloud TokenHub (46): Hosted reading. No public status page was found. status.cloud.tencent.com did not answer and the Tencent Cloud health dashboard documentation answered with a bot check (0). With no page there is no incident record to read (5 of 30). The announcements carry one incident, DeepSeek's directly supplied models unavailable from 9:06 to 13:04 Beijing time on 15 October 2026 after a fault at DeepSeek, compensated with vouchers. Rate limits are per model, shown in the console and returned by DescribeModelQuota. The public docs give numbers only for batch jobs (20 created a minute, 10 active), image models (5 concurrent) and DeepSeek V4 Flash and Pro (2,500 and 500 concurrent), with the rules for self-serve increases (8 of 15). Six 429 codes separate RPM, TPM, TPD, concurrency and upstream capacity, 429s may carry `Retry-After` and the docs advise exponential backoff. No idempotency guidance, though inference calls are not writes (13 of 15). The TokenHub SLA promises 99.5% monthly availability with vouchers of 10, 25 or 50 per cent of the month's fee. It excludes free use and third-party deployed models such as DeepSeek's directly supplied ones (10). Generally available since 7 April 2026, with some models marked preview (10).\n\n### Agent ergonomics: Tencent Cloud TokenHub +16\n\n- SambaCloud (67): Model reading of the checklist (tool use, structured output, caching, context, batch, SDKs, errors). Function calling with `tool_choice` to force a function, on six listed models, and a July 2026 fix for tool calls that were buffered when streaming (17 of 20). `json_object` and `json_schema` output, best effort only, with a known failure on DeepSeek-V3.2 recorded in July 2026 (8 of 15). Automatic prompt caching on the MiniMax models only, with cached input on MiniMax-M3 at a tenth of the input price, a 4,096-token minimum and no guaranteed persistence (10 of 15). 131,072-token context on four of six models, 1M on the MiniMax-M3 preview, and output capped at 7,168 tokens on DeepSeek and 3,072 on Llama 3.3 70B (8 of 15). No batch API found in the docs index or the OpenAPI document (0 of 10). Official SDKs for Python and TypeScript, and the OpenAI and Anthropic clients work with a changed base URL (10). Errors carry `type`, `param`, `code` and `request_id` (14 of 15).\n- Tencent Cloud TokenHub (83): Router, read on the model lines. Function calling is marked on most chat models in the model list, with behaviour depending on the model routed (14 of 20). Structured output is marked per model and missing on the MiniMax and Qwen models, and an unsupported `response_format` returns code 400006 (12 of 15). Cache-hit prices are published per model, Kimi K3.1 Pro lists five-minute and one-hour cache writes, and a guide covers `prompt_cache_key` and the `X-Session-ID` header for instance affinity (14 of 15). Most listed chat models have contexts of one million tokens, a judgement call since a router has no default model (15). Batch at half price covers only Hy3 and Hy4 preview, reads and writes JSONL in the customer's own COS bucket and is documented for the Guangzhou endpoint (5 of 10). No TokenHub inference SDK. The OpenAI and Anthropic SDKs work with a changed base URL, and Tencent Cloud SDK 3.0 and the `thcli` CLI cover the control plane (8 of 10). Errors return a code, English and Chinese messages, the source, the upstream code and status and a request ID, and stream errors arrive as SSE error frames (15 of 15).\n\n### Security \u0026 auth: Tencent Cloud TokenHub +13\n\n- SambaCloud (58): Model reading. Bearer keys from the console, up to 25 per user and shown once. No scopes, project limits or rotation guidance were found, and the key travels in a header, never in the URL (18 of 30). The terms let SambaNova access, store and process Customer Content solely to supply the service and for no other purposes, which rules out training without naming it (18 of 20). No retention period is published. The product page says SambaCloud never sees or collects prompts, while the terms grant a right to store content and to use query logs (7 of 15). The console has a Usage page. No request logs or audit log were found in the docs (5 of 15). The trust centre states SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001. No security.txt, disclosure policy or bug bounty was found, and the SDK's SECURITY.md sends service reports to a general address (10 of 20).\n- Tencent Cloud TokenHub (71): Router, read on the model lines. Bearer keys can be limited to chosen models and inference services, up to 200 source IP ranges and daily, monthly or total token quotas, can be disabled or deleted, and can be created in code through CreateApiKey with signed Tencent Cloud credentials. Keys are long-lived with no expiry setting or built-in rotation (26 of 30). Clause 2.17 of the terms says inputs are not used to train Tencent Cloud's own models, and the FAQ says data is not used for training. Inputs to third-party deployed models (DeepSeek's directly supplied ones) go to DeepSeek under its terms (14 of 20). Clause 2.14 keeps data only as long as the service needs, with no periods stated. When a customer asks for generated content without AI labels, Tencent Cloud keeps logs of who received it for at least six months. No zero-retention option was found (7 of 15). Per-call audit logs (request ID, key, client IP, status, tokens, latency) and optional full call logs go to the customer's CLS, billed separately, with usage by key and a monitoring dashboard (14 of 15). No security.txt on cloud.tencent.com, www.tencent.com or tokenhub.tencentmaas.com (404). Tencent's bug bounty through TSRC lists Tencent Cloud in scope. No certification for TokenHub was checked (10 of 20).\n\n### Transparency \u0026 trust: SambaCloud +9\n\n- SambaCloud (63): Closed service with clear terms that name the entity and the governing law, and Apache-2.0 SDKs and OpenAPI document (15). The privacy policy is dated 27 May 2023 and does not name SambaCloud or API inputs, no DPA or retention period is published, and the product page's claim that prompts are never seen or collected sits beside terms that allow storing content and using query logs (10 of 30). A deprecations page with notice and removal dates back to April 2025, though it has no entry for Mistral Large 3 or MiniMax-M2.7 (14 of 20). The terms name Stripe as payment processor and the privacy policy names regions in general terms. No sub-processor list or data location for inference was found (5 of 20).\n- Tencent Cloud TokenHub (54): Closed service under the TokenHub Terms of Service (effective 14 September 2026), the SLA (23 April 2026), a special note on third-party deployed models and the Tencent Cloud Service Agreement, naming Tencent Cloud Computing (Beijing) Co., Ltd. The CLI is Apache-2.0 (18 of 30). The terms and the FAQ agree that inputs are processed on the customer's instructions and not used for training, and clause 2.14 limits retention to what the service needs without periods. The TokenHub privacy policy on privacy.qq.com renders only with JavaScript and was not read (15 of 30). Dated retirement notices, shutdown dates in the model list, a `pre-offline` status in `/v1/models` and a `DiscontinuedAt` field in the control API. Clause 6.3 refunds paid, unused tokens when a third-party model is removed. No minimum notice period is written (13 of 20). Clause 2.13 places processing generally in mainland China for the China site and in Singapore for the international site, and the third-party model list names DeepSeek's Hangzhou company with a link to its terms. No subprocessor list was found (13 of 20).\n\n### Schema \u0026 documentation: SambaCloud +8\n\n- SambaCloud (81): Public OpenAPI 3.1.1 document, version 1.2.0, with 10 operations and 169 schemas, last updated 17 September 2026 (25). `llms.txt` at docs.sambanova.ai/docs/llms.txt and a Markdown copy of each page (10). 717 descriptions in the document, with feature pages for function calling, Responses, Messages and caching. When not to use a route is rarely stated (15 of 20). Typed parameters with 152 enums, but JSON schema output is best effort and `strict: true` has no effect (10 of 15). Code examples in Python and TypeScript, and an errors page with 13 codes and a recovery suggestion for each (13 of 15). The spec is versioned and release notes are dated, but the newest SambaCloud entry is 7 July 2026 and the models page disagrees with `/v1/models` (8 of 15).\n- Tencent Cloud TokenHub (73): Router, scored on the API lines. No OpenAPI file for the inference routes. Field pages document the OpenAI Chat Completions, OpenAI Responses and Anthropic Messages formats as TokenHub implements them, and the control plane is a Tencent Cloud API 3.0 service (version 2026-03-22) with typed parameters, API Explorer and SDKs (12 of 25). An llms.txt at cloud.tencent.com/document/product/1823/llms.txt links a Markdown copy of each docs page (10). The docs say which models support thinking, tools, structured output and caching, how TokenHub departs from each standard protocol, and which DeepSeek model suits which job. The quickstart's examples still use `deepseek-v3`, which is not in the model list, and Qwen3.5 stays in the list with a past shutdown date (13 of 20). Protocol pages list each field with type, required flag and default, and control-plane parameters carry enums and required flags (10 of 15). Examples in curl, Python, Node.js, Java and Go, and an error page listing 30 codes with HTTP status, cause and fix (14 of 15). Paths carry `/v1`, release notes are dated monthly from 7 April to 24 October 2026, and the control-plane API has a dated history of 26 releases to 18 September 2026 (14 of 15).\n\n### Payments \u0026 pricing: SambaCloud +5\n\n- SambaCloud (40): No machine payment protocol (0). Per-token prices on the pricing page and in `/v1/models`, both read without a login, such as gpt-oss-120b at $0.22 in and $0.59 out per 1M tokens (20). Free tier with no payment method (20). A person signs up in the console to get a key (0).\n- Tencent Cloud TokenHub (35): No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Per-token prices for every model are public in CNY for Guangzhou and Singapore, with DeepSeek's peak and off-peak rates (20). Each account gets 1M free tokens per language model, valid for a year, in a campaign running to 31 December 2026. No card is mentioned, but the account needs real-name verification, so this line takes 15 of 20. A person signs up and completes real-name verification in a browser. Keys can then be created in code or by `thcli auth login`, but only from that account (0).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | SambaCloud | Tencent Cloud TokenHub | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 85 | 46 | SambaCloud +39 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 81 | 73 | SambaCloud +8 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 67 | 83 | Tencent Cloud TokenHub +16 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 58 | 71 | Tencent Cloud TokenHub +13 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 40 | 35 | SambaCloud +5 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 77 | 73 | SambaCloud +4 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 63 | 54 | SambaCloud +9 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -2 | -3 | |\n| **Total** | | **66.4 · B** | **59.5 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | SambaCloud | Tencent Cloud TokenHub |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Model API | Model router |\n| Vendor | SambaNova Systems, Inc. | Tencent Cloud |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.sambanova.ai/v1` | `https://tokenhub.tencentmaas.com/v1` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under the SambaCloud Terms of Service. The SDKs and the OpenAPI document are Apache-2.0 | Proprietary service under the TokenHub Terms of Service, the TokenHub SLA and the Tencent Cloud Service Agreement, with a special note for third-party deployed models. The `tencent-tokenhub-cli` package is Apache-2.0 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-09-17 | 2026-10-24 |\n| Terms last updated | no date given | couldn't be read |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2023-05-27 | couldn't be read |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | couldn't be read |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | couldn't be read |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | couldn't be read |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | couldn't be read |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | couldn't be read |\n| Popularity | 2 stars, 76 npm/wk, 6.1k PyPI/wk | 204 npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (4) | none |\n\n## How the scores have moved\n\n### SambaCloud\n\n- -0.1 on 28 October 2026: correction\n- +0.1 on 27 October 2026: checklist\n\n### Tencent Cloud TokenHub\n\nNo score change since it was listed.\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**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.\n\n**Tencent Cloud TokenHub.** Keys can be limited to chosen models, source IPs and token quotas, errors name their source and code, and a 99.5% SLA covers paid use of models Tencent runs. Sign-up needs a Tencent Cloud account with real-name verification, prices are in CNY, no public status page was found, and 18 model retirement notices ran from April to October 2026.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### SambaCloud\n\n1. 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\n2. Read `x-ratelimit-remaining-requests` and `x-ratelimit-remaining-requests-day` on every response. The free tier allows 20 requests a day per model\n3. Treat 429 `queue_full` and 503 `maintenance` as retryable after a delay, and 410 `model_deprecated` as a signal to change model\n4. Validate JSON output yourself. Schema enforcement is best effort and `strict: true` changes nothing\n5. Check `max_completion_tokens` per model. DeepSeek-V3.1 caps output at 7,168 tokens and Llama 3.3 70B at 3,072\n\n### Tencent Cloud TokenHub\n\n1. Use `https://tokenhub.tencentmaas.com/v1` with keys made for Guangzhou and `https://tokenhub-intl.tencentmaas.com/v1` with keys made for Singapore. Keys do not work across the two\n2. Send the key as `Authorization: Bearer` on the OpenAI paths and as `x-api-key` on `/v1/messages`\n3. Parse `error.code` as a string or a number, since 429 codes can come back as integers, and wait for `Retry-After` before retrying\n4. Take model ids from `GET /v1/models` and watch for `pre-offline`. The quickstart's `deepseek-v3` example is not in the current model list\n5. Expect DeepSeek prices to double on weekdays from 9am to noon and 2pm to 6pm Beijing time, when the peak rate applies\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, SambaCloud or Tencent Cloud TokenHub?\n\nSambaCloud scores 66.4 (B) on agent readiness against Tencent Cloud TokenHub's 59.5 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Tencent Cloud TokenHub leads on agent ergonomics and security \u0026 auth.\n\n### Do SambaCloud and Tencent Cloud TokenHub need an API key?\n\nBoth need an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call SambaCloud and Tencent Cloud TokenHub without installing anything?\n\nYes. SambaCloud has a hosted endpoint at https://api.sambanova.ai/v1 and Tencent Cloud TokenHub at https://tokenhub.tencentmaas.com/v1.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sambanova-vs-tencent-tokenhub.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sambanova-vs-tencent-tokenhub.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"sambanova\", \"b\": \"tencent-tokenhub\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare sambanova tencent-tokenhub`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/sambanova.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/tencent-tokenhub.json\n\n## Other comparisons with SambaCloud or Tencent Cloud TokenHub\n\n- [Claude API vs SambaCloud](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/anthropic-api-vs-sambanova.md)\n- [Claude API vs Tencent Cloud TokenHub](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/anthropic-api-vs-tencent-tokenhub.md)\n- [Antseed vs SambaCloud](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antseed-vs-sambanova.md)\n- [BlockRun.AI vs SambaCloud](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/blockrun-ai-vs-sambanova.md)\n- [BlockRun.AI vs Tencent Cloud TokenHub](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/blockrun-ai-vs-tencent-tokenhub.md)\n- [Cerebras Inference vs SambaCloud](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cerebras-inference-vs-sambanova.md)\n- [Cerebras Inference vs Tencent Cloud 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TokenHub](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepinfra-vs-tencent-tokenhub.md)\n- [DeepSeek API vs SambaCloud](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-sambanova.md)\n- [DeepSeek API vs Tencent Cloud TokenHub](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-tencent-tokenhub.md)\n- [Glimpse vs SambaCloud](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elorian-glimpse-vs-sambanova.md)\n- [Glimpse vs Tencent Cloud TokenHub](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elorian-glimpse-vs-tencent-tokenhub.md)\n- [Fireworks AI Inference vs SambaCloud](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fireworks-inference-vs-sambanova.md)\n- [Fireworks AI Inference vs Tencent Cloud TokenHub](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fireworks-inference-vs-tencent-tokenhub.md)\n- [Gemini Developer API vs SambaCloud](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-api-vs-sambanova.md)\n- [Gemini Developer API vs Tencent Cloud 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