# SambaCloud vs Together AI Inference (slim)

> Together AI Inference scores 67.8 (B) to SambaCloud's 66.4 (B) for llm inference. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Together AI Inference scores 67.8 (B) on agent readiness against SambaCloud's 66.4 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. SambaCloud leads on reliability, payments & pricing and maintenance & community. Both do llm inference.

- SambaCloud: B 66.4, rank #325 of 1171 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sambanova.min.md
- Together AI Inference: B 67.8, rank #265 of 1171 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/together-inference.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 60; Payments & pricing, 40 against 20; Maintenance & community, 77 against 65. Also Free to start without a card; Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.5 against 3.0 out of 5.
- Together AI Inference, good for Together AI Inference serves open models through an OpenAI-compatible API, with serverless requests, batch processing, dedicated model deployments and provisioned throughput. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 93 against 81; Agent ergonomics, 85 against 67; Security & auth, 70 against 58; Transparency & trust, 73 against 63.

| Category | SambaCloud | Together AI Inference |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 85 | 60 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 81 | 93 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 67 | 85 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 58 | 70 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 77 | 65 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 63 | 73 |

| Fact (where they differ) | SambaCloud | Together AI Inference |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Model API | HTTP API |
| Vendor | SambaNova Systems, Inc. | Together Computer, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.sambanova.ai/v1` | `https://api.together.ai/v1` |
| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |
| Licence | Proprietary service under the SambaCloud Terms of Service. The SDKs and the OpenAPI document are Apache-2.0 | Proprietary hosted service. The official Python SDK is Apache-2.0; served models retain their own licences. |
| Last release | 2026-09-17 | 2026-10-16 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2023-05-27 | no date given |
| Popularity | 2 stars, 76 npm/wk, 6.1k PyPI/wk | 10 stars |
| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (4) | 3/5 (4) |