{ "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", "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": 321, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1133, "categoryRank": 10, "methodology": "0.4", "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. DeepSeek-V3.1 caps output at 7,168 tokens and Llama 3.3 70B at 3,072" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 4, "avgRating": 3.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 66.4 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 67, "maintenance": 77, "payments": 40, "reliability": 85, "schema": 81, "security": 58, "transparency": 44 }, "provenanceScore": 81 }, "connect": { "install": "pip install sambanova # or: npm install sambanova", "http": "curl https://api.sambanova.ai/v1/chat/completions \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $SAMBANOVA_API_KEY\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"model\":\"gpt-oss-120b\",\"messages\":[{\"role\":\"user\",\"content\":\"hello\"}]}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/inference.llm", "tool": "https://letme.dev/sambanova" }, "area": "models", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "SambaNova Systems, Inc.", "domain": "sambanova.ai", "domainRegistered": "2017-12-18", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://sambanova.ai/cloud-end-user-license-agreement", "privacy": "https://sambanova.ai/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.sambanova.ai", "changelog": "https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/release-notes/sambacloud", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The SambaCloud Terms of Service name SambaNova Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation at 2460 N. 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": 81 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sambanova.json", "live": { "slug": "sambanova", "probe": { "target": "https://api.sambanova.ai/v1", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-18T00:14:54.535232091Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 405, "lastMs": 423, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 99.6, "uptime30d": 99.77, "p50ms24h": 393, "p95ms24h": 2566, "samples24h": 253, "samples30d": 2168, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 169, "ok": 169 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 247, "ok": 247 }, { "date": "2026-10-11", "probes": 247, "ok": 247 }, { "date": "2026-10-12", "probes": 247, "ok": 244 }, { "date": "2026-10-13", "probes": 248, "ok": 247 }, { "date": "2026-10-14", "probes": 249, "ok": 249 }, { "date": "2026-10-15", "probes": 253, "ok": 253 }, { "date": "2026-10-16", "probes": 252, "ok": 252 }, { "date": "2026-10-17", "probes": 253, "ok": 252 }, { "date": "2026-10-18", "probes": 3, "ok": 3 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.sambanova.ai", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T00:09:06.646126919Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "sambanova/sambanova-python", "version": "v1.13.0", "released": "2026-09-17", "seenAt": "2026-10-17T02:15:37.193401334Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "sambanova", "version": "1.10.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-17T02:15:35.488938981Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "sambanova", "version": "1.13.0", "released": "2026-09-17", "seenAt": "2026-10-17T02:15:35.242135356Z" } ], "githubStars": 2, "npmWeekly": 190, "pypiWeekly": 4292, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://sambanova.ai/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T15:52:27.54395949Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T14:23:10.8686227Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "sambanova.ai", "registered": "2017-12-18", "source": "https://rdap.identitydigital.services/rdap/domain/sambanova.ai", "checkedAt": "2026-10-11T13:13:55.590571808Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/release-notes/sambacloud", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T23:01:56.062555404Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-15T21:26:18.671309738Z", "fingerprint": "413a793f2292" }, { "url": "https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/models/deprecations", "kind": "deprecations", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T23:01:53.546034432Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-15T21:26:16.17926249Z", "fingerprint": "4174e8539120" }, { "url": "https://cloud.sambanova.ai/plans/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T22:57:37.440841095Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "71a596d0bd9a" }, { "url": "https://sambanova.ai/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T23:09:24.421313086Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "dcd17eb3af4c" }, { "url": "https://sambanova.ai/cloud-end-user-license-agreement", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T23:09:22.366667126Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "e1f8368edf9b" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-18T00:14:54.535232091Z" } }, "answer": "Vercel AI Gateway and SambaCloud score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 66.7 (B) and 66.4 (B). SambaCloud leads on reliability, schema \u0026 documentation and payments \u0026 pricing.", "b": { "slug": "vercel-ai-gateway", "name": "Vercel AI Gateway", "vendor": "Vercel Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://vercel.com", "kind": "router", "category": "inference", "summary": "Vercel AI Gateway is a hosted router for model APIs. One API key or Vercel OIDC token reaches models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and others through OpenAI-compatible, Anthropic-compatible and AI SDK interfaces, with budgets, request logs and provider failover.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vercel-ai-gateway", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vercel-ai-gateway.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vercel-ai-gateway.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/vercel-ai-gateway.json", "repo": "https://github.com/vercel/ai", "license": "Proprietary service under Vercel's Terms of Service and AI Product Terms, with Token Pass terms on its docs page. Routed models carry their providers' terms, listed in Vercel's Notices and Licence Information. The `@ai-sdk/gateway` provider is Apache-2.0", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@ai-sdk/gateway" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "ai" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "ai" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "An AI Gateway API key as a Bearer token from any environment, or a Vercel OIDC token on Vercel deployments (12 hours locally, refreshed with `vercel env pull`). Keys belong to a team, can be limited to one project and given an expiry and a budget, and are created in the dashboard, with the Vercel CLI or by `POST /v1/api-keys` with a Vercel access token. A person creates the Vercel account in a browser. Token Pass needs its own Token Pass API key, and OIDC tokens cannot spend Token Pass credit.", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "Prepaid AI Gateway Credits at each provider's list price, with no markup or platform fee, including BYOK. A monthly free credit covers a subset of models and needs a valid payment method on the team. Credits expire a year after purchase. Add-ons are billed separately, and Token Pass is $30 a team a month on Pro for $80 of credit on two models, in early access (https://vercel.com/docs/ai-gateway/pricing, https://vercel.com/docs/ai-gateway/token-pass, checked 2026-10-17).", "priceSummary": "$30 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the AI Gateway docs, the pricing page, the Token Pass pages or the AI Gateway entries of the changelog sitemap. Payment is by prepaid credits bought with a card, or by invoice on Enterprise (checked 2026-10-17).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 29597661, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-17" }, "docsUrl": "https://vercel.com/docs/ai-gateway", "llmsTxt": "https://vercel.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://vercel.com/openapi.json", "capabilities": [ "inference.router", "inference.llm", "inference.fast", "inference.decision", "obs.gateway", "obs.traces", "embed.text", "image.generate", "video.generate" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "router", "usage-based", "prepaid", "free-tier", "openai-compatible", "anthropic-compatible", "llms-txt", "openapi", "typescript", "python", "oidc", "cli", "early-access", "status-page", "bug-bounty", "soc2", "iso27001" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-17", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 66.7, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 302, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1133, "categoryRank": 9, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 83, "maintenance": 79, "payments": 20, "reliability": 74, "schema": 74, "security": 79, "transparency": 70 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-17" }, "negative": -3, "negativeNotes": [ "April 2026. Vercel's security bulletin says an attacker took over an employee's account through a compromised third-party AI tool, reached internal systems and decrypted non-sensitive environment variables of a limited subset of customers. AI Gateway was generally available then, and its docs have deployments keep AI Gateway and Token Pass API keys as environment variables. The bulletin documents remediation and marks the incident closed on 16 October 2026, so 3 of a possible 15 is taken, as for vercel-connect (https://vercel.com/kb/bulletin/vercel-april-2026-security-incident)." ], "verdict": "Token prices pass through with no markup, prompts are not stored by the gateway, and budgets, provider failover and per-request logs are built in. The free monthly credit needs a card on file, rate limits are not published as numbers, no SLA covers the API, and the contractual promise not to train on content applies to Enterprise subscriptions only.", "bestFor": "Teams that want one key, one bill, budgets and failover in front of many model providers, especially on Vercel with OIDC.", "strengths": [ "Token prices are each provider's list price with no markup or platform fee, including requests made with the customer's own provider keys", "The model list at `GET /v1/models` needs no key and gives prices, context windows, supported parameters and ZDR and no-training flags for 474 models", "Budgets per team, project, API key or team member reject spend with a 402, distinct from a 429 rate limit", "The gateway logs request metadata only. Prompt and response content is deleted when the request completes, per the FAQ and the ZDR page", "Failed provider attempts are retried on a model's other providers, and every routing attempt appears in the request logs" ], "weaknesses": [ "The free monthly credit needs a valid payment method on the team, and its amount is not stated in the reviewed docs", "No rate-limit numbers are published, and the Enterprise SLA excludes the APIs, so the inference API carries no uptime commitment", "The contractual promise not to train on AI Gateway content covers Enterprise subscriptions only. Provider no-training and ZDR filters are opt-in per request", "A failed BYOK request falls back to Vercel's credentials and is billed to credits, and the no-training filter is not applied to BYOK", "Token Pass is early access for Pro teams only, covers two models, has no failover and fails with a 403 once the $80 credit is spent" ], "agentNotes": [ "Read `GET https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1/models` without a key to pick a model ID and check its price, context, ZDR and no-training flags before calling", "Set `zeroDataRetention` or `disallowPromptTraining` to true in `providerOptions.gateway` on sensitive requests. Default routing ignores provider retention and training policies", "Treat a 429 as retryable and honour `retry-after` when present. A 402 with `quota_for_entity_exceeded` is a spent budget, so do not retry it", "On a Token Pass key, a 403 with `no_providers_available` means spent credit or a model outside the pass. Retry with a standard AI Gateway key, which bills credits", "Set `inferenceRegion` when data residency matters. The default `global` may run inference outside the user's jurisdiction" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 4, "avgRating": 3, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 66.7 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 83, "maintenance": 79, "payments": 20, "reliability": 74, "schema": 74, "security": 79, "transparency": 55 }, "provenanceScore": 84 }, "connect": { "install": "pnpm add ai@latest", "http": "curl https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1/chat/completions \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY\" \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\n \"model\": \"openai/gpt-6-astra\",\n \"messages\": [\n {\n \"role\": \"user\",\n \"content\": \"Explain AI Gateway in one sentence.\"\n }\n ]\n }'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/inference.router", "tool": "https://letme.dev/vercel-ai-gateway" }, "sameCompany": [ "vercel-sandbox", "vercel-connect" ], "area": "models", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Token Pass subscription (Pro teams)", "unit": "month", "usd": 30, "note": "$80 of monthly credit on two featured models. Early access" }, { "item": "Team-wide Zero Data Retention", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 0.1, "note": "Pro and Enterprise. Per-request ZDR is free" }, { "item": "Team-wide provider allowlist", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 0.1, "note": "Successful requests, Pro and Enterprise" }, { "item": "Custom Reporting query", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 5, "note": "Queries to the reporting endpoint" }, { "item": "Custom Reporting write of a tag, user ID or quota entity ID", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 0.075, "note": "Each unique value in a request counts as one write" }, { "item": "AI Gateway trace delivered to a drain", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 0.05, "note": "Listed per 1,000 traces, Pro and Enterprise" }, { "item": "Trace egress", "unit": "gb", "usd": 0.5, "note": "Billed through Drains usage" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Vercel Inc.", "domain": "vercel.com", "domainRegistered": "1999-10-04", "endpointOnVendorDomain": false, "terms": "https://vercel.com/legal/terms", "privacy": "https://vercel.com/legal/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://www.vercel-status.com", "changelog": "https://vercel.com/changelog", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-17", "notes": [ "The Terms of Service (last updated 1 June 2026) name Vercel Inc. The AI Product Terms (last updated 17 March 2026, effective 31 March 2026) have a section for AI Gateway and form part of those terms.", "The Privacy Notice is effective from 1 June 2026. The DPA (effective 31 March 2026) applies to Pro and Enterprise plans.", "https://vercel.com/.well-known/security.txt points to HackerOne and responsible.disclosure@vercel.com and expires 2027-09-28.", "The API answers at ai-gateway.vercel.sh, a Vercel domain other than vercel.com. Management calls go to api.vercel.com.", "RDAP gives vercel.com a registration date of 1999-10-04, long before Vercel, so the domain was bought later.", "AI Gateway is a component on the status page at www.vercel-status.com." ], "score": 84 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vercel-ai-gateway.json", "live": { "slug": "vercel-ai-gateway", "probe": { "target": "https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-18T00:15:00.549886003Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 35, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 44, "p95ms24h": 81, "samples24h": 24, "samples30d": 24, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-17", "probes": 21, "ok": 21 }, { "date": "2026-10-18", "probes": 3, "ok": 3 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://www.vercel-status.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T00:09:11.681522615Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://vercel.com/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T23:12:07.820243737Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-17T23:12:07.820243737Z", "fingerprint": "6e97bda95155" }, { "url": "https://vercel.com/docs/ai-gateway/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T23:12:10.171936068Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "4f5fb8231bb5" }, { "url": "https://vercel.com/legal/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T23:12:16.357485677Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-06T16:13:29.92763016Z", "fingerprint": "7ab1f9d3393a" }, { "url": "https://vercel.com/legal/terms", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T23:12:17.929919856Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-06T16:13:31.349375221Z", "fingerprint": "35995712008a" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-18T00:15:00.549886003Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "Model API", "b": "Model router", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "SambaNova Systems, Inc.", "b": "Vercel Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.sambanova.ai/v1", "b": "https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "OAuth or 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. 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mistral-api-vs-vercel-ai-gateway.json", "title": "Mistral AI API vs Vercel AI Gateway", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mistral-api-vs-vercel-ai-gateway" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/muse-spark-open-vs-sambanova.json", "title": "Muse Spark Open vs SambaCloud", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/muse-spark-open-vs-sambanova" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/muse-spark-open-vs-vercel-ai-gateway.json", "title": "Muse Spark Open vs Vercel AI Gateway", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/muse-spark-open-vs-vercel-ai-gateway" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nemotron-3-5-super-vl-vs-vercel-ai-gateway.json", "title": "Nemotron 3.5 Super VL vs Vercel AI Gateway", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nemotron-3-5-super-vl-vs-vercel-ai-gateway" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/novita-ai-vs-sambanova.json", "title": "Novita AI 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"title": "OpenRouter vs Vercel AI Gateway", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openrouter-vs-vercel-ai-gateway" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/reflection-beam-vs-sambanova.json", "title": "Beam 1.0 vs SambaCloud", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/reflection-beam-vs-sambanova" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/reflection-beam-vs-vercel-ai-gateway.json", "title": "Beam 1.0 vs Vercel AI Gateway", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/reflection-beam-vs-vercel-ai-gateway" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/routerplus-vs-sambanova.json", "title": "RouterPlus vs SambaCloud", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/routerplus-vs-sambanova" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sambanova-vs-siliconflow.json", "title": "SambaCloud vs SiliconFlow", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sambanova-vs-siliconflow" }, { "json": 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antseed-vs-vercel-ai-gateway" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/routerplus-vs-vercel-ai-gateway.json", "title": "RouterPlus vs Vercel AI Gateway", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/routerplus-vs-vercel-ai-gateway" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/prism-inference-vs-sambanova.json", "title": "Prism Inference vs SambaCloud", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/prism-inference-vs-sambanova" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/prism-inference-vs-vercel-ai-gateway.json", "title": "Prism Inference vs Vercel AI Gateway", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/prism-inference-vs-vercel-ai-gateway" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 11, "edge": "sambanova", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "sambanova": 85, "vercel-ai-gateway": 74, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 7, "edge": "sambanova", "key": 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The free monthly credit needs a card on file, rate limits are not published as numbers, no SLA covers the API, and the contractual promise not to train on content applies to Enterprise subscriptions only." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sambanova-vs-vercel-ai-gateway", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sambanova-vs-vercel-ai-gateway.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sambanova-vs-vercel-ai-gateway.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sambanova-vs-vercel-ai-gateway.min.md" }, "markdown": "Vercel AI Gateway and SambaCloud score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 66.7 (B) and 66.4 (B). SambaCloud leads on reliability, schema \u0026 documentation and payments \u0026 pricing. Both do llm inference.\n\n- SambaCloud: grade B, 66.4/100, rank #321 of 1133. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sambanova.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/sambanova.json\n- Vercel AI Gateway: grade B, 66.7/100, rank #302 of 1133. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vercel-ai-gateway.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/vercel-ai-gateway.json\n- Best model APIs and inference for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/inference/index.md\n- All 326 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 74\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 81 against 74\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 20\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\n- Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.5 against 3.0 out of 5\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### Vercel AI Gateway (B)\n\nGood for: Teams that want one key, one bill, budgets and failover in front of many model providers, especially on Vercel with OIDC.\n\nAhead on:\n- Agent ergonomics, 83 against 67\n- Security \u0026 auth, 79 against 58\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 70 against 63\n\nWatch for: The free monthly credit needs a valid payment method on the team, and its amount is not stated in the reviewed docs\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | SambaCloud | Vercel AI Gateway | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 85 | 74 | SambaCloud +11 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 81 | 74 | SambaCloud +7 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 67 | 83 | Vercel AI Gateway +16 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 58 | 79 | Vercel AI Gateway +21 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 40 | 20 | SambaCloud +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 77 | 79 | Vercel AI Gateway +2 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 63 | 70 | Vercel AI Gateway +7 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -2 | -3 | |\n| **Total** | | **66.4 · B** | **66.7 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | SambaCloud | Vercel AI Gateway |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Model API | Model router |\n| Vendor | SambaNova Systems, Inc. | Vercel Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.sambanova.ai/v1` | `https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | OAuth or 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 Vercel's Terms of Service and AI Product Terms, with Token Pass terms on its docs page. Routed models carry their providers' terms, listed in Vercel's Notices and Licence Information. The `@ai-sdk/gateway` provider is Apache-2.0 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-09-17 | 2026-10-17 |\n| Terms last updated | no date given | 2026-06-01 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2023-05-27 | 2026-06-01 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes, with an opt-out |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |\n| Popularity | 2 stars, 76 npm/wk, 6.1k PyPI/wk | 29.6M npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (4) | 3/5 (4) |\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**Vercel AI Gateway.** Token prices pass through with no markup, prompts are not stored by the gateway, and budgets, provider failover and per-request logs are built in. The free monthly credit needs a card on file, rate limits are not published as numbers, no SLA covers the API, and the contractual promise not to train on content applies to Enterprise subscriptions only.\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### Vercel AI Gateway\n\n1. Read `GET https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1/models` without a key to pick a model ID and check its price, context, ZDR and no-training flags before calling\n2. Set `zeroDataRetention` or `disallowPromptTraining` to true in `providerOptions.gateway` on sensitive requests. Default routing ignores provider retention and training policies\n3. Treat a 429 as retryable and honour `retry-after` when present. A 402 with `quota_for_entity_exceeded` is a spent budget, so do not retry it\n4. On a Token Pass key, a 403 with `no_providers_available` means spent credit or a model outside the pass. Retry with a standard AI Gateway key, which bills credits\n5. Set `inferenceRegion` when data residency matters. The default `global` may run inference outside the user's jurisdiction\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, SambaCloud or Vercel AI Gateway?\n\nVercel AI Gateway and SambaCloud score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 66.7 (B) and 66.4 (B). SambaCloud leads on reliability, schema \u0026 documentation and payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n### Do SambaCloud and Vercel AI Gateway need an API key?\n\nSambaCloud needs an API key. Vercel AI Gateway takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call SambaCloud and Vercel AI Gateway without installing anything?\n\nYes. SambaCloud has a hosted endpoint at https://api.sambanova.ai/v1 and Vercel AI Gateway at https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sambanova-vs-vercel-ai-gateway.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sambanova-vs-vercel-ai-gateway.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"sambanova\", \"b\": \"vercel-ai-gateway\"}`. 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