SambaNova Cloud

Very fast inference on custom RDU hardware with an OpenAI-compatible API

LLMs & Chat Freemium Has API
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RECATOOLS Score
7.3 / 10
Capability
8
Value for money
7
Ease of use
7
ASEAN readiness
6
API quality
7
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Overview

SambaNova Cloud delivers high-speed AI inference for large open models on the company's custom RDU dataflow hardware, reaching up to 200 tokens/second on Llama 3.1 405B. It exposes an OpenAI-compatible API and supports models including DeepSeek, Llama and Qwen, and states it does not collect prompts or user data. A free API key is available to start building.

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Pricing

Pricing shown for reference only. These figures reflect RECATOOLS research as of 4 Jun 2026 and may be out of date or incomplete. This is not financial or purchasing advice — always confirm the current price on the provider’s official website before making any decision.

Free
Free
Free tier with core features.
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ASEAN Perspective

SambaNova Cloud in Southeast Asia

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RECATOOLS Verdict

SambaNova's custom RDU silicon lets it post strong throughput on very large models, and the OpenAI-compatible API plus a free starter tier make it easy to try. The no-data-collection stance and enterprise heritage appeal to privacy- and compliance-minded buyers.

It is a hardware-led inference play, so the catalogue is curated rather than sprawling, and the most compelling story is speed on big open models. Builders should benchmark against Cerebras and Groq, the other speed specialists, on their exact models before committing.

Independent AI-assisted assessment by RECATOOLS.

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