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OpenRoutervsSambaNova

OpenRouter vs SambaNova

Compare pricing across 13 shared models. OpenRouter offers 314 models, SambaNova offers 18.

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13
Shared Models
11
OpenRouter Cheaper
1
SambaNova Cheaper
1
Same Price

Price Comparison — Shared Models

Model ↑OpenRouter Input SambaNova Input OpenRouter Output SambaNova Output Cheaper
DeepSeek V3 0324 $0.200 $3.00 $0.770 $4.50OpenRouter
DeepSeek V3.1 $0.150 $0.150 $0.750 $0.750Same
DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus $0.210 $3.00 $0.790 $4.50OpenRouter
DeepSeek V3.2 $0.250 $3.00 $0.400 $4.50OpenRouter
GPT-OSS-120b $0.039 $0.140 $0.190 $0.950OpenRouter
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct $0.020 $0.100 $0.050 $0.200OpenRouter
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct $0.100 $0.600 $0.320 $1.20OpenRouter
Llama 4 Maverick $0.150 $0.630 $0.600 $1.80OpenRouter
MiniMax M2.5 $0.295 $0.300 $1.20 $1.20OpenRouter
Qwen3 235B A22B $0.455 $0.400 $1.82 $0.800SambaNova
Qwen3 32B $0.080 $0.400 $0.240 $0.800OpenRouter
R1 0528 $0.450 $5.00 $2.15 $7.00OpenRouter
R1 Distill Llama 70B $0.700 $0.700 $0.800 $1.40OpenRouter

Model Coverage

OpenRouterOnly on OpenRouter(301)
Aion 2.0$0.800/M
Aion-1.0$4.00/M
Coder Large$0.500/M
Command A$2.50/M
DeepSeek V3$0.320/M
Gemma 2 27B$0.650/M
Gemma 2 9B$0.030/M
Gemma 3 12B$0.040/M
Gemma 3 27B$0.030/M
Gemma 3 4B$0.040/M
Gemma 3n 4B$0.020/M
GLM 4 32B$0.100/M
GLM 4.5$0.600/M
GLM 4.5 Air$0.130/M
GLM 4.5V$0.600/M
GLM 4.6$0.390/M
GLM 4.6V$0.300/M
GLM 4.7$0.380/M
GLM 5$0.800/M
GPT-4$30.00/M
GPT-4 Turbo$10.00/M
GPT-4.1$2.00/M
GPT-4.1 Mini$0.400/M
GPT-4.1 Nano$0.100/M
GPT-4o$2.50/M
GPT-4o-mini$0.150/M
GPT-5$1.25/M
GPT-5 Chat$1.25/M
GPT-5 Mini$0.250/M
GPT-5 Nano$0.050/M
GPT-5 Pro$15.00/M
GPT-5.1$1.25/M
GPT-5.2$1.75/M
GPT-5.2 Pro$21.00/M
GPT-5.4$2.50/M
GPT-5.4 Pro$30.00/M
GPT-OSS-20b$0.030/M
Grok 3$3.00/M
Grok 3 Mini$0.300/M
Grok 4$3.00/M
Grok 4 Fast$0.200/M
Hermes 4 70B$0.130/M
INTELLECT-3$0.200/M
Kimi K2 0711$0.550/M
Kimi K2.5$0.450/M
LFM2-24B-A2B$0.030/M
Llemma 7b$0.800/M
Mercury$0.250/M
Mercury 2$0.250/M
MiniMax M1$0.400/M
MiniMax M2$0.255/M
MiniMax M2.1$0.270/M
MiniMax-01$0.200/M
Mistral Nemo$0.020/M
Molmo 2 8B$0.200/M
MythoMax 13B$0.060/M
Nova 2 Lite$0.300/M
Nova Pro 1.0$0.800/M
o1$15.00/M
o1-pro$150.00/M
o3$2.00/M
o3 Mini$1.10/M
o3 Pro$20.00/M
o4 Mini$1.10/M
openrouter-auto$-1000000.0000/M
openrouter-bodybuilder$-1000000.0000/M
Palmyra X5$0.600/M
Phi 4$0.060/M
Qwen VL Max$0.800/M
Qwen VL Plus$0.137/M
Qwen-Max$1.04/M
Qwen-Plus$0.400/M
Qwen-Turbo$0.033/M
Qwen3 14B$0.060/M
Qwen3 8B$0.050/M
Qwen3 Max$1.20/M
Qwen3.5 Plus$0.260/M
Qwen3.5-27B$0.195/M
QwQ 32B$0.150/M
R1$0.700/M
Saba$0.200/M
Seed 1.6$0.250/M
Sonar$1.00/M
Sonar Pro$3.00/M
Spotlight$0.180/M
Trinity Mini$0.045/M
UI-TARS 7B$0.100/M
Shared(13)
13
models available on both
OpenRouterSambaNova
314 total17 total

Full Provider Pricing

Frequently Asked Questions

OpenRouter is cheaper on 11 out of 13 shared models. SambaNova is cheaper on 1 models. 1 models have the same price.
OpenRouter and SambaNova share 13 models. OpenRouter has 301 exclusive models, while SambaNova has 4 exclusive models.
OpenRouter offers 314 models compared to SambaNova's 18. However, model count alone doesn't determine the better provider — consider pricing, latency, and which specific models you need.