SambaNova Free Tier
SambaNova offers free API access with rate limits for their fast inference service. Known for high-speed open-source model inference.
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Free Tier Details
Free TierFree API access with rate limits
Models AvailableLlama, DeepSeek, and other open-source models
Credit Card RequiredNo
SambaNova uses custom RDU (Reconfigurable Dataflow Unit) hardware for fast inference. Free tier is suitable for development and testing.
Cheapest Paid Models on SambaNova
When you need more than the free tier, these are the most affordable options.
| Model | Context | Input / 1M | Output / 1M |
|---|---|---|---|
| Llama 3.1 8B Instruct | 16K | $0.100 | $0.200 |
| microsoft-e5-mistral-7b | — | $0.130 | $0.00 |
| GPT-OSS-120b | 131K | $0.140 | $0.950 |
| DeepSeek V3.1 | 33K | $0.150 | $0.750 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 197K | $0.300 | $1.20 |
| Qwen3 32B | 41K | $0.400 | $0.800 |
| Qwen3 235B A22B | 131K | $0.400 | $0.800 |
| Llama 3.3 70B Instruct | 131K | $0.600 | $1.20 |
| Llama 3.3 Swallow 70B Instruct v0.4 | 131K | $0.600 | $1.20 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 1049K | $0.630 | $1.80 |
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