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LLM 6.2/10

Per-token open models: ~$0.60/$1.20 per 1M (mid), MiniMax-M2.7 $0.60/$2.40, high-end ~$3/$4.50. $5 free credit. Very fast RDU inference

Free credit
$5

SambaNova Cloud Developer scores 6.2/10 for free value in LLM. The main constraint: Paid — Pay-as-you-go, from $0.60/M. Per-token open models: ~$0.60/$1.20 per 1M (mid), MiniMax-M2.7 $0.60/$2.40, high-end ~$3/$4.50. $5 free credit. Very fast RDU inference.

Category LLM Kind Paid plan

Free value score

6.2 / 10
Show the math
Model Quality 8/10
value = 44 artificial_analysis_score
weighted score = 0.2 * 8/10
Access 10/10
value = 10/10
weighted score = 0.1 * 10/10
Price Efficiency 5.2/10
value = 1333333 tok/$
weighted score = 0.7 * 5.2/10

Key metrics

DeepSeek 44 Best model
$5 Credit
$0.75/M Price

What you get

Paid — Pay-as-you-go, from $0.60/M. Per-token open models: ~$0.60/$1.20 per 1M (mid), MiniMax-M2.7 $0.60/$2.40, high-end ~$3/$4.50. $5 free credit. Very fast RDU inference

~1.7M input tokens/$1 mid-tier; premium speed; $5 free to start

Gotchas

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Sources

paid value llm-providers
Open service ← All LLM

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