SambaNova Cloud free tier limits

Each line below was read on the official page linked next to it, on the date shown. A line older than 30 days says “not verified” instead of the old value.

SambaNova Systems · Free tier

Free allowance

20requests a day

20 requests a minute

Free tier19 Oct 2026· docs.sambanova.ai

Free tier with limited requests per minute, per day and tokens per day on five models; applies while no payment method is linked.

No card needed
Works with OpenAI code

Free allowance: 20 req/min · 20 req/day · 200,000 tokens/day per model
Free tier table values; TPM not given.
19 Oct
Requests / min: 20
19 Oct
Requests / day: 20
19 Oct
Tokens / min: Not published
Page lists no TPM for any tier.
14 Oct
Tokens / day: 200K
19 Oct
Card to start: Not required
Free Tier applies when no payment method is linked. Plans page (cloud.sambanova.ai/plans) says paid credits need a payment method.
19 Oct
Trains on your data: Not published
Privacy policy covers website data, not API prompts.
14 Oct
Commercial use: Not published
Only website terms found; they cover the Site, not the cloud API.
14 Oct
OpenAI SDK: Yes
19 Oct
Image input: Not verified
Where it is offered: Not published
The official page we read does not state this.
14 Oct

11 of 12 cells above were read on the provider’s own page in the last 30 days (oldest check: 3 Oct 2026). Each check mark opens that page. The other 1 say “not verified” instead of repeating a number from someone else’s article.

Models named on this provider page

SambaNova Cloud limits per model
Model id	Req / min	Req / day	Tokens / min	Tokens / day
DeepSeek-V3.1	20	20	n/a	200K
Meta-Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct	20	20	n/a	200K
gpt-oss-120b	20	20	n/a	200K
DeepSeek-V3.2	20	20	n/a	200K
gemma-4-31B-it	20	20	n/a	200K

Table read on 19 Oct 2026· docs.sambanova.ai

Getting a SambaNova Cloud key

Sign up at cloud.sambanova.ai without linking a payment method
Go to the API section of the SambaCloud portal and generate a key (shown once; up to 25 keys)
Use base URL https://api.sambanova.ai/v1 with an OpenAI client

These steps are a summary of the provider’s console and were not re-walked with a new account; the screens may differ. Open the SambaNova Cloud console.

Test the key with one request

base_url: https://api.sambanova.ai/v1
model: gpt-oss-120b
key from: $SAMBANOVA_API_KEY

import os
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.sambanova.ai/v1",
    api_key=os.environ["SAMBANOVA_API_KEY"],
)

reply = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="gpt-oss-120b",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Reply with the word: ok"}],
)
print(reply.choices[0].message.content)

Endpoint read on 19 Oct 2026· docs.sambanova.ai

The key is read from an environment variable on your machine. This site has no field for keys and never asks for one.

Questions and answers

What are the SambaNova Cloud free tier limits?

Free tier: 20 req/min · 20 req/day · 200,000 tokens/day per model. Requests per minute: 20. Requests per day: 20. Read on the official page on 19 Oct 2026.

Does SambaNova Cloud require a credit card?

Not required. Free Tier applies when no payment method is linked. Plans page (cloud.sambanova.ai/plans) says paid credits need a payment method.

Does SambaNova Cloud train on data sent to the free tier?

not published (Privacy policy covers website data, not API prompts).

Can I use the SambaNova Cloud free tier commercially?

not published (Only website terms found; they cover the Site, not the cloud API).

Is SambaNova Cloud compatible with the OpenAI SDK?

Yes. Set the base URL to https://api.sambanova.ai/v1 and the model to an id such as gpt-oss-120b.