SambaNova
SambaNova is an AI chip company with custom RDU (Reconfigurable Dataflow Unit) chips. Offers free SambaNova Cloud API supporting Llama 3.1 405B, Llama 3.3 70B, DeepSeek R1/V3, Qwen 2.5, and more. Key highlight: LLaMA 3.1 405B completely free! The only platform offering free 405B model access globally. Ultra-fast inference, similar to Groq's custom chip approach (Groq uses LPU, SambaNova uses RDU). API keys start with sn-, OpenAI-compatible format.
🎁 Free Tier
Daily Limit: 30 RPM (no total cap)
| Model | Context | Limit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Llama 3.1 405B | 128k | 30 RPM | World's largest open-source model, completely free, RDU chip accelerated, ultra-fast |
| Llama 3.3 70B | 128k | 30 RPM | Free to use, accelerated by custom RDU chip |
| DeepSeek R1 | 128k | 30 RPM | Reasoning model, free to use, 671B MoE |
| DeepSeek V3 | 128k | 30 RPM | DeepSeek V3 latest, free to use |
| Qwen 2.5 72B | 128k | 30 RPM | Alibaba Qwen, free to use |
🔑 Free API
Free Credits: Free tier（永久免费）
Rate Limit: 30 RPM
Free API powered by custom RDU (Reconfigurable Dataflow Unit) chip, ultra-fast inference. API keys start with sn-. OpenAI-compatible format, base_url is https://api.sambanova.ai/v1. Key highlight: LLaMA 3.1 405B completely free — the only platform offering free 405B model access. Free tier has rate limits (30 RPM) but no total cap.