Partly. The free tier allows 20 requests a minute and 20 a day on gpt-oss-120b and no credit card is needed. The catch: Only 20 requests a day per model on the free tier.
Limited Checked 29 Oct 2026 against the provider's docs. See the other LLM APIs that are still free.
What you can build within the free tier
20 requests a day is enough to try the API and run a few tests, not to serve users or run anything scheduled.
The catch
Only 20 requests a day per model on the free tier.
- Commercial use: Not confirmed
- OpenAI-compatible API: Yes
- Token cap: 200,000 tokens a day on gpt-oss-120b
When to pay
Developer tier (add a payment method): 60 RPM and 12,000 a day on gpt-oss-120b.
Free alternatives
Same kind of service, no free tier: Together AI.
Frequently asked
Is SambaNova Cloud free?
Partly. The free tier allows 20 requests a minute and 20 a day on gpt-oss-120b and no credit card is needed. The catch: Only 20 requests a day per model on the free tier.
Does SambaNova Cloud need a credit card?
No. SambaNova Cloud does not ask for a card to use the free tier.
Does SambaNova Cloud train on free-tier prompts?
SambaNova Cloud does not state this clearly in the docs we checked, so we list it as not confirmed. Read the provider's data policy before sending anything sensitive.
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