SambaNova vs Together AI
Same workloads, both price lists, refreshed daily. On shared line items today: SambaNova is cheaper on 0 of 5 shared models (input or output price), Together AI on 3.
SambaNova
RDU-based inference cloud serving large open models (405B-class) at high speed with per-token pricing..
- Fast large-model serving
- Full-precision open models
Together AI
High-performance open-weight inference (Llama, DeepSeek, Qwen) on a custom stack, plus fine-tuning and GPU clusters. Consistently among the fastest and cheapest for open models.
- Top-tier open-model throughput
- Fine-tuning pipeline
- Dedicated endpoints and clusters
Shared models, priced by both
List prices refreshed 2026-10-08 ยท input $/1M tokens| Model | SambaNova in/out | Together AI in/out | Cheaper input |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPT-OSS 120B | $0.220 / $0.590 | $0.150 / $0.600 | Together AI |
| Gemma 4 31B | $0.380 / $1.15 | $0.390 / $0.970 | SambaNova |
| MiniMax M2.7 | $0.600 / $2.40 | $0.300 / $1.20 | Together AI |
| DeepSeek-V3.1 | $3.00 / $4.50 | $0.600 / $1.70 | Together AI |
| DeepSeek R1 | $5.00 / $7.00 | $3.00 / $7.00 | Together AI |
Cheaper-on-count is a tally of listed prices, not a quality verdict: throughput, reliability and quantization differ between providers. Disclosure.