As recorded at collection: $5 in free SambaNova Cloud API credits
As recorded at collection: SambaNova Cloud, which provides open-source AI models through an API, offers new accounts $5 in free credits and a free tier with rate limits. The credits are valid for 3 months after issuance.
- What you get
- $5 in free API credits · free tier with rate limits
- Price
- $5 in free credits · Free tier with speed limits after credits are used
- Valid until
- 3 months after credits are issued
- Requirements
- For new accounts · No credit card registration · Credits valid for 3 months
Details
SambaNova Cloud lets you use open-source models such as DeepSeek R1, DeepSeek V3, Llama 4 Maverick, and Qwen 3 through its API. The $5 in free credits granted to new accounts can be used for more than 30 million tokens with Llama 8B.
Sign up on the SambaNova Cloud website and create an API key to start using it right away. No credit card is required.
The credits cannot be used after 3 months from issuance. Even after using all the credits, you can continue using the free tier, which has model-specific rate limits. The free tier limits are 40 requests per day, 10 to 40 requests per minute and 200,000 tokens per day.
Sources and verification history
- Collection channel
- aicredits
- Collected at
- July 26, 2026, 11:52 KST
- First published
- Updated