SambaNova API key setup
Dataflow architecture optimized for AI inference. High throughput for enterprise.
Get your key
- Open the SambaNova API keys page: cloud.sambanova.ai/apis
- Create an account and generate an API key.
- Paste it into the Dracon BYOK provider keys — stored encrypted (AES-256-GCM), used browser-direct, works in every Dracon tool.
Free tier
No recurring free tier advertised as of the last check. Usage is billed per the provider's listed pricing — you pay them directly, no Dracon markup.
Rate limits: Generous dev tier
Connection details
- Base URL
https://api.sambanova.ai/v1- API shape
- OpenAI-compatible
- Env var
SAMBANOVA_API_KEY- Models
- Meta-Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct, Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct
- Model lineup
- Qwen 3 72B, Llama 3.3 70B, DeepSeek V3, Mistral Large 3, Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B
Gotchas
Browser-direct blocked: the live /models and /chat/completions responses omit Access-Control-Allow-Origin for the Dracon origin (verified 2026-08-24). Use this key from a non-browser client or Router export.
Our verdicts on this kind of provider
Independent comparisons we keep current as pricing and free tiers shift. A guide is setup; a verdict is whether it's worth setting up.