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Fireworks AI vs SambaNova Cloud

A side-by-side comparison of Fireworks AI and SambaNova Cloud, two Inference tools, drawn from Ignaite's continuously-verified listings.

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Fireworks AI

Inference

Fast inference + fine-tuning. Production deployments at scale.

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SambaNova Cloud

Inference

Fast inference for open models on custom RDU chips.

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At a glance

Feature comparison of Fireworks AI and SambaNova Cloud
AttributeFireworks AISambaNova Cloud
CategoryInferenceInference
PricingFREEMIUMFREEMIUM
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
DeploymentCloudCloud
Platforms (differs)APIWeb, API
Model supportMulti-modelMulti-model
Vendor (differs)Fireworks AISambaNova Systems

The honest brief

Fireworks AI

Runs open models on its own FireAttention serving stack, tuned for lower latency than off-the-shelf inference runtimes.

  • Custom FireAttention inference stack
  • Vision and audio models, not just text
  • Serverless + dedicated options
  • Fine-tuning supported
  • Usage pricing scales with traffic
  • Open-weights focus, not proprietary frontier
  • Dedicated capacity costs more

SambaNova Cloud

One of the few clouds serving Llama 405B in native 16-bit precision at 100+ tokens/sec, not a quantized copy.

  • Serves Llama, DeepSeek, Qwen, gpt-oss
  • Hundreds of tokens/sec on RDU chips
  • OpenAI-compatible API
  • Free tier to start
  • Open-weight catalog only
  • No fine-tuning/custom hosting like GPU clouds
  • Smaller model selection than rivals
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