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AI21 Labs vs SambaNova Cloud pricing

Verified 2026-10-23 (2 days ago)Source: AI21 Labs: www.ai21.com/pricing, SambaNova Cloud: cloud.sambanova.ai/pricingVerified shows the older of the two.

Monthly cost at three volumes

Monthly cost of AI21 Labs and SambaNova Cloud at three volumes and at your own
VolumeAI21 LabsSambaNova Cloud
small1M input, 200K output$0.28 / moJamba Mini$0.338 / mogpt-oss-120b
growing50M input, 10M output$14 / moJamba Mini$16.90 / mogpt-oss-120b
scale1B input, 200M output$280 / moJamba Mini$338 / mogpt-oss-120b
your volumeset above$14 / moJamba Mini$16.90 / mogpt-oss-120b

Each cell is the cheapest feasible plan, or the chosen model, at that volume, from the shared Overage cost function. "Cheapest model" only considers models with both an input and an output price listed. Volumes are example scenarios you can edit.

Cheapest model per service, USD per 1M tokens

Cheapest priced model of each service
ServiceCheapest modelInputOutputModels listed
AI21 LabsJamba Mini$0.20$0.402
SambaNova Cloudgpt-oss-120b$0.22$0.596

Every model

Every model of both services, USD per 1M tokens
ModelServiceInputOutput
Jamba MiniAI21 Labs$0.20$0.40
Jamba LargeAI21 Labs$2$8
gpt-oss-120bSambaNova Cloud$0.22$0.59
MiniMax-M3.1-FlashSambaNova Cloud$0.30$1.20
gemma-4-31B-itSambaNova Cloud$0.38$1.15
Meta-Llama-3.3-70B-InstructSambaNova Cloud$0.60$1.20
DeepSeek-V3.1SambaNova Cloud$3$4.50
DeepSeek-V3.2SambaNova Cloud$3$4.50

Models are compared by name and price, never by position. Pick one model per service, or "Cheapest model", in the cost table above.

Tiers, aligned by position

Tiers of AI21 Labs and SambaNova Cloud aligned by position: free, entry, mid, top
PositionAI21 LabsSambaNova Cloud
Free$0 onceFree Trialno tier
EntryunlistedPay As You Gono tier
Midno tierno tier
TopContact salesCustom Planno tier

Tightest rate limit

Tightest documented rate limit of each service
MeasureAI21 LabsSambaNova Cloud
Tightest limitunlistedunlisted

Changes in the last 90 days

No changes recorded.

No change detected for either service in the last 90 days.