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Best ultra-throughput play when your model is on Cerebras (official token matrix now pinned). Pair with…

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Best ultra-throughput play when your model is on Cerebras (official token matrix now pinned). Pair with Groq/Fireworks fallback for catalog holes and rate-limit spikes. Strengths: Extreme throughput on supported models; Differentiated hardware story; Attractive for high-QPS serving.

Overall
7.6
curated_estimate
confidence: high · as of 2026-09-14
Capability fit
8.0
Price / performance
8.2
Latency / reliability
7.8
Developer & agent DX
7.5
Privacy / data retention
7.2
Lock-in risk (higher = worse)
5.5
Maturity / track record
7.5

Lock-in risk: higher = more lock-in (worse). Overall already inverts this dimension.

Sources: Cerebras public models API (pricing): https://inference-docs.cerebras.ai/api-reference/models/public-models · Cerebras Inference: https://www.cerebras.ai/inference · Cerebras Inference API: https://inference.cerebras.ai

Best ultra-throughput play when your model is on Cerebras (official token matrix now pinned). Pair with Groq/Fireworks fallback for catalog holes and rate-limit spikes.

Strengths

  • · Extreme throughput on supported models
  • · Differentiated hardware story
  • · Attractive for high-QPS serving

Weaknesses

  • · Narrow model/support surface vs GPU hosts
  • · Availability and waitlists historically
  • · Less commodity than NVIDIA ecosystem

Pricing notes

As of 2026-09-14: Official public models API (api.cerebras.ai/public/v1/models, HuggingFace format) pins GPT-OSS-120B $0.35/$0.75 per 1M in/out (131k ctx) and Qwen3.8-27B $0.99/$1.49 (65k ctx). Marketing cerebras.ai/inference still shows $5 free credit; Developer PayGo from $10 + 10× rate limits; Enterprise dedicated. Official docs.cerebras.ai public-models endpoint is the token matrix of record — not PricePerToken.

Regions: usLast reviewed: 2026-09-14Status: active

Sourced pricing

Contract status ambiguous · input_output_split_not_a_single_rate. Single normalized $/1M: null. Machine list: /api/pricing?provider=cerebras

  • gpt-oss-120b · usd_per_million_input_tokens · $0.35 · sourced_token_price
  • gpt-oss-120b · usd_per_million_output_tokens · $0.75 · sourced_token_price
  • qwen-3.8-27b · usd_per_million_input_tokens · $0.99 · sourced_token_price
  • qwen-3.8-27b · usd_per_million_output_tokens · $1.49 · sourced_token_price

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