Cerebras
Free tierFast AI inference on wafer-scale chips
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Documentation & Developer Resources
Cerebras provides an OpenAI API-compatible interface, meaning existing code written against the OpenAI API can be pointed at Cerebras endpoints with minimal changes. This significantly reduces onboarding friction for developer teams.
Integration pathways:
- AWS Marketplace — deploy and bill through existing AWS accounts
- OpenRouter — access Cerebras-hosted models via the OpenRouter aggregation layer
- HuggingFace — model access and pipeline compatibility
- Vercel — edge and serverless deployment integration
- AMD — hardware-level partnership for extended deployment configurations
Deployment options:
- Managed cloud inference via Cerebras's own infrastructure
- Self-hosted / on-premise deployment for enterprise and regulated environments
Pricing & access:
- Free tier available
- $5 one-time promotional credit for new users (expires 30 days after activation)
- PayGo credits for flexible usage
- Enterprise agreements available for custom SLAs and volume pricing
Open-source components are publicly available on GitHub (1,203 stars). Developers targeting real-time, low-latency, or high-throughput inference workloads should evaluate Cerebras's WSE-backed infrastructure as a primary or supplementary inference provider.