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Cerebras discontinue its free tier plan

Cerebras discontinued its free tier plan for its inference API, replacing it with a $5 free credit offer for new accounts. The company now offers paid Developer and Enterprise tiers, as well as Pro and Max subscriptions for its Cerebras Code product, with the free tier no longer available.

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Cerebras discontinue its free tier plan
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Inference API access #

Free Trial

Get started with $5 in free credits after making an account

  • Access to all Cerebras powered models
  • The world’s fastest inference – 20x faster than OpenAI and Anthropic
  • Community support via Discord

get api key

Developer

Generous rate limits for power users

Everything in Free

  • Self-serve payment starting at just $10
  • 10x higher rate limits than free tier
  • Higher priority processing

get api key

Enterprise

Highest throughput, custom weights, and guaranteed uptime

Everything in Developer, plus:

  • Highest rate limits for production workloads
  • Lowest latency with dedicated queue priority
  • Support for custom model weights
  • Model fine-tuning and training services
  • Dedicated support team with response time guarantees

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Cerebras Code #

Pro

$50/month

  • Top open source model access with fast, high-context completions.
  • Send up to 24 million tokens/day ($48/day worth of value)
  • Ideal for indie devs, simple agentic workflows, and weekend projects.

sold out

Max

$200/month

  • Top open source model for heavy coding workflows.
  • Send up to 120m tokens/day ($240/day worth of value)
  • Ideal for full-time development, IDE integrations, code refactoring, and multi-agent systems.

sold out

Developer Tier Pricing #

*Preview models are intended for evaluation purposes only, and are not intended for use in production environments.

** Deprecation date Aug 17, 2026.

Partners #

Get access to Cerebras Inference through our partner APIs

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