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Cerebras

Sunnyvale, CA-based AI chip company founded 2015. Public (CBRS on Nasdaq). Operates in AI infrastructure and semiconductor markets. Serves enterprises, researchers, and developers with wafer-scale AI processors and cloud inference services.

Plans tracked

no add-ons

Pricing changes

Latest Sep 12, 2026

Pricing model

Usage-based

No free tier

Pricing Change History

7 changes

20267 changes

Sep 12, 2026

Packaging

Daily

Cerebras swaps plan cards for per-model pricing from $0.35 per M tokens

Cerebras replaced 3 plan cards with a Developer/Enterprise comparison table and revealed per-model pricing: GPT OSS 120B $0.35/$0.75 per M tokens; Qwen 3.8 27B $0.99/$1.49 per M tokens.

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Week 37 · Sep 7, 2026

Packaging

Weekly

Cerebras rewrites Free Trial pitch: 30x faster than GPUs, not rivals

Free Trial plan's performance claim bullet changed from '20x faster than OpenAI and Anthropic' to 'Up to 30x faster than GPU systems' — a marketing comparison rewording, not a functional feature or pricing change.

Weekly roll-up · includes Sep 1 daily

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Sep 1, 2026

Packaging

Daily

Cerebras drops OpenAI comparison, now claims 30x faster than GPUs

Cerebras reworded its speed claim on the Free Trial plan from '20x faster than OpenAI and Anthropic' to 'Up to 30x faster inference than GPU systems'.

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Week 35 · Aug 24, 2026

Packaging

Weekly

Cerebras pulls Code coding plans, drops Aug 17 preview-model deprecation note

The 'Cerebras Code' product line (Pro $50/month and Max $200/month coding plans) was removed from the pricing page; the related preview-model deprecation footnote (Aug 17, 2026) was also removed.

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Jul 24, 2026

Packaging

Daily

Cerebras reveals Developer Tier per-model API pricing table

Developer Tier Pricing table now discloses per-model API rates: ZAI GLM 4.7 ($2.25/M input, $2.75/M output tokens), GPT OSS 120B ($0.35/M input, $0.75/M output tokens, marked SOLD OUT), Google DeepMind Gemma 4 31B ($0.99/M input, $1.49/M output tokens, marked SOLD OUT). Previously this section had only the heading and disclaimer footnotes with no model rows shown.

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Week 30 · Jul 20, 2026

Packaging

Weekly

Cerebras renames Free plan to Free Trial, adds $5 credit framing

Free plan renamed to 'Free Trial'; tagline changed from generic onboarding copy to explicit '$5 in free credits after making an account' framing. Underlying feature bullets unchanged.

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Jul 17, 2026

Improvement

Daily

Cerebras: preview models get Aug 17, 2026 deprecation date

Added deprecation disclaimer to Developer Tier Pricing section: preview models now carry a stated deprecation date of Aug 17, 2026

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Current plans

Captured Nov 7, 2026

Plan	Price
Developer	$0.35 1M GPT OSS 120B input tokens + $0.75 1M GPT OSS 120B output tokens
Enterprise	Contact

Company Facts

CategoryAI & Machine Learning

Free tierNo

Employees101-1000

Tracked sinceJun 19, 2026

Pricing last seenNov 7, 2026

Websitewww.cerebras.ai

Pulse news about Cerebras

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Cerebras ditches plan cards for per-model token pricing starting at $0.35/M

Sep 14, 2026

How Cerebras compares with its peers

Company	Entry price	Pricing model	Changes	Last change
S SambaNova	Free	Usage-based	7	Oct 26, 2026
G Groq	$0.08 per 1M input tokens + $0.30 per 1M output tokens	Usage-based	9	Sep 20, 2026
G Google	Contact	Usage-based	10	Oct 12, 2026
M Marvel	$12 /user/mo, billed annually	Subscription	—	—
1 11x	$5,333 /mo, billed annually	Subscription	—	—
A Abacus.AI	$10 /mo	Subscription	3	Oct 19, 2026

Cerebras pricing FAQ

How much does Cerebras cost?: Cerebras prices on usage: the Developer plan is $0.35 1M GPT OSS 120B input tokens + $0.75 1M GPT OSS 120B output tokens.
Does Cerebras have a free plan?: No. Cerebras does not list a free tier.
What pricing model does Cerebras use?: Cerebras uses usage-based pricing across 2 plans.
When did Cerebras last change its pricing?: Sep 12, 2026: Cerebras swaps plan cards for per-model pricing from $0.35 per M tokens.
How often has Cerebras changed its pricing?: Pulse has recorded 7 pricing changes for Cerebras since it started tracking on Jun 19, 2026; the pricing page was last captured on Nov 7, 2026.
Who are Cerebras's pricing peers?: Pulse compares Cerebras with SambaNova, Groq, Google, Marvel, 11x and Abacus.AI.

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