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Cerebras Inference vs Groq
Cerebras Inference or Groq? Their plans monthly and yearly, the capabilities their makers state, security and latest updates, side by side — read from the makers' own pages.
In inglese
In short
- Both: Choice of models, API, Runs models for you
- Only Groq states: Official SDKs
Cerebras Inference
Cerebras Inference provides API access to fast cloud inference for language and multimodal models.
Plans
Developer Tier — OpenAI GPT OSS 120B
- $0.35/M tokens
- $0.75/M tokens
- ~3000 tokens/s
Developer Tier — QWEN Qwen 3.8 27B
- $0.99/M tokens
- $1.49/M tokens
- ~1,850 tokens/s
Prices checked 2026-09-25 on the maker’s page.
Capabilities
- Choice of models — “choose the best model for your use case and requirements.” source
- API — “OpenAI API compatibility lets developers build on Cerebras with just two code changes.” source
- Runs models for you — “The Fastest AI Inference Cloud” source
Security
- SOC 2 Type II — “SOC 2 Type 2” source
- SOC 2 — “SOC 2 Report” source
- GDPR — “LEGAL Data Processing Agreement” source
Latest updates
- Temporary increase to Qwen 3.8 27B total token rate limit
The Developer tier total token rate limit for qwen-3.8-27b is temporarily increased from 450K to 750K tokens per minute.
- Gemma 4 31B availability changes on public endpoints
gemma-4-31b is no longer available on Cerebras public endpoints. Gemma 4 31B remains available on Dedicated Endpoints.
- Qwen 3.8 27B available on public endpoints
qwen-3.8-27b is now available on Cerebras public endpoints.
Groq
GroqCloud is an API platform for running language, speech, vision, and agentic AI models with low-latency inference.
Plans
Not read from the maker’s page yet.
Prices checked 2026-09-25 on the maker’s page.
Capabilities
- Choice of models — “Explore all available models on GroqCloud.” source
- API — “Get started with the Groq API” source
- Official SDKs — “import Groq from "groq-sdk";” source
- Runs models for you — “Hosted models are directly accessible through the GroqCloud Models API endpoint using the model IDs mentioned above.” source
Latest updates
- Added MCP Connectors (Beta)
Groq now supports Google Workspace connectors for Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Drive using Model Context Protocol (MCP).
- Added OpenAI GPT-OSS-Safeguard 20B
This model helps classify text content based on customizable policies.
- Added Prompt Caching Enabled for GPT-OSS 120B
Automatic prompt caching is now live for openai/gpt-oss-120b; cache hits provide 50% cost savings on cached input tokens.