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Cerebras Inference vs SambaNova Cloud
Cerebras Inference or SambaNova Cloud? 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 SambaNova Cloud states: No code retained
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.
SambaNova Cloud
SambaCloud is a hosted API platform for running open-source AI models, with OpenAI-compatible endpoints, model integrations, and token-based pricing.
Plans
MiniMax-M2.7
- 0.06 USD per 1M tokens (cached input)
- 0.60 USD per 1M tokens (input)
- 2.40 USD per 1M tokens (output)
DeepSeek-V3.1
- 3 USD per 1M tokens (input)
- 4.50 USD per 1M tokens (output)
DeepSeek-V3.2
- 3 USD per 1M tokens (input)
- 4.50 USD per 1M tokens (output)
gemma-4-31B-it
- 0.38 USD per 1M tokens (input)
- 1.15 USD per 1M tokens (output)
gpt-oss-120b
- 0.22 USD per 1M tokens (input)
- 0.59 USD per 1M tokens (output)
Meta-Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct
- 0.60 USD per 1M tokens (input)
- 1.20 USD per 1M tokens (output)
MiniMax-M3
- 0.60 USD per 1M tokens (input)
- 2.40 USD per 1M tokens (output)
Prices checked 2026-09-25 on the maker’s page.
Capabilities
- Choice of models — “Choose your model and run!” source
- No code retained — “SambaCloud never sees or collects any of your data or user prompts, ensuring full data privacy.” source
- API — “With the SambaNova OpenAI compatible endpoints, simply set OPENAI_API_KEY to your SambaNova API Key.” source
- Runs models for you — “It delivers the fastest inference speeds on large open-source models — including Llama, DeepSeek, and Qwen — using SambaNova's proprietary Reconfigurable Dataflow Unit (RDU) AI chip.” source
Security
- SOC 2 Type II — “We hold SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001 certifications, reflecting our commitment to robust security controls, rigorous risk management, and continuous improvement.” source
- SOC 2 — “We hold SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001 certifications, reflecting our commitment to robust security controls, rigorous risk management, and continuous improvement.” source
- ISO 27001 — “We hold SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001 certifications, reflecting our commitment to robust security controls, rigorous risk management, and continuous improvement.” source