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Cerebras Inference

Ultra-fast inference on wafer-scale chips

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★4.6ratingPricing · PaidRising
The FalcoScan Intel PanelCerebras Inference · AI Models
Data updated 2 November 2026
Opportunity
High
Band
Saturation
Open
Band
Wrapper risk
Low
Band
Momentum
Rising
Market trend
Rating
4.6
of 5 · FalcoScan rating

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The Brief

What Cerebras Inference does

Cerebras CS-3 achieves 2000+ tokens/second on Llama 70B — the fastest available LLM inference.

How Cerebras Inference compares with its closest alternatives

All 5 closest alternatives have a free plan; Cerebras Inference does not. All 5 offer an API, as Cerebras Inference does. Cerebras Inference was founded in 2016; the alternatives were founded between 2016 and 2024. Cerebras Inference is based in Sunnyvale, United States; all its 5 alternatives are in the United States too.

Market position · AI Models

How Cerebras Inference compares in AI Models

Cerebras Inference has high opportunity and sits in the bottom third of 455 live AI Models tools on FalcoScan. Across AI Models, the average opportunity score is 74.6 and the average saturation score 30.5. FalcoScan rates Cerebras Inference's own market position as open. 200 of the 455 operating AI Models tools have hot momentum, and FalcoScan has recorded 13 shutdowns in the category.

Cerebras Inference compared with its closest alternatives
ProductOpportunitySaturationPricingPricing fromFree planAPIPlatformsMomentum
Cerebras InferenceFounded 2016 · Sunnyvale, United StatesHighOpenPaid—NoYesAPIRising
CerebrasFounded 2016 · Sunnyvale, United StatesHighOpenFreemium—YesYesWeb, APIHot
Hugging Face ProFounded 2016 · New York, United StatesModerateOpenPaid—YesYesWeb, APIRising
Anyscale LLMFounded 2019 · San Francisco, United StatesModerateOpenFreemium—YesYesWeb, APIRising
vLLMFounded 2023 · Berkeley, United StatesHighOpenFree—YesYesDesktopHot
Gemma 3Founded 2024 · San Francisco, United StatesHighOpenFree—YesYesAPI, CLIHot

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What it ships with

Capabilities & who uses it

The capabilities Cerebras Inference exposes to builders and the verticals it currently serves.

AI Capabilities
LLM Serving
Industry Verticals
Technology
Tagged

Cerebras Inference shows up when builders search for these

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Questions

Cerebras Inference: common questions

Is Cerebras Inference free?

No. Cerebras Inference is a paid product.

What are the best alternatives to Cerebras Inference?

The closest alternatives to Cerebras Inference that are still running, matched on the AI capabilities, uses and audience they share, are Cerebras, Hugging Face Pro, Anyscale LLM, vLLM, and Gemma 3.

Is Cerebras Inference still running?

Yes. As of 2 November 2026, FalcoScan lists Cerebras Inference as operating at inference.cerebras.ai.

Where is Cerebras Inference based?

Cerebras Inference is headquartered in Sunnyvale, United States.

Does Cerebras Inference have an API?

Yes. Cerebras Inference offers an API.

Who is Cerebras Inference for?

Cerebras Inference is built for enterprises, ai builders, and researchers.

How do I sign in to Cerebras Inference?

Sign in on Cerebras Inference's own website, inference.cerebras.ai. FalcoScan reviews Cerebras Inference but does not run its accounts, so logins, passwords and billing are handled by Cerebras Inference directly.

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