Overview

Provider Type

API

API Endpoint


                                                        https://api.cerebras.ai/v1

Free Tier Highlights

30 RPM

Quick Start Guide

1

Sign Up

Create a free account at cloud.cerebras.ai.

2

Get API Key

Generate an API key from the dashboard.

3

Integrate

Use the API key with the OpenAI SDK or HTTP requests, changing the base URL to https://api.cerebras.ai/v1.

Available Models

Model Name	ID	Context	Capabilities
Llama 3.1 8B (Fast) Free	`llama3.1-8b`	8 000	Reasoning
Llama 3.1 70B (Fast) Free	`llama3.1-70b`	8 000	-

Integration Examples

Ready-to-use code snippets for your applications.

Select a Model

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main.py

import os
from cerebras.cloud.sdk import Cerebras

# Get API Key from https://cloud.cerebras.ai/
client = Cerebras(
    api_key="YOUR_CEREBRAS_API_KEY",
)

chat_completion = client.chat.completions.create(
    messages=[
        {
            "role": "user",
            "content": "Why is fast inference important?",
        }
    ],
    model="llama3.1-8b",
)

print(chat_completion.choices[0].message.content)

index.js

import Cerebras from '@cerebras/cerebras_cloud_sdk';

const client = new Cerebras({
  apiKey: 'YOUR_CEREBRAS_API_KEY',
});

async function main() {
  const completion = await client.chat.completions.create({
    messages: [{ role: 'user', content: 'Why is fast inference important?' }],
    model: 'llama3.1-8b',
  });

  console.log(completion.choices[0].message.content);
}

main();

terminal

curl https://api.cerebras.ai/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_CEREBRAS_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "model": "llama3.1-8b",
    "messages": [
      {"role": "user", "content": "Why is fast inference important?"}
    ],
    "temperature": 0.7
  }'

example.php

<?php
$apiKey = 'YOUR_API_KEY';
$url = "https://api.cerebras.ai/v1/models/llama3.1-8b:generateContent?key=$apiKey";

$data = [
    "contents" => [
        ["parts" => [["text" => "Explain quantum mechanics"]]]
    ]
];

$ch = curl_init($url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode($data));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ['Content-Type: application/json']);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

echo $response;
?>

main.go

package main

import (
    "context"
    "fmt"
    "log"
    "github.com/google/generative-ai-go/genai"
    "google.golang.org/api/option"
)

func main() {
    ctx := context.Background()
    client, err := genai.NewClient(ctx, option.WithAPIKey("YOUR_API_KEY"))
    if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) }
    defer client.Close()

    model := client.GenerativeModel("llama3.1-8b")
    resp, err := model.GenerateContent(ctx, genai.Text("Explain quantum mechanics"))
    if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) }
    
    // ...
}

main.py

import os
from cerebras.cloud.sdk import Cerebras

# Get API Key from https://cloud.cerebras.ai/
client = Cerebras(
    api_key="YOUR_CEREBRAS_API_KEY",
)

chat_completion = client.chat.completions.create(
    messages=[
        {
            "role": "user",
            "content": "Why is fast inference important?",
        }
    ],
    model="llama3.1-70b",
)

print(chat_completion.choices[0].message.content)

index.js

import Cerebras from '@cerebras/cerebras_cloud_sdk';

const client = new Cerebras({
  apiKey: 'YOUR_CEREBRAS_API_KEY',
});

async function main() {
  const completion = await client.chat.completions.create({
    messages: [{ role: 'user', content: 'Why is fast inference important?' }],
    model: 'llama3.1-70b',
  });

  console.log(completion.choices[0].message.content);
}

main();

terminal

curl https://api.cerebras.ai/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_CEREBRAS_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "model": "llama3.1-70b",
    "messages": [
      {"role": "user", "content": "Why is fast inference important?"}
    ],
    "temperature": 0.7
  }'

example.php

<?php
$apiKey = 'YOUR_API_KEY';
$url = "https://api.cerebras.ai/v1/models/llama3.1-70b:generateContent?key=$apiKey";

$data = [
    "contents" => [
        ["parts" => [["text" => "Explain quantum mechanics"]]]
    ]
];

$ch = curl_init($url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode($data));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ['Content-Type: application/json']);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

echo $response;
?>

main.go

package main

import (
    "context"
    "fmt"
    "log"
    "github.com/google/generative-ai-go/genai"
    "google.golang.org/api/option"
)

func main() {
    ctx := context.Background()
    client, err := genai.NewClient(ctx, option.WithAPIKey("YOUR_API_KEY"))
    if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) }
    defer client.Close()

    model := client.GenerativeModel("llama3.1-70b")
    resp, err := model.GenerateContent(ctx, genai.Text("Explain quantum mechanics"))
    if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) }
    
    // ...
}

Free Tier Pricing & Limits

Rate Limit

Requests per minute

30 Requests per minute

Daily Quota

Requests per day

1000000 Tokens / Day

Token Limit

Tokens per minute

60000 - 100000 Tokens per minute

Monthly Quota

Per month limit

Free Forever

Use Cases

Real-time Conversational AI

Complex Reasoning

Code Generation

Summarization

High-Throughput Apps

Limitations & Considerations

Rate limited on free tier (30 RPM)

Daily token cap of 1M tokens

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Why Choose Cerebras?

Quick Start Guide

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Integrate

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Overview

Provider Type

API Endpoint

Free Tier Highlights

Why Choose Cerebras?

Quick Start Guide

Sign Up

Get API Key

Integrate

Available Models

Integration Examples

Select Model

Free Tier Pricing & Limits

Rate Limit

Daily Quota

Token Limit

Monthly Quota

Use Cases

Limitations & Considerations

Community Hub

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