Best Cerebras alternatives

Comparison

Tool	Price from	Free plan	Category
Cerebras	5 USD	trial	APIs & models
OpenAI Platform	0,10 USD	?	APIs & models
SpaceXAI Console (API console)	not listed	?	APIs & models
Blackbox AI	not listed	?	APIs & models
Cline	not listed	yes	APIs & models
Unsloth	not listed	yes	APIs & models
MiniMax	0.3 USD input / 1.2 USD output per M tokens	?	APIs & models
DeepSeek API	not listed	?	APIs & models
xAI API	0.002 USD	trial	APIs & models

Each alternative in short

1. OpenAI Platform

Developer platform for building applications with the OpenAI API, aimed at software developers.

The vendor does not state this clearly on the homepage or pricing page.

2. SpaceXAI Console (API console)

Developer console for managing API keys, teams, billing and access to Grok text, voice and image APIs.

The vendor does not state this clearly on the homepage or pricing page.

3. Blackbox AI

Enterprise inference platform giving access to 300+ models through one endpoint, with end-to-end encryption, zero data retention and dedicated deployments.

The vendor does not state this clearly on the homepage or pricing page.

4. Cline

Open-source AI coding agent for editors, terminal and SDK that plans and executes multi-file code changes with any model.

Yes, there is a free plan. The open source extension is free for individual developers; you pay only for AI inference, either with your own API keys or via the Cline provider.

5. Unsloth

Open-source desktop app to run, train and connect local AI models (text, image, video) on your own hardware, no code needed.

Yes, there is a free plan. Free version of Unsloth with open-source training support: 2x speed boost, single GPU, 60% VRAM reduction, 4-bit and 16-bit LoRA.

6. MiniMax

Multimodal AI models (LLM, video, speech, music) and AI-native products such as MiniMax Code, Design and Talkie, for developers, creators and enterprises.

The vendor does not state this clearly on the homepage or pricing page.

7. DeepSeek API

API for accessing DeepSeek language models via OpenAI- or Anthropic-compatible endpoints, for developers and agent tool users.

The vendor does not state this clearly on the homepage or pricing page.

8. xAI API

Developer API for Grok models: text, code, image, video, voice, and real-time web search, billed per token.

There is a free trial. Playground is included with every Console account for testing models and generating images and video. API usage is billed per token, with no free API tier mentioned.

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