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AI21 Labs vs Cerebras Inference pricing

Verified 2026-10-23 (2 days ago)Source: AI21 Labs: www.ai21.com/pricing, Cerebras Inference: www.cerebras.ai/pricingVerified shows the older of the two.

Monthly cost at three volumes

Monthly cost of AI21 Labs and Cerebras Inference at three volumes and at your own
VolumeAI21 LabsCerebras Inference
small1M input, 200K output$0.28 / moJamba Mini$0.50 / moGPT OSS 120B
growing50M input, 10M output$14 / moJamba Mini$25 / moGPT OSS 120B
scale1B input, 200M output$280 / moJamba Mini$500 / moGPT OSS 120B
your volumeset above$14 / moJamba Mini$25 / moGPT OSS 120B

Each cell is the cheapest feasible plan, or the chosen model, at that volume, from the shared Overage cost function. "Cheapest model" only considers models with both an input and an output price listed. Volumes are example scenarios you can edit.

Cheapest model per service, USD per 1M tokens

Cheapest priced model of each service
ServiceCheapest modelInputOutputModels listed
AI21 LabsJamba Mini$0.20$0.402
Cerebras InferenceGPT OSS 120B$0.35$0.752

Every model

Every model of both services, USD per 1M tokens
ModelServiceInputOutput
Jamba MiniAI21 Labs$0.20$0.40
Jamba LargeAI21 Labs$2$8
GPT OSS 120BCerebras Inference$0.35$0.75
Qwen 3.8 27BCerebras Inference$0.99$1.49

Models are compared by name and price, never by position. Pick one model per service, or "Cheapest model", in the cost table above.

Tiers, aligned by position

Tiers of AI21 Labs and Cerebras Inference aligned by position: free, entry, mid, top
PositionAI21 LabsCerebras Inference
Free$0 onceFree Trialno tier
EntryunlistedPay As You GounlistedDeveloper*
Midno tierno tier
TopContact salesCustom PlanContact salesEnterprise

Tightest rate limit

Tightest documented rate limit of each service
MeasureAI21 LabsCerebras Inference
Tightest limitunlistedunlisted

Changes in the last 90 days

No changes recorded.

No change detected for either service in the last 90 days.