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Cerebras Inference vs Groq pricing

Verified 2026-10-23 (2 days ago)Source: Cerebras Inference: www.cerebras.ai/pricing, Groq: console.groq.com/docs/modelsVerified shows the older of the two.

Monthly cost at three volumes

Monthly cost of Cerebras Inference and Groq at three volumes and at your own
VolumeCerebras InferenceGroq
small1M input, 200K output$0.50 / moGPT OSS 120B$0.036 / moLlama Prompt Guard 2 22M
growing50M input, 10M output$25 / moGPT OSS 120B$1.80 / moLlama Prompt Guard 2 22M
scale1B input, 200M output$500 / moGPT OSS 120B$36 / moLlama Prompt Guard 2 22M
your volumeset above$25 / moGPT OSS 120B$1.80 / moLlama Prompt Guard 2 22M

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
Cerebras InferenceGPT OSS 120B$0.35$0.752
GroqLlama Prompt Guard 2 22M$0.03$0.036

Every model

Every model of both services, USD per 1M tokens
ModelServiceInputOutput
GPT OSS 120BCerebras Inference$0.35$0.75
Qwen 3.8 27BCerebras Inference$0.99$1.49
Llama Prompt Guard 2 22MGroq$0.03$0.03
Prompt Guard 2 86MGroq$0.04$0.04
GPT OSS 20BGroq$0.075$0.30
Safety GPT OSS 20BGroq$0.075$0.30
GPT OSS 120BGroq$0.15$0.60
Qwen/Qwen3.8-27BGroq$0.80$4

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 Cerebras Inference and Groq aligned by position: free, entry, mid, top
PositionCerebras InferenceGroq
Freeno tierno tier
EntryunlistedDeveloper*no tier
Midno tierno tier
TopContact salesEnterpriseno tier

Tightest rate limit

Tightest documented rate limit of each service
MeasureCerebras InferenceGroq
Tightest limitunlisted100 api requests per minuteLlama Prompt Guard 2 22M tier

Changes in the last 90 days

No changes recorded.

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