Free-tier head-to-head comparison.
Pick Cerebras Inference when real-time ux where latency dominates — coding copilots, voice agents, live transcription summarization.
Pick SambaNova Cloud when trying llama 3.1 405b for free. apps where speed of large open models matters more than ecosystem.
| Feature | Cerebras Inference | SambaNova Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Top model | llama-3.3-70b | Meta-Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct |
| Free RPM | 30 | 10 |
| Free RPD | — | — |
| Free credit | — | — |
| Card required | No | No |
| OpenAI-compatible | Yes | Yes |
| API base | https://api.cerebras.ai/v1 | https://api.sambanova.ai/v1 |
| Best for | Real-time UX where latency dominates — coding copilots, voice agents, live transcription summarization. | Trying Llama 3.1 405B for free. Apps where speed of large open models matters more than ecosystem. |
| Not for | Vision or multimodal tasks; closed-model needs. | Closed models or vision; only Llama family + DeepSeek today. |