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Groq vs Cerebras

Both are free AI APIs verified on APIVault. Here's how their free tiers, trust scores, and requirements stack up side by side.

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Groq

92
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Cerebras

92
/ 100
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Groq
Cerebras
Trust Score
92/100
92/100
Reliability
100/100
100/100
Free Tier
100/100
85/100
Documentation
100/100
90/100
Popularity
46/100
88/100
Category
LLM
LLM
Free tier
14,400 req/day · 30 req/min · no card
30 req/min · 1M tokens/day · no card
Credit card
Not required
Not required
Phone
Not required
Not required
Models
Llama 3.3 70B, Mixtral, Gemma
Llama 3.3 70B, Llama 3.1 8B, Llama 3.1 70B

Groq

  • Insane inference speed (500+ tokens/sec)
  • OpenAI-compatible API
  • Generous free tier with daily resets
  • Smaller model selection vs OpenRouter
  • Rate limits can hit during peak hours

Cerebras

  • Fastest available inference (2,000+ t/s)
  • OpenAI-compatible
  • No card to start
  • Limited model selection
  • Daily token caps on free tier
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