What is the difference between Cerebras and Google Cloud?

Cerebras and Google Cloud are both cloud GPU providers offering different pricing models, features, and GPU availability. Use our comparison tool to see real-time pricing and feature differences.

Which is cheaper: Cerebras or Google Cloud?

Pricing varies by GPU model and usage requirements. Check our real-time comparison table to find the best deals for your specific needs.

Can I switch between Cerebras and Google Cloud?

Yes, both providers offer flexible cloud GPU services. However, consider factors like data transfer costs, setup time, and specific features when switching between providers.

How many GPU models are available for comparison?

We track pricing for 9 different GPU models across both Cerebras and Google Cloud, with 0 models available from both providers.

Cerebras vs Google Cloud

Compare GPU and LLM inference API pricing between Cerebras and Google Cloud. Find the best rates for AI training, inference, and ML workloads.

Cerebras

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Comparison Overview

Total GPU Models

Cerebras GPUs

Google Cloud GPUs

Direct Comparisons

GPU Pricing Comparison

Total GPUs: 9Both available: 0Cerebras: 0Google Cloud: 9

Showing 9 of 9 GPUs

Last updated: 10/21/2026, 9:28:46 PM

GPU Model ↑	Cerebras Price	Google Cloud Price	Price Diff ↕	Sources
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Google Cloud	Not Available	$3.04/hr★ Best	—	Google Cloud
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Not Available Google Cloud $3.04/hour Updated: 10/21/2026 ★Best Price Google Cloud
A100 SXM 40GB 40GB VRAM • Google Cloud	Not Available	$1.22/hr★ Best 16x GPU	—	Google Cloud
A100 SXM 40GB 40GB VRAM • Not Available Google Cloud $1.22/hour 16x GPU configuration Updated: 10/21/2026 ★Best Price Google Cloud
B200 180GB VRAM • Google Cloud	Not Available	$4.95/hr★ Best 8x GPU	—	Google Cloud
B200 180GB VRAM • Not Available Google Cloud $4.95/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/21/2026 ★Best Price Google Cloud
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Google Cloud	Not Available	$4.86/hr★ Best 8x GPU	—	Google Cloud
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Not Available Google Cloud $4.86/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/21/2026 ★Best Price Google Cloud
H200 141GB VRAM • Google Cloud	Not Available	$4.65/hr★ Best 8x GPU	—	Google Cloud
H200 141GB VRAM • Not Available Google Cloud $4.65/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/21/2026 ★Best Price Google Cloud
L4 24GB VRAM • Google Cloud	Not Available	$0.32/hr★ Best	—	Google Cloud
L4 24GB VRAM • Not Available Google Cloud $0.32/hour Updated: 10/21/2026 ★Best Price Google Cloud
RTX PRO 6000 96GB VRAM • Google Cloud	Not Available	$1.66/hr★ Best	—	Google Cloud
RTX PRO 6000 96GB VRAM • Not Available Google Cloud $1.66/hour Updated: 10/21/2026 ★Best Price Google Cloud
Tesla T4 16GB VRAM • Google Cloud	Not Available	$0.16/hr★ Best	—	Google Cloud
Tesla T4 16GB VRAM • Not Available Google Cloud $0.16/hour Updated: 10/21/2026 ★Best Price Google Cloud
Tesla V100 32GB VRAM • Google Cloud	Not Available	$1.12/hr★ Best	—	Google Cloud
Tesla V100 32GB VRAM • Not Available Google Cloud $1.12/hour Updated: 10/21/2026 ★Best Price Google Cloud

A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Google Cloud	Not Available	$3.04/hr★ Best	—	Google Cloud
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Not Available Google Cloud $3.04/hour Updated: 10/21/2026 ★Best Price Google Cloud
A100 SXM 40GB 40GB VRAM • Google Cloud	Not Available	$1.22/hr★ Best 16x GPU	—	Google Cloud
A100 SXM 40GB 40GB VRAM • Not Available Google Cloud $1.22/hour 16x GPU configuration Updated: 10/21/2026 ★Best Price Google Cloud
B200 180GB VRAM • Google Cloud	Not Available	$4.95/hr★ Best 8x GPU	—	Google Cloud
B200 180GB VRAM • Not Available Google Cloud $4.95/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/21/2026 ★Best Price Google Cloud
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Google Cloud	Not Available	$4.86/hr★ Best 8x GPU	—	Google Cloud
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Not Available Google Cloud $4.86/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/21/2026 ★Best Price Google Cloud
H200 141GB VRAM • Google Cloud	Not Available	$4.65/hr★ Best 8x GPU	—	Google Cloud
H200 141GB VRAM • Not Available Google Cloud $4.65/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/21/2026 ★Best Price Google Cloud
L4 24GB VRAM • Google Cloud	Not Available	$0.32/hr★ Best	—	Google Cloud
L4 24GB VRAM • Not Available Google Cloud $0.32/hour Updated: 10/21/2026 ★Best Price Google Cloud
RTX PRO 6000 96GB VRAM • Google Cloud	Not Available	$1.66/hr★ Best	—	Google Cloud
RTX PRO 6000 96GB VRAM • Not Available Google Cloud $1.66/hour Updated: 10/21/2026 ★Best Price Google Cloud
Tesla T4 16GB VRAM • Google Cloud	Not Available	$0.16/hr★ Best	—	Google Cloud
Tesla T4 16GB VRAM • Not Available Google Cloud $0.16/hour Updated: 10/21/2026 ★Best Price Google Cloud
Tesla V100 32GB VRAM • Google Cloud	Not Available	$1.12/hr★ Best	—	Google Cloud
Tesla V100 32GB VRAM • Not Available Google Cloud $1.12/hour Updated: 10/21/2026 ★Best Price Google Cloud

LLM API Pricing Comparison

Total models: 15Both available: 0Cerebras: 2Google Cloud: 13

Showing 15 of 15 models

Prices per 1M tokens · Last updated: 10/21/2026, 9:28:46 PM

Model ↑	Cerebras	Google Cloud	Input Diff ↕
Gemini 2.0 Flash Google	Not available	$0.150 in $0.600 out	—
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite Google	Not available	$0.075 in $0.300 out	—
Gemini 2.5 Flash Google	Not available	$0.300 in $2.50 out	—
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Google	Not available	$0.100 in $0.400 out	—
Gemini 2.5 Pro Google	Not available	$1.25 in $10.00 out	—
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Google	Not available	$0.250 in $1.50 out	—
Gemini 3.1 Pro Google	Not available	$2.00 in $12.00 out	—
Gemini 3.5 Flash Google	Not available	$1.50 in $9.00 out	—
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite Google	Not available	$0.300 in $2.50 out	—
Gemini 3.6 Flash Google	Not available	$0.750 in $3.75 out	—
Gemini 3.7 Flash Google	Not available	$0.750 in $3.75 out	—
Gemini 3.8 Flash Google	Not available	$0.750 in $3.75 out	—
Gemini 4 Argon Google	Not available	$2.00 in $10.00 out	—
GPT-OSS-120B OpenAI	$0.350 in $0.750 out	Not available	—
Qwen3.8 27B Alibaba	$0.990 in $1.49 out	Not available	—

Features Comparison

Cerebras

Wafer-Scale Inference
Models run on the Cerebras Wafer-Scale Engine, which keeps model weights in on-chip SRAM to reach published speeds in the thousands of tokens per second
OpenAI-Compatible API
Chat Completions and Completions endpoints at api.cerebras.ai/v1, usable from the OpenAI SDKs or the Cerebras Python and TypeScript SDKs
Open-Weight Model Catalog
Public endpoints serve unmodified open-weight models such as OpenAI GPT OSS and Qwen, with a documented policy of no pruning on hosted models
Reasoning and Tool Calling
Configurable reasoning effort, streaming, structured outputs, parallel tool calling, and prompt caching across the catalog
Image Inputs
Vision-capable models accept PNG and JPEG images alongside text
Dedicated Endpoints
Private, provisioned endpoints on reserved capacity with fine-tuning, weight management, and additional model families, arranged through sales

Google Cloud

Compute Engine
Scalable virtual machines with a wide range of machine types, including GPUs.
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
Managed Kubernetes service for deploying and managing containerized applications.
Cloud Functions
Event-driven serverless compute platform.
Cloud Run
Fully managed serverless platform for containerized applications.
Vertex AI
Unified ML platform for building, deploying, and managing ML models.
Spot VMs
Spare compute capacity at discounted Spot prices, suitable for fault-tolerant workloads that can be interrupted.

Pros & Cons

Cerebras

Advantages

Published throughput in the thousands of tokens per second on public models
Drop-in OpenAI-compatible API with first-party Python and TypeScript SDKs
Serves original, unpruned open-weight models with a stated no-modification policy
Free trial credits on signup, then self-serve pay-as-you-go

Considerations

Very small public model catalog compared with GPU-based inference providers
Free-tier context windows are roughly half the paid-tier limits
Preview models can be withdrawn and are not intended for production use

Google Cloud

Advantages

Flexible pricing options, including sustained use discounts
Strong AI and machine learning tools (Vertex AI)
Good integration with other Google services
Mature managed Kubernetes offering (GKE)

Considerations

Limited availability in some regions compared to AWS
Complexity in managing resources
Support can be costly

Compute Services

Cerebras

Google Cloud

Compute Engine

Offers customizable virtual machines running in Google's data centers.

Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)

Managed Kubernetes service for running containerized applications.

Automated Kubernetes operations
Integration with Google Cloud services

Cloud Functions

Serverless compute platform for running code in response to events.

Automatic scaling and high availability
Pay only for the compute time consumed

Pricing Options

Cerebras

Free Trial

Time-limited credits granted on signup, with lower rate limits and context windows than paid tiers

Developer (Pay as You Go)

Prepaid credits billed per million input and output tokens at published per-model rates

Enterprise and Dedicated Endpoints

Reserved capacity, higher rate limits, and additional models on custom terms through sales

Google Cloud

On-Demand

Pay for vCPUs, GPUs, and memory with a one-minute minimum and per-second billing thereafter, with no long-term commitments.

Sustained Use Discounts

Automatic discounts for running instances for a significant portion of the month.

Resource-based Committed Use Discounts

Discounted rates in exchange for a 1-year or 3-year commitment to a minimum level of resource usage in a region, and combinable with reservations.

Compute Flexible Committed Use Discounts

Spend-based commitments that apply across eligible machine families and regions rather than to specific resources.

Spot VMs

Spare capacity at discounted Spot prices for fault-tolerant workloads that can be preempted.

Getting Started

Cerebras

Get Started

1
Create an account
Sign up at cloud.cerebras.ai and add a payment method to activate the free trial
2
Get an API key
Generate a key from the Cloud Console
3
Install an SDK
pip install cerebras_cloud_sdk or npm install @cerebras/cerebras_cloud_sdk, or use the OpenAI SDK pointed at api.cerebras.ai/v1
4
Make a request
Call chat completions with a model ID from the catalog, such as gpt-oss-120b

Google Cloud

Get Started

1
Create a Google Cloud project
Set up a project in the Google Cloud Console.
2
Enable billing
Set up a billing account to pay for resource usage.
3
Choose a compute service
Select Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud Functions, or Cloud Run based on your needs.
4
Create and configure an instance
Launch a VM instance, configure a Kubernetes cluster, or deploy a function/application.
5
Manage resources
Use the Cloud Console, command-line tools, or APIs to manage your resources.

Support & Global Availability

Cerebras

Global Regions

Cerebras-operated data centers in North America, with expansion into Europe; no region selection on the public API

Support

Documentation and API reference, model-specific guides, Cloud Console usage monitoring, Discord community, and enterprise support for dedicated customers

Google Cloud

Global Regions

40+ regions and 120+ zones worldwide.

Support

Role-based (free), Standard, Enhanced and Premium support plans. Comprehensive documentation, community forums, and training resources.