Partly. The free trial allows 5 requests a minute on gpt-oss-120b, but a payment method is required. The catch: No renewing free tier: the trial credit needs a verified payment method and expires.
Limited Checked 29 Oct 2026 against the provider's docs. Compare free LLM API limits across every provider we track.
What you can build within the free tier
The trial allows 1,000,000 tokens a day at 5 requests a minute on gpt-oss-120b, until the credit runs out or expires. That is enough to benchmark the API against your own prompts, not to run a product.
The catch
No renewing free tier: the trial credit needs a verified payment method and expires.
- Commercial use: Not confirmed
- OpenAI-compatible API: Yes
- Token cap: 1,000,000 tokens a day on gpt-oss-120b
When to pay
Pay as you go after the trial credit.
Free alternatives
Same kind of service, no free tier: Together AI.
Change history
- CutOpen free tier replaced by a one-time $5 credit trialSource
Frequently asked
Is Cerebras free?
Partly. The free trial allows 5 requests a minute on gpt-oss-120b, but a payment method is required. The catch: No renewing free tier: the trial credit needs a verified payment method and expires.
Does Cerebras need a credit card?
Yes. Cerebras requires a payment method or a purchase.
Does Cerebras train on free-tier prompts?
Cerebras does not state this clearly in the docs we checked, so we list it as not confirmed. Read the provider's data policy before sending anything sensitive.
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