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Cerebras Inference · Signup credit

Cerebras API free tier

New Cerebras accounts receive $5 in free credits after adding a verified payment method; the credits expire 30 days after they are granted, and Playground and API access stay inactive until a payment method is added. Free Trial limits per model are 5 requests a minute, 30,000 uncached and 90,000 total tokens a minute, and 1,000,000 tokens an hour and a day.

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Signup credit: Cerebras Inference API, Free Trial tier

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Cerebras Inference API, Free Trial tier: each limit with its value, scope and note.
LimitValueApplies toNote
Free credit$5AccountGranted after a verified payment method is added; expires after 30 days
Requests per minute5gpt-oss-120bFree Trial tier
Input tokens per minute30,000gpt-oss-120bUncached tokens a minute, Free Trial tier
Tokens per minute90,000gpt-oss-120bTotal tokens a minute, Free Trial tier
Tokens per hour1,000,000gpt-oss-120bFree Trial tier
Tokens per day1,000,000gpt-oss-120bFree Trial tier
Requests per minute5qwen-3.8-27bFree Trial tier
Tokens per minute90,000qwen-3.8-27bTotal tokens a minute, Free Trial tier
Tokens per day1,000,000qwen-3.8-27bFree Trial tier
What moves you past this tier
The first credit purchase (Pay as You Go) moves the account to the Developer tier: on gpt-oss-120b, 1,000 requests a minute with 1,000,000 uncached and 3,000,000 total tokens a minute, and no hourly or daily caps.
Card required
Yes
Source
Cerebras rate limits Read 2026-09-14

Questions

Does Cerebras give free API credits?

Yes, with a condition. New accounts receive $5 in free credits after adding a verified payment method, and the credits expire 30 days after they are granted. Until a payment method is added, Cerebras says Playground and API access remain inactive, so the free credit is not usable without a card.

What are the Cerebras Free Trial rate limits?

Per model, 5 requests a minute, 30,000 uncached and 90,000 total tokens a minute, 1,000,000 tokens an hour and 1,000,000 tokens a day, listed for gpt-oss-120b and Qwen 3.8 27B on the rate-limits page. The hourly and daily caps are what the Developer tier removes.

How do I get higher Cerebras limits?

Buy credits (Pay as You Go) from the Billing tab in the Cloud Console. The first purchase moves the account to the Developer tier, which for gpt-oss-120b means 1,000 requests a minute with 1,000,000 uncached and 3,000,000 total tokens a minute and no hourly or daily restrictions.