# Cerebrium vs Hyperbolic

> Cerebrium scores 55.3 (C) on agent readiness against Hyperbolic's 48 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Hyperbolic leads on schema & documentation and agent ergonomics. Both do compute gpu. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Cerebrium scores 55.3 (C) on agent readiness against Hyperbolic's 48 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Hyperbolic leads on schema & documentation and agent ergonomics. Both do compute gpu.

- Cerebrium: grade C, 55.3/100, rank #593 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cerebrium.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/cerebrium.json
- Hyperbolic: grade D, 48/100, rank #730 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hyperbolic.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/hyperbolic.json

## Which one, for what

### Cerebrium (C)

Good for: Teams serving their own models as real-time endpoints (voice, LLM, image) who want per-second billing, multi-region placement and a scriptable management API.

Ahead on:
- Security & auth, 60 against 47
- Payments & pricing, 30 against 15
- Maintenance & community, 75 against 42

Also in its favour:
- No incidents deducted, where Hyperbolic loses 3 points for them

Watch for: `disable_auth` defaults to true, so a deployed endpoint answers without a token unless the owner changes it

### Hyperbolic (D)

Good for: Agents that rent whole H100, H200 or B200 machines or multi-node clusters for training and batch work and that have a funded account.

Ahead on:
- Schema & documentation, 77 against 70
- Agent ergonomics, 55 against 49

Watch for: API keys carry no scopes or expiry in the reviewed documentation, and the same key can call `DELETE /v2/users/me`


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | Cerebrium | Hyperbolic | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 48 | 52 | Hyperbolic +4 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 70 | 77 | Hyperbolic +7 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 49 | 55 | Hyperbolic +6 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 60 | 47 | Cerebrium +13 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 15 | Cerebrium +15 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 75 | 42 | Cerebrium +33 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 63 | 61 | Cerebrium +2 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -3 | |
| **Total** | | **55.3 · C** | **48 · D** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | Cerebrium | Hyperbolic |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Model platform | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Cerebrium Inc. | Hyperbolic Labs, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://rest.cerebrium.ai` | `https://api.hyperbolic.ai` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |
| Auth | API key | API key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Cerebrium's terms of service. The CLI is MIT | Proprietary service under Hyperbolic's Terms of Service. The unmaintained hyperbolic-mcp repository on GitHub is MIT |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | yes | yes |
| Last release | 2026-09-16 | 2026-10-05 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | 2025-03-24 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | no date given |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 920 PyPI/wk | none |

## Verdicts

**Cerebrium.** Per-second GPU prices are public, a 94-operation OpenAPI spec covers the management API, and service account tokens expire and are limited to named projects. Deployed endpoints are callable without a token unless `disable_auth = false` is set, and no request rate limits, 429 handling or SLA were found in the reviewed documentation.

**Hyperbolic.** The API serves its own OpenAPI 3.1 document without a key, lists GPU prices on an open endpoint and dates the removal of legacy paths at 1 March 2027. API keys carry no scopes and can delete the account, rental creation has no idempotency key, and renting needs a browser signup and a $5 deposit.

## Before you call either

### Cerebrium

1. Set `disable_auth = false` in `cerebrium.toml` before deploying. The default leaves the endpoint callable by anyone with the URL
2. Authenticate headless with `CEREBRIUM_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN`. `cerebrium login` opens a browser
3. Raise `response_grace_period` for long work. It defaults to 15 minutes and async runs stop at 12 hours
4. Send `?async=true` to get a `run_id` with HTTP 202, and add `webhookEndpoint` because async calls return no result to the caller
5. Check the plan before choosing hardware. A100, H100, H200, B200 and RTX PRO 6000 need Standard, and `protected` compute bills at twice the listed rate

### Hyperbolic

1. Read `GET /v2/on-demand/rental-options` first. It needs no key and lists what can be rented now, with `costPerHourCents` per GPU configuration.
2. Send `rentalType` and `gpuCount` to `POST /v2/on-demand/rentals`. Region defaults to `us-central-1` and GPU type to `h100`, so set both from the options list.
3. List active rentals before retrying a failed create call. There is no idempotency key and every ready rental bills hourly.
4. Save an SSH public key with `POST /v2/ssh-keys` before renting. Without `sshPublicKeyIds` the newest saved key is attached.
5. Do not create reserved rentals unless asked. They are paid in full up front and cannot be terminated early.

## Questions

### Which is better for AI agents, Cerebrium or Hyperbolic?

Cerebrium scores 55.3 (C) on agent readiness against Hyperbolic's 48 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Hyperbolic leads on schema & documentation and agent ergonomics.

### Can an agent call Cerebrium and Hyperbolic without installing anything?

Yes. Cerebrium has a hosted endpoint at https://rest.cerebrium.ai and Hyperbolic at https://api.hyperbolic.ai.


## For agents

- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cerebrium-vs-hyperbolic.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cerebrium-vs-hyperbolic.min.md
- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "cerebrium", "b": "hyperbolic"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare cerebrium hyperbolic`
- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/cerebrium.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/hyperbolic.json

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