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A service account token, created in the dashboard or over the API with an expiry of up to one year and a list of granted projects, authenticates the CLI (`CEREBRIUM_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN`) and the management API at rest.cerebrium.ai as `Authorization: Bearer`. A project API key (a JWT) authenticates calls to deployed endpoints, and only when `cerebrium.toml` sets `disable_auth = false`. Signup and `cerebrium login` are browser flows.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Hobby plan is $0 a month plus compute, Standard $100 a month plus compute, Enterprise on request. GPU, CPU and memory bill per second, from T4 at $0.000164 a second ($0.59 an hour) to H100 at $0.000944 ($3.40) and B200 at $0.00167 ($6.01). CPU $0.00000655 a vCPU-second, memory $0.00000222 a GB-second, storage $0.05 a GB-month after 100 GB free. Listed rates are for the default interruptible tier, and `protected` compute costs twice as much. Cold-start time is free, builds and model initialisation are billed. An account can start on Hobby without a contract. The pricing page does not say whether a card is needed or state a free compute allowance (https://www.cerebrium.ai/pricing, https://cerebrium.ai/docs/calculating-cost).", "priceSummary": "$0.0236 / vCPU-hr", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, the OpenAPI spec or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": 920, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://cerebrium.ai/docs", "llmsTxt": "https://cerebrium.ai/docs/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/www.cerebrium.ai/openapi_spec.json", "capabilities": [ "compute.gpu", "compute.serverless", "compute.endpoints", "compute.batch", "compute.containers" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "serverless", "gpu", "cli", "openapi", "llms-txt", "python", "async-jobs", "multi-region", "status-page", "soc2", "hipaa" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-16", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 55.3, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 512, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 8, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 49, "maintenance": 75, "payments": 30, "reliability": 48, "schema": 70, "security": 60, "transparency": 63 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "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. 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Domain registration date from RDAP." ], "score": 80 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cerebrium.json", "live": { "slug": "cerebrium", "probe": { "target": "https://rest.cerebrium.ai", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T19:52:47.839655439Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 403, "lastMs": 248, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 252, "p95ms24h": 326, "samples24h": 27, "samples30d": 27, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 27, "ok": 27 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.cerebrium.ai", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T19:38:18.718586754Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://www.cerebrium.ai/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:26:57.20274404Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "be1ada48db42" }, { "url": "https://www.cerebrium.ai/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:26:59.281048683Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "017a8d228768" }, { "url": "https://www.cerebrium.ai/terms-of-service", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:27:01.554163635Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "a99804810a11" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T19:52:47.839655439Z" } }, "answer": "Northflank scores 61.3 (C) on agent readiness against Cerebrium's 55.3 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/northflank-vs-replicate-deploy.json", "title": "Northflank vs Replicate Deployments", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/northflank-vs-replicate-deploy" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/northflank-vs-runpod.json", "title": "Northflank vs Runpod", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/northflank-vs-runpod" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/northflank-vs-vast-ai.json", "title": "Northflank vs Vast.ai", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/northflank-vs-vast-ai" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 17, "cerebrium": 48, "edge": "northflank", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "northflank": 65, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 11, "cerebrium": 70, "edge": "northflank", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "northflank": 81, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 1, "cerebrium": 49, "edge": "cerebrium", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "northflank": 48, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 15, "cerebrium": 60, "edge": "northflank", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "northflank": 75, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 0, "cerebrium": 30, "edge": "", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "northflank": 30, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 10, "cerebrium": 75, "edge": "cerebrium", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "northflank": 65, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 8, "cerebrium": 63, "edge": "cerebrium", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "northflank": 55, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Northflank scores 61.3 (C) on agent readiness against Cerebrium's 55.3 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Cerebrium leads on maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust. Both do compute gpu.", "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.", "northflank": "OpenAPI 3.0 with over 100 paths, enums and `per_page`, `page` and `cursor` on every list. No scale to zero for services; minimum instances must be at least 1." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cerebrium-vs-northflank", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cerebrium-vs-northflank.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cerebrium-vs-northflank.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cerebrium-vs-northflank.min.md" }, "markdown": "Northflank scores 61.3 (C) on agent readiness against Cerebrium's 55.3 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Cerebrium leads on maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust. Both do compute gpu.\n\n- Cerebrium: grade C, 55.3/100, rank #512 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cerebrium.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/cerebrium.json\n- Northflank: grade C, 61.3/100, rank #367 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/northflank.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/northflank.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Cerebrium (C)\n\nGood 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.\n\nAhead on:\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 75 against 65\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 63 against 55\n\nWatch for: `disable_auth` defaults to true, so a deployed endpoint answers without a token unless the owner changes it\n\n### Northflank (C)\n\nGood for: Teams that want GPUs next to their services and databases on one platform, or inside their own cloud account.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 65 against 48\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 81 against 70\n- Security \u0026 auth, 75 against 60\n\nWatch for: No scale to zero for services; minimum instances must be at least 1\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Cerebrium | Northflank | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 48 | 65 | Northflank +17 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 70 | 81 | Northflank +11 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 49 | 48 | Cerebrium +1 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 60 | 75 | Northflank +15 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 30 | even |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 75 | 65 | Cerebrium +10 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 63 | 55 | Cerebrium +8 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **55.3 · C** | **61.3 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Cerebrium | Northflank |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Model platform | Model platform |\n| Vendor | Cerebrium Inc. | Northflank |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://rest.cerebrium.ai` | `https://api.northflank.com/v1` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | Token |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under Cerebrium's terms of service. The CLI is MIT | none |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-09-16 | 2026-09-24 |\n| Terms last updated | no date given | 2021-03-01 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2021-03-01 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |\n| Popularity | 920 PyPI/wk | 19k npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | none | 3.5/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**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.\n\n**Northflank.** OpenAPI 3.0 with over 100 paths, enums and `per_page`, `page` and `cursor` on every list. No scale to zero for services; minimum instances must be at least 1.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Cerebrium\n\n1. Set `disable_auth = false` in `cerebrium.toml` before deploying. The default leaves the endpoint callable by anyone with the URL\n2. Authenticate headless with `CEREBRIUM_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN`. `cerebrium login` opens a browser\n3. Raise `response_grace_period` for long work. It defaults to 15 minutes and async runs stop at 12 hours\n4. Send `?async=true` to get a `run_id` with HTTP 202, and add `webhookEndpoint` because async calls return no result to the caller\n5. 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\n\n### Northflank\n\n1. Issue the agent a team token under an API role limited to one project, not a personal token\n2. Read `x-ratelimit-remaining` and wait `x-ratelimit-reset` seconds on a 429; the default is 1,000 calls an hour\n3. Page lists with `per_page` up to 100 and the returned `cursor` instead of numbered pages\n4. Use a job, not a service, for anything that finishes; services bill until paused or deleted\n5. Fetch any docs page with .md appended to get Markdown\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Cerebrium or Northflank?\n\nNorthflank scores 61.3 (C) on agent readiness against Cerebrium's 55.3 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. 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