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      "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).",
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          "Several multi-hour degradations of the Inference API between 15 July and 2 September 2026, and a 10-minute outage on 21 July",
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          "Raise `response_grace_period` for long work. It defaults to 15 minutes and async runs stop at 12 hours",
          "Send `?async=true` to get a `run_id` with HTTP 202, and add `webhookEndpoint` because async calls return no result to the caller",
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          "cerebrium.ai/.well-known/security.txt and cerebrium.ai/security.txt returned 404 on 8 October 2026. The CLI repository's SECURITY.md and the docs give security@cerebrium.ai.",
          "The changelog link is the CLI's GitHub releases. No platform changelog was found. Domain registration date from RDAP."
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The terms say availability is not guaranteed and the service can change without notice\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Cerebrium | Vast.ai | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 48 | 65 | Vast.ai +17 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 70 | 78 | Vast.ai +8 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 49 | 57 | Vast.ai +8 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 60 | 72 | Vast.ai +12 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 20 | Cerebrium +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 75 | 81 | Vast.ai +6 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 63 | 62 | Cerebrium +1 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **55.3 · C** | **62.6 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Cerebrium | Vast.ai |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Model platform | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Cerebrium Inc. | Vast.ai Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://rest.cerebrium.ai` | `https://console.vast.ai/api/v0` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under Cerebrium's terms of service. The CLI is MIT | Proprietary service under Vast.ai's Terms of Use Agreement. The `vastai` CLI and Python SDK on GitHub are MIT |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-09-16 | 2026-10-02 |\n| Terms last updated | no date given | 2026-09-01 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2025-06-18 |\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 | 223 stars, 33k PyPI/wk |\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**Vast.ai.** API keys can be limited by permission category and by resource ID, the REST API has a public OpenAPI 3.1 file, and the CLI ships weekly with a skill file for coding agents. Machines belong to independent hosts, prices move with the market, rate-limit thresholds are unpublished, and there is no SLA or free tier.\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### Vast.ai\n\n1. Create a scoped key with `vastai create api-key --permissions` for the agent. A default key has full account access, billing and key management included\n2. Pass `--raw` on every CLI command for JSON output, and `-y` on `vastai destroy instance`, which otherwise waits for a confirmation prompt\n3. Register an SSH key with `vastai create ssh-key` before creating an instance, or the host is unreachable\n4. Destroy instances when finished. A stopped instance still bills storage, and a zero balance without a saved card leads to deletion\n5. Back off on HTTP 429 yourself when calling REST directly. The CLI retries 429 three times from 0.15 seconds\n6. Filter searches with `verified=true` or the Secure Cloud option for sensitive data, and set a `dph_total` price cap\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Cerebrium or Vast.ai?\n\nVast.ai scores 62.6 (B) on agent readiness against Cerebrium's 55.3 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Cerebrium leads on payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n### Can an agent call Cerebrium and Vast.ai without installing anything?\n\nYes. Cerebrium has a hosted endpoint at https://rest.cerebrium.ai and Vast.ai at https://console.vast.ai/api/v0.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cerebrium-vs-vast-ai.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cerebrium-vs-vast-ai.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"cerebrium\", \"b\": \"vast-ai\"}`. 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