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Cerebras vs DigitalOcean

Compare Cerebras and DigitalOcean side by side. Both are tools in the Inference & Compute category.

Quick Comparison

	Cerebras	DigitalOcean
Category	Inference & Compute	Inference & Compute
Pricing	Usage-based	usage-based
Best For	Enterprises and developers who need the fastest possible LLM inference	Developers and startups
Website	cerebras.net	digitalocean.com
Key Features	Wafer-scale inference chips Record-breaking inference speed Simple API deployment Optimized for large language models Custom silicon architecture	GPU droplets Cloud compute AI infrastructure
Use Cases	Ultra-fast LLM inference Real-time AI applications High-throughput text generation Enterprise inference infrastructure Latency-critical AI deployments	—

When to Choose Cerebras vs DigitalOcean

Choose Cerebras if you need

Ultra-fast LLM inference
Real-time AI applications
High-throughput text generation

Pricing: Usage-based

About Cerebras

Cerebras builds the world's largest AI chips—wafer-scale processors that contain millions of cores on a single silicon wafer. The Cerebras CS-2 system delivers massive parallelism for AI training and ultra-fast inference for open-source models. Through Cerebras Inference, developers can access some of the fastest LLM inference speeds available, particularly for Llama models.

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About DigitalOcean

Cloud platform with GPU droplets and AI/ML infrastructure (acquired Paperspace).

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What is Inference & Compute?

Platforms that provide GPU compute, model hosting, and inference APIs. These companies serve open-source and third-party models, offer optimized inference engines, and provide cloud GPU infrastructure for AI workloads.

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