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Cerebrium vs Zenlayer

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What's good about...

Cerebrium logo Cerebrium

  • Pay-per-second pricing with no cost for idle GPUs
  • Cold start times as low as a few seconds
  • Automatic scaling from zero to thousands of requests
  • Wide range of GPU options from T4 to H200
  • First 100GB storage free

Zenlayer logo Zenlayer

  • 350+ Points of Presence across 50+ countries with focus on emerging markets
  • Flexible quarterly billing for GPUs (no 2-3 year lock-in)
  • Strong presence in Southeast Asia, India, China, South America
  • Competitive GPU pricing

Price comparison

How do Cerebrium's prices compare against Zenlayer?

VM Small

Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Cerebrium Cerebrium
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Zenlayer Zenlayer
$4.70 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM

VM Medium

Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
Cerebrium Cerebrium
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Zenlayer Zenlayer
$53.60 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM

VM Large

Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
Cerebrium Cerebrium
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Zenlayer Zenlayer
$105.60 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM

Block Storage

Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
Cerebrium Cerebrium
$5.00 / mo 100 GB beyond free allowance
Zenlayer Zenlayer
$8.00 / mo 100 GB volume

Load Balancer

Closest config to TCP, 1 node (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM), 200+ Mbps, 1,000 conn/sec, 1 TB processed/mo.
Cerebrium Cerebrium
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Zenlayer Zenlayer
$32.70 / mo 1 TB estimated usage

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Cerebrium Cerebrium
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Zenlayer Zenlayer
$4.50 Estimated cost to transfer 1 TB per month

GPU Fleet Overview

Starting Price

Cerebrium Cerebrium
$0.59/hr
Zenlayer Zenlayer
$0.62/hr

Billing Options

Cerebrium Cerebrium
On-Demand
Zenlayer Zenlayer
On-Demand

Available Models

Cerebrium offers 7 GPU models, while Zenlayer offers 1.

Cerebrium Cerebrium
H100(1) A100(2) H200(1) L40S(1) L4(1) A10(1) T4(1)
Zenlayer Zenlayer
RTX 4090(2)

Heads up: We do our best to keep these specs & prices accurate. However, cloud costs may fluctuate based on region, usage, and other factors not listed here. These are estimates based on common setups and are for informational purposes only. Always verify current rates & exact specs with the provider before provisioning.

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Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Cerebrium and Zenlayer offer:

Service Cerebrium Zenlayer
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

Website
Cerebrium Cerebrium
www.cerebrium.ai
Zenlayer Zenlayer
cloud.zenlayer.com
Headquarters
Cerebrium Cerebrium
United States of America
Zenlayer Zenlayer
United States of America
Founded
Cerebrium Cerebrium
2021
Zenlayer Zenlayer
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Data Center Locations
Cerebrium Cerebrium
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Zenlayer Zenlayer
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Example Customers
Cerebrium Cerebrium
Deepgram, Vapi, Tavus, bitHuman
Zenlayer Zenlayer
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Alternatives to consider

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Our data for Cerebrium was last updated on Feb. 12, 2026, and for Zenlayer on Feb. 14, 2026.

Thunder Compute Logo
Thunder Compute
Our sponsor
NVIDIA H100 from $1.38/hr, A100 80GB from $0.78/hr, RTX A6000 from $0.27/hr
No commitments, billed per minute, SOC 2 and GDPR compliant
Hot swappable hardware, templates for ComfyUI and Ollama
One-click connection to VS Code or Cursor, simple CLI to connect without SSH
Try now