GLM-4.7 on Cerebras
Hacker ApprovedRanked 6 of 12 LLM inference APIs by recommenders
Recommended for very fast responses and generous token allowances that speed up development at low cost. Most common caveat: rate limits.
Recommended for very fast responses and generous token allowances that speed up development at low cost. Most common caveat: rate limits.
14 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 12
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 86%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 12 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 6 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Very fast responses
“I still enjoy using GLM 4.7 on Cerebras because of the speed you can get there and the frankly crazy amount of tokens they give you.”
Comment from 11 Feb 2026 in “GLM-5: From Vibe Coding to Agentic Engineering” “It's so lovely because you press enter and there is the answer already.”
Comment from 22 Feb 2026 in “zclaw: Personal AI assistant in under 888 KB, running on an ESP32” Speeds up development
“Ive had great success with it, and it rapidly speeds up development time at fairly minimal cost.”
Comment from 12 Feb 2026 in “GPT‑5.3‑Codex‑Spark” “Working with GLM-4.7 from Cerebras was a major boost compared with other models.”
Comment from 11 Feb 2026 in “GLM5 Released on Z.ai Platform” Low cost and generous tokens
“I still enjoy using GLM 4.7 on Cerebras because of the speed you can get there and the frankly crazy amount of tokens they give you.”
Comment from 11 Feb 2026 in “GLM-5: From Vibe Coding to Agentic Engineering” “Ive had great success with it, and it rapidly speeds up development time at fairly minimal cost.”
Comment from 12 Feb 2026 in “GPT‑5.3‑Codex‑Spark” “performs better and cheaper”
Comment from 12 Feb 2026 in “GPT‑5.3‑Codex‑Spark” Better than other models
“Working with GLM-4.7 from Cerebras was a major boost compared with other models.”
Comment from 11 Feb 2026 in “GLM5 Released on Z.ai Platform” “performs better and cheaper”
Comment from 12 Feb 2026 in “GPT‑5.3‑Codex‑Spark”
Other LLM inference APIs people recommend
The four most recommended other LLM inference APIs, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cerebras Inference | 109 | 51 | 68% | 13 | — | Approved |
| Groq API | 58 | 23 | 72% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Tinfoil | 21 | 10 | 68% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Darkbloom | 19 | 39 | 33% | 1 | — | — |
| GLM-4.7 on CerebrasThis page | 12 | 2 | 86% | 5 | — | Approved |
What people said
15 of the 17 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Cerebras answered all 60 FreedomBench questions”
“I was so happy with their GLM 4.8 that they got rid of yesterday”
“GLM-4.7 on Cerebras via OpenRouter used to be absolutely amazing”
“extremely bad . Had to abandon cerebras oferning”
“it's fantastic to be have a live prototype of a site up and be able to type”
“due to the model not being up to task”
“there was a bit too much slop”
“rocks on quick analysis; if it had more token allowance and less rate limiting”
“It's so lovely because you press enter and there is the answer already.”
“Works great for us combined with Claude Code”
“Ive had great success with it, and it rapidly speeds up development time at fairly minimal cost.”
“performs better and cheaper”
“Currently happy with GLM-4.7 on Cerebras”
“I still enjoy using GLM 4.7 on Cerebras because of the speed you can get there and the frankly crazy amount of tokens they give you.”
“Working with GLM-4.7 from Cerebras was a major boost compared with other models.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.