Provider pricing

Cohere AI API pricing

Cohere builds enterprise-focused LLMs with a strong emphasis on retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), tool use, and multilingual support. The Command family ranges from the flagship Command A at $2.50/M input down to the lightweight Command R7B at $0.0375/M, making it well-suited for both production-scale agents and high-volume budget workloads.

Founded2019
HeadquartersToronto, Canada
Tracked models9

Best for

Enterprise teams building RAG pipelines, multilingual agents, or needing private/VPC deployments.

Strengths

  • Purpose-built for enterprise RAG and agentic tool use
  • Strong multilingual coverage across 100+ languages
  • Command R7B at $0.0375/M input — among the cheapest options
  • Private deployment options for regulated industries

Tracked Cohere models

ModelInput $/MOutput $/MContextTierBest for
Command A$2.50$10.00256,000FlagshipEnterprise agents, RAG, and tool use
Command R+$2.50$10.00128,000FlagshipAdvanced RAG and multilingual workflows
Command R$0.150$0.600128,000Mid-tierProduction RAG at budget pricing
Command R7B$0.037$0.150128,000BudgetUltra-cheap, low-latency high-volume tasks
Aya Expanse 32B$0.500$1.50128,000Mid-tier23-language open-weight model from Cohere For AI
Embed v3 English$0.100$0.100512Budget1024-dim English embeddings for semantic search and RAG
Rerank 3$2.00$04,096Mid-tierCross-encoder reranking for high-precision RAG ($2 per 1K searches)
Command A Reasoning$3.00$12.00256,000ReasoningReasoning-tuned Command A for enterprise agents and analysis
Embed v4 Multilingual$0.120$0.1204,096Budget1024-dim multilingual embeddings across 100+ languages