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Cohere (Command) API pricing
As of 2026-10-05, the OptimToken catalogue holds 5 Cohere models. By price tier, 2 are Mid-tier and 3 Budget. The cheapest is Command R7B (12-2024) at $0.04 per 1M input tokens and $0.15 per 1M output tokens. The most expensive is Command R+ (08-2024) at $2.50 input and $10.00 output, 67x the cheapest on blended price (30% input, 70% output), the same blended price as one other. These are the prices we quote: a model sold by several hosts has other rates, listed on its own page.
Cohere models and prices
| Model | Input | Output | Batch (in / out) | Cache read | Context | Licence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Command R7B (12-2024) | $0.04 | $0.15 | not published | not published | 128K | Proprietary |
| Command R (08-2024) | $0.15 | $0.60 | not published | not published | 128K | Proprietary |
| Command A+ | $0.30 | $1.50 | not published | $0.15 | 192K | Proprietary |
| Command A | $2.50 | $10.00 | not published | not published | 256K | Proprietary |
| Command R+ (08-2024) | $2.50 | $10.00 | not published | not published | 128K | Proprietary |
Published discounts: a prompt-cache read rate for 1 of the 5 and a batch rate for none. The most recent by release date is Command A+ (2026-09). No Arena ELO score is published for any of them.
Licences
All 5 are recorded here as proprietary: access is through an API, priced by the token. Licences are as recorded in this catalogue: check the maker's own terms before relying on one.
Price changes since tracking began
Our daily price archive began on 2026-08-15 and holds a record for all 5 models. The price we quote has not changed for any of them since each was first recorded. One model joined after tracking began: Command A+, on 2026-09-23. Last checked against the 2026-10-05 snapshot.
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Models by maker: every model in the catalogue, including makers with fewer than 3.
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