Cohere
Command A
command-a-03-2025Production pay-as-you-goGlobal
- Input
- $2.50
- Cache read
- —
- Output
- $10
- Context
- 256K
COHERE API PRICING
Cohere Command token cost calculator.
Compare Cohere Command API input, output, context, and documented pricing scopes with source provenance attached.
- Models
- 4
- Rate cards
- 4
- Input range
- $0.037–$2.50
- Output range
- $0.15–$10
- Cache-priced cards
- 0
- Verified
- 2026-08-16
COHERE WORKLOAD
Model the calls you actually make.
Enter monthly workload, tokens, and quality pass rates. The calculator resolves eligible price bands, then shows cost per accepted answer and the candidate break-even pass rate.
Estimated monthly API spend · Cohere
Command ABefore · Production pay-as-you-go: $2.50 input · — cache read · $10 output / 1MAfter · Production pay-as-you-go: $2.50 input · — cache read · $10 output / 1MGlobal · price bands selected automatically from input size
Before$125.00
After$96.25
Potential saving: $28.75 (23.0%)
QUALITY-ADJUSTED COST
Before / accepted answer$0.013990% pass assumption
After / accepted answer$0.011385% pass assumption
Candidate break-even: 69.3% pass rate. Your scenario assumes 85%.
Warm cache-read scenario, not general ROI. It excludes cache writes/storage, tools, regional uplifts, retries, and quality failures. A dash means no published cache-read rate.
Cohere Command A pricing ↗Cards marked for manual review retain their provenance note. Confirm the linked provider page before making a production commitment when a provider's pricing surfaces disagree.
DATED RATE CARDS
Cohere prices with their scope intact.
Rates are USD per one million tokens. Future and transitional cards remain labeled with their effective dates instead of silently replacing today’s tier.
| Provider / model | Price scope | Input USD / 1M | Cache read USD / 1M | Output USD / 1M | Context | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CohereCommand Acommand-a-03-2025 | Production pay-as-you-goGlobal | $2.50 | — | $10 | 256K | Official ↗ |
CohereCommand Rcommand-r-08-2024 | Production pay-as-you-goGlobal | $0.15 | — | $0.6 | — | Official ↗ |
CohereCommand R+command-r-plus-08-2024 | Production pay-as-you-goGlobal | $2.50 | — | $10 | — | Official ↗ |
CohereCommand R7Bcommand-r7b-12-2024 | Production pay-as-you-goGlobal | $0.037 | — | $0.15 | — | Official ↗ |
Rates in USD per 1M tokens
Cohere
Command R
command-r-08-2024Production pay-as-you-goGlobal
- Input
- $0.15
- Cache read
- —
- Output
- $0.6
- Context
- —
Cohere
Command R+
command-r-plus-08-2024Production pay-as-you-goGlobal
- Input
- $2.50
- Cache read
- —
- Output
- $10
- Context
- —
Cohere
Command R7B
command-r7b-12-2024Production pay-as-you-goGlobal
- Input
- $0.037
- Cache read
- —
- Output
- $0.15
- Context
- —
USD per 1M tokens. Snapshot verified 2026-08-16. Cache writes, cache storage, tools, regions, and provider-specific thresholds may be billed separately.
A missing cache rate is shown as “—”, never treated as free. Consumer chat-plan quotas are not API prices.
What to verify before shipping
Cards marked for manual review retain their provenance note. Confirm the linked provider page before making a production commitment when a provider's pricing surfaces disagree.
Price accepted answers, not token deltas
Count retries, fallbacks, tool calls, latency failures, and answers rejected by the quality rubric. A lower estimated token bill is useful only when the workload still succeeds.
Open the controlled A/B labBefore you trust the estimate.
How current are the Cohere API prices?
This page uses TokenGauge’s 2026-08-16 official-source snapshot. Follow the linked provider pages before making a production commitment because prices can change.
Does this calculator include every Cohere charge?
No. It models input, output, and a warm cache-read share. Cache writes or storage, tools, retries, regional uplifts, taxes, batch modes, and quality failures can change the final invoice.
Are consumer chat subscriptions included?
No. ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, Kimi, and other consumer-plan quotas are separate from provider API token billing.