CHEAPEST INPUT TODAY Nova Micro $0.035/MBLENDED PRICE SPREAD 1102× (Nova Micro → GPT-5.4 Pro)128 MODELS · 16 PROVIDERS re-checked every morning by a GitHub ActionFOLLOW PRICE CHANGES commit feed → Data & Alerts

Cohere API pricing

3 models tracked · headquartered in CA · official pricing

Free tier: Ongoing free tier What Cohere gives you free, in its own words

USD per 1M tokens, cheapest first by blended rate
ModelInputOutputContext
Command R $0.15 $0.6 128K
Command A $2.5 $10 256K
Command R+ legacy $2.5 $10 128K

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How Cohere prices its models

Output prices across Cohere's 2 current models run from $0.6 per 1M tokens (Command R) to $10 (Command A), a 17x spread. Picking the smallest model that does the job is usually the biggest saving available.

Discounts: caching and batch

0 of 2 current models list a cached-input rate. 0 list a batch discount for work that can wait.

Recorded price changes

No vendor price change to a Cohere input or output rate is on record since tracking began. Corrections we made to our own readings are listed on the changes page.

Where these prices come from

Every rate above is read from Cohere's own pricing page (linked here) and re-checked every morning. A disputed figure is marked rather than hidden; see how PromptSpend checks prices.

Common questions

How much do Cohere API models cost?

PromptSpend tracks 3 Cohere models. The cheapest on a blended rate is Command R, at $0.15 per 1M input tokens and $0.6 per 1M output tokens; the most expensive is Command R+, at $2.5 in and $10 out.

Does Cohere have a free API tier?

PromptSpend's verdict is "Ongoing free tier". Its free-tier page gives Cohere's own wording for each claim, with a link to the page it came from and the date it was read.

Where do the Cohere prices come from?

From Cohere's own pricing page, https://cohere.com/pricing, with each model's check date shown on its page. Prices change without notice, and regional premiums, priority tiers and negotiated discounts are not included.

Standard-tier, global-endpoint list prices in USD. This build read the catalog generated 2026-11-11.