Cohere

Enterprise-focused models built for RAG and private deployment

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Overall in llm apis

9of 18 · score 63.6

Data coverage

70%

19 of 27 fields sourced

Best for

•RAG pipelines where rerank quality drives the result
•Deployments that must run inside your own VPC or data centre
•Enterprises whose procurement needs a vendor agreement, not a credit card

Strong on

+API since 2021 2/18

Weak on

−Context window 128,000 tokens 14/14
Better: Anthropic: 1,000,000 tokens
−Max output 64,000 tokens 8/10
Better: xAI: Unlimited
−Effort control No 12/18
Better: Anthropic: Yes
−Audio in/out No 11/18
Better: OpenAI: Partial

vs Groq

•Ahead on AU region: Partial vs No
•Ahead on API since: 2021 vs 2024
•Behind on Audio in/out: No vs Partial
•Behind on Zero retention: Partial vs Yes

How Cohere scores among 18 llm apis19 of 27 fields known

Capability7

Flagship model

Command A+ (command-a-plus-05-2026)

docs.cohere.com · 2026-07-30

Context window

128,000 tokens

14/14

Leader: Anthropic · 1,000,000 tokens

docs.cohere.com · 2026-07-30

Max output

64,000 tokens

8/10

Leader: xAI · Unlimited

docs.cohere.com · 2026-07-30

Image input1st

Yes

1/18

docs.cohere.com · 2026-07-30

Audio in/out

11/18

Leader: OpenAI · Partial

· 2026-01-15

Open weights1st

Yes

1/18

docs.cohere.com · 2026-07-30

OpenAI-compat API1st

Yes

1/18

docs.cohere.com · 2026-07-30

Performance2

TTFT p50

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· 2026-11-07

Output tok/s

—

· 2026-11-07

Pricing4

$/M input

—

cohere.com · 2026-11-07

$/M output

—

cohere.com · 2026-11-07

$/M cache read

—

· 2026-11-07

Batch discount

—

· 2026-11-07

Agentic6

Tool use1st

Yes

1/18

docs.cohere.com · 2026-07-30

Schema output1st

Yes

1/18

· 2026-01-15

Effort control

12/18

Leader: Anthropic · Yes

· 2026-01-15

Computer use

5/18

Leader: Anthropic · Yes

· 2026-01-15

MCP support

6/18

Leader: Anthropic · Yes

· 2026-01-15

Cache TTL

—

· 2026-11-07

Governance & continuity6

Continuity policy

Dated model names are the default (command-a-03-2025), and Cohere publishes deprecation notices with replacement guidance. The strongest guarantee is deployment-shaped rather than policy-shaped: a private VPC or on-premise deployment continues running whatever version you licensed regardless of what the hosted platform does.

· 2026-01-15

Notice period

—

· 2026-11-07

Pinnable versions1st

Yes

1/18

docs.cohere.com · 2026-01-15

Zero retention

Partial

7/18

Leader: Amazon Bedrock · Yes