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Cohere

Cohere offers large language model APIs that allow businesses to integrate natural language processing into their applications seamlessly.

Entry price

$0.08 Input tokens

Embed 5 Fast

Plans tracked

10 add-ons

Pricing changes

Latest Wk 41 '26

Pricing model

Subscription + usage

Free tier available

Pricing Change History

13 changes

202613 changes

Oct 5, 2026

Improvement

Weekly

Cohere cuts Model Vault Embed pricing 25% with new Embed 5 Fast and Pro tiers

New Embed 5 Pro model tier added to Model Vault: Small $3.00/hr ($2,000/mo) and Medium $5.00/hr ($3,250/mo) Model Vault Embed 4 Small replaced by Embed 5 Fast Small; hourly rate $4.00 to $3.00 and monthly $2,500 to $2,000 per instance; Embed 5 Fast Medium unchanged at $5.00/$3,250

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Aug 31, 2026

Packaging

Weekly

Cohere adds Parse 5 doc-parsing model, Medium $4/hr and XL $7/hr tiers

New Parse 5 document-parsing model added to Model Vault, with Medium ($4.00/hr, $2,500/mo) and XL ($7.00/hr, $4,300/mo) performance tiers alongside existing Embed and Rerank models

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Jul 2, 2026

Improvement

Quarterly

Cohere: New Rerank 4 Pro Large tier in Model Vault ($10/hr, $6,500/mo)

Model Vault added a new 'Large' performance tier for Rerank 4 Pro at $10.00/hour ($6,500/month), alongside the existing Medium tier ($5.00/hour, $3,250/month)

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Jun 15, 2026

Packaging

Weekly

Cohere adds Coding Models tier, expanding to 4 product categories

A new 'Coding models' product category tab was added to the pricing page, expanding Cohere's offering from 3 to 4 product categories. Coding models joins Workplace systems, Generative models, and Advanced retrieval models.

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May 4, 2026

Improvement

Weekly

Cohere Adds Rerank 4 Pro Large to Model Vault at $10/hr

Rerank 4 Pro Large performance tier added to Model Vault pricing table at $10.00/hr ($6,500/mo), expanding the available instance options.

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Apr 2, 2026

Packaging

Weekly

Cohere Removes Rerank 4 Pro Large Tier From Model Vault Pricing

Rerank 4 Pro Large tier removed from Model Vault pricing table. The $10.00/hr ($6,500/month) large performance tier is no longer listed.

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Apr 11, 2026

Packaging

Quarterly

Cohere Launches Model Vault Tier With Hourly and Monthly Pricing

Model Vault added as a new pricing tier with per-instance hourly and monthly rates. Embed 4 Small: $4.00/hr, $2,500/mo; Embed 4 Medium and all Rerank models: $5.00/hr, $3,250/mo.

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Jan 13, 2026

Packaging

Quarterly

Cohere Transitions to Enterprise Pricing Model, Emphasizing Custom Solutions Over Per-Token Costs

Cohere restructured pricing page from transparent API pricing to enterprise workplace systems model - main page now emphasizes North and Compass with custom pricing instead of per-token costs

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Jan 13, 2026

Price increase

Quarterly

Cohere Increases Embed Text Token Pricing by 20% to $0.12 per 1M Tokens

Embed text token pricing increased from $0.10 to $0.12 per 1M tokens (20% increase) Embed 3 renamed to Embed 4

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Jan 13, 2026

Packaging

Quarterly

Cohere Unveils Command A: The Most Efficient and Performant Model for Agentic AI and Multilingual Applications

Command R7B replaced by Command A as the featured 'new' model - positioning changed from 'smallest generative model optimized for speed and efficiency' to 'most efficient and performant model to date, specializing in agentic AI, multilingual, and human evaluations'

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Jan 13, 2026

Improvement

Quarterly

Cohere Reduces Command R Fine-tuned Model Input Price by 85% to $0.30 per 1M Tokens, Enhancing Accessibility

Embed 3 now supports multimodal image embeddings at $0.0001 per image Command R output price decreased from $1.50 to $0.60 per 1M tokens (60% decrease)

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Jan 13, 2026

Packaging

Quarterly

Cohere Removes Free and Production Tier Plans, Restructures Pricing for Generative and Retrieval Models

Free tier plan removed from pricing page (previously offered rate-limited usage for learning and prototyping) Rerank 3 model introduced as new retrieval model at $2.00/1K searches

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Jan 13, 2026

Price decrease

Quarterly

Cohere Reduces Command R Input Pricing by 50% to $0.50/1M Tokens, Enhancing Affordability for Users

Command R input pricing decreased from $1.00/1M tokens to $0.50/1M tokens (50% reduction) Command R output pricing decreased from $2.00/1M tokens to $1.50/1M tokens (25% reduction)

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