Cohere Unveils Command A: The Most Efficient and Performant Model for Agentic AI and Multilingual Applications
What happened
Between the Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 1, 2025 captures of Cohere's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: 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'. Pulse files it as a packaging change (plan renamed) with a neutral direction. Pulse's latest capture (Oct 26, 2026) lists Embed 5 Fast at $0.08 Input tokens, Embed 5 Pro at $0.12 Input tokens, Parse 5 at $1.5 Pages, Rerank 4 Fast at $2 Searches and Rerank 4 Pro at $2.5 Searches.
Cohere's previous recorded change was "Cohere Introduces Command R7B Model, Optimizing Speed and Efficiency at Competitive Pricing" (Dec 2024). Cohere has been tracked since 2024-12-01.
In the same window OpenAI, Metabase and Anthropic also changed their AI & Machine Learning pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Command R7B · PlanChanged
Before'smallest generative model optimized for speed and efficiency'
After'most efficient and performant model to date
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Command R7B | Plan | 'smallest generative model optimized for speed and efficiency' | 'most efficient and performant model to date | Changed |
Values as written on Cohere's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Cohere's pricing page (cohere.com) from Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 1, 2025; the change is marked on the page, where "'smallest generative model optimized for speed and efficiency'" becomes "'most efficient and performant model to date".
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Cohere, the last 90 days
Full history- Apr 11, 2026packagingCohere Launches Model Vault Tier With Hourly and Monthly Pricing
- Q3 2025packagingCohere Transitions to Enterprise Pricing Model, Emphasizing Custom Solutions Over Per-Token Costs
- Q2 2025increaseCohere Increases Embed Text Token Pricing by 20% to $0.12 per 1M Tokens
- Q1 2025packagingCohere Unveils Command A: The Most Efficient and Performant Model for Agentic AI and Multilingual Applications · this change
- Dec 2024packagingCohere Introduces Command R7B Model, Optimizing Speed and Efficiency at Competitive Pricing
Across AI & Machine Learning in the same window
All AI & Machine Learning changes- OpenAIJan 12OpenAI Announces Dramatic 87% Price Drop for Flagship Reasoning Model Outputs During Transition to o3
- MetabaseJan 12Metabase Introduces SCIM Account Provisioning for Pro and Enterprise Plans
- AnthropicJan 10Anthropic API Introduces Tiered Pricing and Prompt Caching for Sonnet 4.5, Restructuring Costs Based on Token Length
Questions about this change
Did Cohere raise prices in April 2025?
No list-price increase was recorded between Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 1, 2025. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: plan renamed.
What changed on Cohere's pricing page between Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 1, 2025?
Command R7B plan: 'smallest generative model optimized for speed and efficiency' → 'most efficient and performant model to date, changed. Pulse compared the captures it took on Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 1, 2025; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Cohere change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 1 other pricing-page change for Cohere in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Cohere Introduces Command R7B Model, Optimizing Speed and Efficiency at Competitive Pricing" in Dec 2024; Cohere has been tracked since 2024-12-01.