Cohere Launches Model Vault Tier With Hourly and Monthly Pricing
What happened
Between the Dec 29, 2025 and Mar 30, 2026 captures of Cohere's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: 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. Pulse files it as a packaging change (new plan) with an upward 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 Transitions to Enterprise Pricing Model, Emphasizing Custom Solutions Over Per-Token Costs" (Q3 2025). Before that Pulse recorded "Cohere Increases Embed Text Token Pricing by 20% to $0.12 per 1M Tokens" (Q2 2025), "Cohere Unveils Command A: The Most Efficient and Performant Model for Agentic AI and Multilingual Applications" (Q1 2025) and "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 Anthropic, Together AI, OpenAI and Metabase also changed their AI & Machine Learning pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- — · PlanAddedNo Model VaultModel Vault
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Plan | No Model Vault | Model Vault | Added |
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 Dec 29, 2025 and Mar 30, 2026; the change is marked around the middle of the page, where Model Vault now appears.
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Cohere, pricing history
Full history- Jun 15, 2026packagingCohere adds Coding Models tier, expanding to 4 product categories
- May 4, 2026improvedCohere Adds Rerank 4 Pro Large to Model Vault at $10/hr
- Apr 2, 2026packagingCohere Removes Rerank 4 Pro Large Tier From Model Vault Pricing
- Apr 11, 2026packagingCohere Launches Model Vault Tier With Hourly and Monthly Pricing · this change
- 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
- Dec 2024packagingCohere Introduces Command R7B Model, Optimizing Speed and Efficiency at Competitive Pricing
- Q3 2024improvedCohere Reduces Command R Fine-tuned Model Input Price by 85% to $0.30 per 1M Tokens, Enhancing Accessibility
- Q2 2024packagingCohere Removes Free and Production Tier Plans, Restructures Pricing for Generative and Retrieval Models
Across AI & Machine Learning in the same window
All AI & Machine Learning changes- AnthropicApr 11Anthropic Opens Memory to Free Users, Adds PowerPoint Integration
- Together AIApr 9Together AI hikes reserved GPU rates up to 30% and drops three AI models
- OpenAIApr 9OpenAI cuts Business plan price 20% to $20/user/month
- MetabaseApr 4Metabase Launches Data Studio and Storage Add-Ons, Expands Free AI Access
Questions about this change
Did Cohere raise prices in March 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Dec 29, 2025 and Mar 30, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: new plan.
What changed on Cohere's pricing page between Dec 29, 2025 and Mar 30, 2026?
Plan: No Model Vault → Model Vault, added. Pulse compared the captures it took on Dec 29, 2025 and Mar 30, 2026; 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 Transitions to Enterprise Pricing Model, Emphasizing Custom Solutions Over Per-Token Costs" in Q3 2025; Cohere has been tracked since 2024-12-01.