Cohere: Command R
Command R is a language model from Cohere released on Aug 30, 2024. It reads text and writes text, with a 128K token context window and up to 4K tokens per reply.
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It costs $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens.
It supports tool calling and structured JSON output, and its weights are open, so you can host it yourself.
5 providers serve it, including Eden AI, Kilo Gateway and Merge Gateway.
- Modalities
- In / out price
- $0.15 / $0.60 per 1M
- Context
- 128K
- Max output
- 4K
- Released
- Aug 30, 2024
- Knowledge cutoff
- Jun 2024
- Tool calling
- Structured output
- Reasoning
- Prompt caching
- Open weights
- Free to use
Command R pricing
USD, as listed on Oct 15, 2026. Most bills are input heavy, so the cached input rate matters as much as the headline price.
| Input | $0.15 / 1M tokens | |
|---|---|---|
| Output | $0.60 / 1M tokens |
Command R providers
5 providers serve it, including Eden AI, Kilo Gateway and Merge Gateway. Each host sets its own price and limits, so the cheapest one is not always the one with the longest context.
| Provider | Input /M | Output /M | Cache read /M | Context | Max output |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cohere First party | $0.15 | $0.60 | – | 128K | 4K |
| Eden AI | $0.15 | $0.60 | – | 128K | 4K |
| Kilo Gateway | $0.15 | $0.60 | – | 128K | 4K |
| Merge Gateway | $0.15 | $0.60 | – | 128K | 4K |
| AI/ML API | $0.2063 | $0.8252 | – | 128K | 4K |
What Command R costs per month
Pick a workload close to yours or type your own volumes.
Supported request parameters
What you can set when you call Command R through an OpenAI compatible API.
- Tools
tools - Structured outputs
structured_outputs - Temperature
temperature
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Command R questions
How much does the Command R API cost?
$0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens. The estimator on this page turns that into a monthly bill for your own workload.
What is the context window of Command R?
128,000 tokens of input, and it can write up to 4,000 tokens in one reply. As a rough guide, a million tokens is around 750,000 English words.
Which providers serve Command R?
5 providers serve it, including Eden AI, Kilo Gateway and Merge Gateway. Prices differ by host, so the Providers table on this page lists each one with its input and output price.
Does Command R support tool calling?
Yes. It accepts tool definitions and can return JSON that matches a schema, which is what an agent needs to call your APIs.
Is Command R open source?
Its weights are published, so you can run it on your own hardware or a cloud of your choice. Read the license before commercial use.
When was Command R released?
Aug 30, 2024, with training data up to Jun 2024.
Catalog data from models.dev (MIT licensed), refreshed daily, last on Oct 15, 2026. Independent scores from my hand checked rankings, sources linked above. The summary is written from these facts.
Building on Command R?
I test your real tasks on it and the two closest alternatives, then ship the agent on whichever wins on cost and accuracy.
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