Command Models by Cohere
Last refreshed 2026-09-22. Next refresh: weekly.
Details
Capabilities
About
Cohere Command is Cohere’s generative language-model family for enterprise assistants, agents, and retrieval-grounded apps. Command A is documented as a large Command model (111B parameters, 256K context) tuned for tool use, RAG, multi-step agents, and multilingual work across dozens of languages. Cohere’s Command product pages frame the family for private deployment and business workflow automation alongside Cohere’s wider stack.
Decision facts
- Best fit
- reasoningmultilingualchat
- Capability starting point
- Command R 08-2024 with 131k context and JSON / Tool use and structured outputs
- Lowest tracked input
- Command Light · $0.300/1M · AWS Bedrock
- Closest related family
- Cohere Embed
Current Variants
Use-when guidance is based on each model's tracked capabilities, context window, release date, and replacement status.
Use when the workload needs reasoning, 256k context, and JSON / Tool use.
Use when the workload needs multilingual and 8k context.
Use when the workload needs vision, 128k context, and JSON / Tool use.
Use when the workload needs chat, 256k context, and JSON / Tool use.
Use when the workload needs 131k context, JSON / Tool use, and structured outputs.
Use when the workload needs 131k context, JSON / Tool use, and structured outputs.
Use when the workload needs 128k context and structured outputs.
Use when the workload needs 128k context and structured outputs.
| Model | Use when | Released | Signals | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Command A Reasoning (08-2025) | Use when the workload needs reasoning, 256k context, and JSON / Tool use. | 2025-08 | reasoning256k contextJSON / Tool use | Current |
| Command A Translate (08-2025) | Use when the workload needs multilingual and 8k context. | 2025-08 | multilingual8k context | Current |
| Command A Vision (07-2025) | Use when the workload needs vision, 128k context, and JSON / Tool use. | 2025-07 | vision128k contextJSON / Tool use | Current |
| Command A (03-2025) | Use when the workload needs chat, 256k context, and JSON / Tool use. | 2025-03 | chat256k contextJSON / Tool use | Current |
| Command R 08-2024 | Use when the workload needs 131k context, JSON / Tool use, and structured outputs. | 2024-08 | 131k contextJSON / Tool usestructured outputs | Current |
| Command R+ 08-2024 | Use when the workload needs 131k context, JSON / Tool use, and structured outputs. | 2024-08 | 131k contextJSON / Tool usestructured outputs | Current |
| Cohere Command R | Use when the workload needs 128k context and structured outputs. | 2024-03 | 128k contextstructured outputs | Current |
| Cohere Command R Plus | Use when the workload needs 128k context and structured outputs. | 2024-03 | 128k contextstructured outputs | Current |
Release Timeline
6 release groupsSpecifications(10 models)
| Model | Released | Context | Multimodal | JSON / Tool use | Structured Outputs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Command A Reasoning (08-2025) | 2025-08 | 256k | No | Yes | No |
| Command A Translate (08-2025) | 2025-08 | 8k | No | No | No |
| Command A Vision (07-2025) | 2025-07 | 128k | Yes | Yes | No |
| Command A (03-2025) | 2025-03 | 256k | No | Yes | No |
| Command R 08-2024 | 2024-08 | 131k | No | Yes | Yes |
| Command R+ 08-2024 | 2024-08 | 131k | No | Yes | Yes |
| Cohere Command R | 2024-03 | 128k | No | No | Yes |
| Cohere Command R Plus | 2024-03 | 128k | No | No | Yes |
Available From(6 providers)
Pricing
| Model | Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cohere Command R | AWS Bedrock | $0.5 | $1.5 | Serverless |
| Cohere Command R Plus | IBM watsonx | $1.2 | $3.6 | Serverless |
| Command R 08-2024 | Microsoft Foundry | $1.5 | $2 | Serverless |
| Command A (03-2025) | Microsoft Foundry | $2.5 | $10 | Serverless |
| Command R+ 08-2024 | Microsoft Foundry | $2.5 | $10 | Serverless |
| Cohere Command R Plus | AWS Bedrock | $3 | $15 | Serverless |
Related Model Families
Models(10)
Command A Reasoning (08-2025)
Command A Translate (08-2025)
Command A Vision (07-2025)
Command A (03-2025)
Command R 08-2024
Command R+ 08-2024
Cohere Command R
Cohere Command R Plus