Cohereopen weightsCommand A pricing
$2.50 per 1M input tokens and $10.00 per 1M output tokens. In real work that is 0.98¢ per chat answer and 3.9¢ to summarize a 20-page PDF.
What Command A costs per task
Token counts estimated from a measured model of the same lab (MiniMax M3), rescaled by tokenizer. Reasoning tokens are billed as output.
| Task | Cost | Tokens used | Price rank | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Answer a chat question | 0.98¢$9.81 / 1,000 | 205 in · 448 out · 482 reasoning | 274 of 336 | estimated |
| Reply to a customer email | 0.55¢$5.51 / 1,000 | 418 in · 260 out · 187 reasoning | 280 of 336 | estimated |
| Write a 1,500-word blog post | 2.3¢$22.76 / 1,000 | 219 in · 1,779 out · 442 reasoning | 247 of 336 | estimated |
| Write 10 product descriptions | 1.7¢$17.16 / 1,000 | 442 in · 1,074 out · 531 reasoning | 260 of 336 | estimated |
| Translate 1,000 words | 6.1¢$61.14 / 1,000 | 1,477 in · 1,210 out · 4,535 reasoning | 298 of 336 | estimated |
| Proofread one page (500 words) | 1.3¢$12.87 / 1,000 | 876 in · 652 out · 416 reasoning | 282 of 336 | estimated |
| Summarize a 20-page PDF | 3.9¢$39.44 / 1,000 | 12,939 in · 463 out · 246 reasoning | 282 of 336 | estimated |
| Extract data from an invoice | 0.99¢$9.87 / 1,000 | 537 in · 564 out · 289 reasoning | 276 of 336 | estimated |
| Analyze a 200-row spreadsheet | ≥17¢$172 / 1,000 | 4,954 in · 153 out · 15,847 reasoning | 300 of 336 | estimated |
| Answer from 5 retrieved documents (RAG) | 2.2¢$22.07 / 1,000 | 3,784 in · 824 out · 437 reasoning | 283 of 336 | estimated |
| Classify 100 support tickets | 2.3¢$22.84 / 1,000 | 1,428 in · 442 out · 1,485 reasoning | 270 of 336 | estimated |
| Review 500 lines of code | 3.8¢$37.89 / 1,000 | 4,776 in · 2,595 out | 236 of 336 | estimated |
| Write a SQL query | 0.77¢$7.72 / 1,000 | 272 in · 704 out | 262 of 336 | estimated |
| Run a 50-step coding agent | $5.81$5,814 / 1,000 | 2,228,550 in · 14,940 out · 9,350 reasoning | 319 of 336 | modeled |
Price at every provider
List prices per 1M tokens (input / output) at each host serving Command A through OpenRouter today. Hosts can differ in quantization, context and speed.
| Provider | Input / output | Cached input | Context | Uptime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Cohereunknown | $2.50 / $10.00 | - | 256K |
Price history
First seen in our price history on Mar 17, 2025 at $2.50 input / $10.00 output. Since then the output price moved from $10.00 to $10.00 per 1M tokens (4 changes).
FAQ
How much does Command A cost?
Command A costs $2.50 per 1 million input tokens and $10.00 per 1 million output tokens (list price on Oct 18, 2026). In practice one chat answer costs about 0.98¢ and summarizing a 20-page PDF about 3.9¢.
Where is Command A cheapest?
Among 1 providers we track, the lowest list price today is at Cohere: $2.50 input and $10.00 output per 1M tokens.
Is the Command A cost per task measured or estimated?
Estimated: Command A was not run directly. Tokens come from MiniMax M3 and are rescaled by the tokenizer of Cohere. Real usage can differ.