Cohere: Command R (08-2024) API Pricing
Cohere: Command R (08-2024) costs $0.150 per 1M input tokens and $0.600 per 1M output tokens. Context window: 128K. Prices verified 2026-10-21 · source
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What would Cohere: Command R (08-2024) cost you per month?
| Workload | Requests/mo | Avg tokens (in/out) | Est. monthly cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Light chatbot | 10,000 | 800 / 400 | $3.60 |
| Coding agent | 5,000 | 8,000 / 2,000 | $12.00 |
| RAG pipeline | 30,000 | 4,000 / 500 | $27.00 |
| Doc summarizer | 2,000 | 20,000 / 1,000 | $7.20 |
Estimates use list prices without prompt caching. Caching can cut input cost by up to 90% on repeated context.
About Cohere: Command R (08-2024)
command-r-08-2024 is an update of the [Command R](/models/cohere/command-r) with improved performance for multilingual retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and tool use. More broadly, it is better at math, code and reasoning and...
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Frequently asked questions
How much does Cohere: Command R (08-2024) cost?
Cohere: Command R (08-2024) costs $0.150 per 1M input tokens and $0.600 per 1M output tokens. Verified 2026-10-21 — provider source.
What is the context window?
128K tokens, with up to 4K output tokens per response. That's roughly 160 pages of text in a single request.
Does it support prompt caching?
Prompt-caching pricing is not published for this model via OpenRouter.
What's a cheaper alternative?
ScaleDown: Summarize saves about 90% on a typical workload with comparable quality.
Official resources
- Cohere: Command R (08-2024) on OpenRouter — live endpoint, pricing source of record.
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