Cohere: Command A
Analysis Summary
Command A from Cohere delivers moderate reasoning and coding performance alongside a large 256K token context window, positioning it as a capable generalist for business text tasks rather than a frontier model.
It suits document analysis, internal knowledge retrieval, and structured writing tasks where a large context matters more than cutting-edge reasoning. Its agentic capability is limited, so it is not the strongest choice for autonomous multi-step workflows.
Pricing at $2.50 input and $10 output per million tokens sits above several cheaper competitors with similar capability, so it suits teams already invested in Cohere's ecosystem rather than cost-driven buyers.
Assessed July 25, 2026
Editorial notes
Cohere's Command A shows moderate reasoning and coding ability with a 256K context window, useful for enterprise text tasks but priced above cheaper alternatives.
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DFO Verdict
Cohere's Command A shows moderate reasoning and coding ability with a 256K context window, useful for enterprise text tasks but priced above cheaper alternatives.
How Cohere: Command A compares
Cohere: Command A ranks #133 of 401 AI models we track for overall intelligence, #95 of 176 for coding, #97 of 157 for agentic tasks. Its 256K-token context window is larger than 62% of the models we list. At $2.50 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 14% of comparable models.
Dark bar = input · light bar = output, scaled to the priciest peer.
1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.
Strongest on value. The pulled-in technical corner is the trade-off, and if the shape matters more than the price, this is your model.
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| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $2.50 | $0.002500 |
| Output | $10.00 | $0.010000 |
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A website chatbot handling around 100 customer conversations a day, a few short messages each.
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Talk to our teamAbout Cohere: Command A
Command A is an open-weights 111B parameter model with a 256k context window focused on delivering great performance across agentic, multilingual, and coding use cases. Compared to other leading proprietary..
Frequently asked questions about Cohere: Command A
How much does Cohere: Command A cost?
Cohere: Command A costs $2.50 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens.
What is the context window of Cohere: Command A?
Cohere: Command A has a context window of 256,000 tokens (256K).
Is Cohere: Command A good for coding?
On our coding benchmark index, Cohere: Command A ranks #95 of 176 models, placing it in the broader range of the field for code generation and debugging.
Who created Cohere: Command A?
Cohere: Command A is developed by Cohere and was released on March 13, 2025.
