Command-R+ (Apr ’24)
Analysis Summary
Command-R+ is an older Cohere model with limited measured reasoning, knowledge, and coding results. Its listed pricing is $3 per million input tokens and $15 per million output tokens, a high cost relative to the capability evidence provided. No context, speed, modality, or tool-use details are included.
The model may remain relevant to teams with an established deployment and a specific retrieval workflow, but it is not a strong new choice for content, SEO, software engineering, or agents. The cost profile especially weakens its case for bulk automation. New deployments should favour models with stronger measured performance or materially lower operating costs.
Assessed August 9, 2026
Editorial notes
Command-R+ is an older Cohere model with low measured reasoning and coding performance, and its high listed output price makes it difficult to justify for current agency workflows.
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DFO Verdict
Command-R+ is an older Cohere model with low measured reasoning and coding performance, and its high listed output price makes it difficult to justify for current agency workflows.
Benchmark scores
Magenta = intelligence · Ink = technical/agentic · Cyan = content & long-context · Grey = community benchmarks. Data: Artificial Analysis, Hugging Face.
2.6 Intelligence Index
How Command-R+ (Apr ’24) compares
Command-R+ (Apr ’24) ranks #394 of 427 AI models we track for overall intelligence. At $3.00 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 10% 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 | $3.00 | $0.003000 |
| Output | $15.00 | $0.015000 |
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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 teamFrequently asked questions about Command-R+ (Apr ’24)
How much does Command-R+ (Apr ’24) cost?
Command-R+ (Apr ’24) costs $3.00 per million input tokens and $15.00 per million output tokens.
Who created Command-R+ (Apr ’24)?
Command-R+ (Apr ’24) is developed by Cohere and was released on April 4, 2024.