Cohere

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...

Context Window
256K tokens
Parameters
111B
Input Price
$2.50/1M
Output Price
$10.00/1M
Price Tier
standard
Provider
Cohere

How to Use Cohere: Command A

With CoreAI, you can start chatting with Cohere: Command A instantly — no separate subscription needed. CoreAI lets you chat with Cohere: Command A alongside 300+ other AI models from Cohere and other providers like OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, and more.

  1. Download the CoreAI app for iOS, Android, or use the Web App
  2. Select Cohere: Command A from the model selector
  3. Start chatting, comparing, or creating with AI

Cohere: Command A at a Glance

Measured against all 392 chat models CoreAI serves, Cohere: Command A sits at #213 for context capacity — 256K tokens, roughly 192,000 words or 384 pages of text in a single conversation. On price, it is the #176 cheapest of 183 standard-tier models by input cost. It joined the catalog on 2025-03-13.

Cohere: Command A Compared to Its Closest Alternatives

SpecCohere: Command ACohere: Command R+ (08-2024)Kwaipilot: KAT-Coder-Pro V2.5inclusionAI: Ling-2.6-flash
ProviderCohereCohereKwaipilotInclusionai
Input $/1M tokens$2.5$2.5$0.74$0.01
Output $/1M tokens$10$10$2.96$0.03
Context window256K128K256K262K
Reasoning modeNoNoNoNo
Image inputNoNoNoNo
Price tierstandardstandardstandardbudget

Every model in this table is available on CoreAI — open the web app and run the same prompt through Cohere: Command A and Cohere: Command R+ (08-2024) side by side to judge with your own eyes.

What Cohere: Command A Actually Costs in Practice

A typical question (about 1,000 tokens in, 500 out) runs $0.00750 on Cohere: Command A's raw per-token rates; a heavy session with a 50K-token document costs about $0.175. On CoreAI you don't juggle these numbers — one subscription covers Cohere: Command A and 300+ other models under a plan usage limit, with no API keys. See plans.

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Frequently Asked Questions about Cohere: Command A

What is Cohere: Command A's context window?

Cohere: Command A handles 256K tokens of context — roughly 192,000 words, or about 384 pages of text in one conversation.

How much does Cohere: Command A cost?

Cohere: Command A's underlying rates are $2.5 per 1M input tokens and $10 per 1M output tokens. On CoreAI it is included in one subscription alongside 300+ models, so there is no per-token billing to manage.

Can Cohere: Command A process images?

No — Cohere: Command A is text-only. If you need image understanding, its standard-tier peers with vision are listed in the comparison table above.

Does Cohere: Command A support reasoning or thinking mode?

No — Cohere: Command A answers directly without an extended reasoning phase, which usually means faster responses.

How can I use Cohere: Command A without an API key?

Open the CoreAI web app or the iOS/Android app, pick Cohere: Command A in the model selector, and chat — no API key, no per-token billing. One subscription covers Cohere: Command A and 300+ other models.

What are the best alternatives to Cohere: Command A?

The closest alternatives on CoreAI are Cohere: Command R+ (08-2024), Kwaipilot: KAT-Coder-Pro V2.5, inclusionAI: Ling-2.6-flash — similar tier and capability. The fastest way to choose is running one prompt through them side by side in CoreAI's Compare view.

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