Command R+
ActiveCohere's flagship model optimized for enterprise RAG and complex tasks.
Overview
Command R+ is Cohere's most capable model, designed for production RAG pipelines and complex, long-context enterprise tasks. It supports tool calling and grounded generation.
History
Command R+ was released on 2024-04-04.
Training & availability
Cohere has not released the underlying model weights — access is via their hosted API only.
Capabilities
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Context window: 128K tokens.
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Max output: 4K tokens.
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Input modalities: text.
Recommended for: agentic.
Limitations
- Text-only — cannot process images, audio, or video inputs.
Pricing
- Input: $2.5000 per 1M tokens
- Output: $10.0000 per 1M tokens
Use the cost calculator above to estimate monthly spend for your workload.
Quick start
Minimal example using the OpenRouter API. Copy, paste, replace the key.
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://openrouter.ai/api/v1",
api_key="sk-or-...",
)
resp = client.chat.completions.create(
model="cohere/command-r-plus",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Explain quantum computing in one sentence."}],
)
print(resp.choices[0].message.content)Cost calculator
Estimate your monthly bill. Presets are typical workload sizes.
Benchmarks
| Benchmark | Score | Source |
|---|---|---|
| MMLUGeneral knowledge | 75.7% accuracy | Self-reported Cohere model card |
Integrations & tooling support
- Tool calling
- Supported
- Structured outputs
- Not supported
Price vs quality
Below-average benchmark performance for the price.
- Quality percentile
- 0%
- Effective price
- $8.13/1M
- Pricing breakdown
- $2.5/1M in
$10/1M out
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