Model comparison
Base 1 vs Cohere Command A+
Base44 against Cohere, compared on context, price, and attributed benchmark results.
Recorded profile verification October 2, 2026Individual provider fields may changeEvidence confidence: Insufficient data — see receipts below
Base44
Base 1
Balanced
Cohere
Cohere Command A+
Balanced · Open weights
| Specification | Base 1 | Cohere Command A+ |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | ||
| Provider | Base44 | Cohere |
| Tier | ||
| Tier | Balanced | Balanced |
| Context window | ||
| Context window | Not verifiedUnverified | 128K |
| Max output | ||
| Max output | Not verifiedUnverified | 64K |
| Input / 1M tokens | ||
| Input / 1M tokens | Not verifiedUnverified | $0.80 |
| Output / 1M tokens | ||
| Output / 1M tokens | Not verifiedUnverified | $3.20 |
| Weights | ||
| Weights | Not verifiedUnverified | Open |
| Parameters | ||
| Parameters | Not verifiedUnverified | 218B total / 25B active (sparse MoE) |
| Reasoning levels | ||
| Reasoning levels | Not verifiedUnverified | Not verifiedUnverified |
| Modalities | ||
| Modalities | text | text, image |
| License | ||
| License | Not verifiedUnverified | Apache 2.0 |
| API model id | ||
| API model id | Not verifiedUnverified | command-a-plus-05-2026 |
| Released | ||
| Released | Not verifiedUnverified | May 20, 2026 |
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · source date Cohere Command A+: 2026-10-01 | ||
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · source date Cohere Command A+: 2026-10-01 | Not verifiedUnverified | 13 |
Dates beside benchmark scores refer to the linked source’s publication or capture date unless that source explicitly states when it measured the result. A shared URL alone does not establish comparable runs; unverified setups are marked. Prices are USD per million tokens at standard rates, excluding batch and caching discounts. Values we could not confirm from the provider are shown as “Not verified” rather than estimated.
Benchmark receipts
Where each score comes from, and how far it can be compared across models.
- Source date2026-10-01Artificial Analysis (Command A+)
Composite index blending reasoning, knowledge, and coding evals into one 0–100 score.
Comparable with caveatOnly same-version scores are comparable. v4.3.2 was rebaselined (the top score fell from 66 on v4.1.1 to ~58), so v4.1.1 figures must not be compared with v4.3.2 figures — check the cited source and its date.
Pricing tiers
Base 1: Uses Base44 message credits. Model-specific cost is shown under Credits Used per message; no direct token-rate API price is verified.
Cohere Command A+: Azure's current USD retail feed lists Command A Plus public-cloud Global at $0.80/$3.20 per MTok and data-zone meters at $0.88/$3.52. US Government Global is $1.00/$4.00 and data-zone $1.10/$4.40. These are Azure rates, not Cohere-direct prices. Cohere's A+ page says trial and production keys are free until rate limits; general paid-key documentation and production-access requirements differ. Standard Vault lists A+ L/XL at $17.50/$32.50 per instance-hour, typically via a waitlist; encrypted beta design-partner access is separately scoped.
Base 1
Base44's first in-house model is offered in its app-building chat, with the publisher describing it as trained on platform building patterns.
Best for
- Evaluating app-building prompts within Base44
- Comparing builder output in an eligible Base44 account
Watch out
No direct inference endpoint, stable API ID, downloadable checkpoint/license, exact context/output limits, parameter count or comparable numeric benchmark is verified. The founder announcement and product changelog do not establish a reliable day-level release date in captured page metadata. The manual model-selection guide requires Builder or higher, while the changelog uses broader all-plan language; verify account access. Publisher fit claims are not independent quality results.
Cohere Command A+
Command A+ is Cohere's Apache-declared open-weight 218B/25B sparse MoE for enterprise text, image and agentic workloads; its W4A4 checkpoint is distinct from a hosted service contract.
Best for
- Open-weight deployments
- Enterprise RAG
- Tool use
Watch out
The checked Cohere API ID has 128,000 context and 64,000 maximum output. Its W4A4 checkpoint config lists 200,000 positions; that does not expand the hosted limit. Thinking is enabled by default and can be disabled with thinking.type=disabled; thinking.token_budget is a budget rather than a low/medium/high menu. Cohere recommends leaving at least 1K tokens for the answer. Trial A+ is 20 requests/minute; the rate-limit page caps trial/newer-model keys at 1,000 calls/month and directs production access to sales. Do not treat the model-specific free-use statement as unlimited production capacity or as an Azure/Vault entitlement.
When the cheaper one wins
One of these rows is missing a verified output price, so this page will not name a cheaper winner. Run the model picker against the actual job instead of guessing.
Run the model pickerEvidence confidence: Insufficient data
How strong and complete the evidence behind this comparison is — not a prediction of which model is better. Hard limitations apply: missing pricing; evidence too sparse.
- Pricing incomplete — No verified token pricing for Base 1.
- 0/5 core specs verified on both sides — Not published for at least one side: context window, max output, release date, parameter count, reasoning levels.
- No directly aligned benchmark setup — No benchmark has matching cited sources, source dates, units, effort and recorded run details on both models.
- Verified within the last 90 days — Older of the two catalog checks was 24 days ago.
- Both models carry source citations — Each side has at least two catalog sources on record.
Source receipts
Each catalog figure was checked against the provider or an independent second source on the date shown.
- Base 1: Product model access and modes (accessed 2026-10-02)
- Base 1: Publisher model announcement (accessed 2026-10-02)
- Base 1: Product rollout changelog (accessed 2026-10-02)
- Base 1: Credit billing (accessed 2026-10-02)
- Cohere Command A+: Cohere Command A+: exact hosted limits, release and free-use statement (accessed 2026-10-02)
- Cohere Command A+: Cohere exact W4A4 checkpoint and Apache declaration (accessed 2026-10-02)
- Cohere Command A+: Cohere W4A4 checkpoint native configuration (accessed 2026-10-02)
- Cohere Command A+: Azure current USD retail meters: Global, data-zone and US Government (accessed 2026-10-02)
- Cohere Command A+: Cohere general pricing and paid-production-key scope (accessed 2026-10-02)
- Cohere Command A+: Cohere reasoning defaults and thinking token budgets (accessed 2026-10-02)
- Cohere Command A+: Cohere exact per-model request limits and monthly key cap (accessed 2026-10-02)
- Cohere Command A+: Cohere Standard Vault: A+ instance-hour tiers (accessed 2026-10-02)
- Cohere Command A+: Cohere Encrypted Vault: beta design-partner scope (accessed 2026-10-02)
- Cohere Command A+: Artificial Analysis exact retained October 1 public row; capture date (accessed 2026-10-01)
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Common questions
Base 1 vs Cohere Command A+
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Choosing between them
The verified figures that separate this pair, computed from the catalog rather than restated boilerplate.
These two models match on every verified catalog figure — the decision comes down to provider preference, availability, and workload fit rather than published numbers.
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