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Cohere Command A+

Cohere Command A+ is a Cohere model with 128K context, $0.80 in / $3.20 out per million tokens, last verified September 4, 2026. Open weights: yes. Public-board scores are linked to the publisher; vendor-only figures stay in the watch-out, not on the board.

Command A+ is Cohere's open-weight (Apache 2.0) 218B/25B sparse MoE for enterprise use.

Catalog record checked September 4, 2026Individual provider fields may change

AI model specification details
SpecificationCohere Command A+
ProviderCohere
TierBalanced
Context window128K
Max outputNot verifiedUnverified
Input / 1M tokens$0.80
Output / 1M tokens$3.20
WeightsOpen
Parameters218B total / 25B active (sparse MoE)
Reasoning levelslow, medium, high
Modalitiestext
LicenseApache 2.0
API model idCohereLabs/command-a-plus-05-2026
ReleasedMay 20, 2026

Pricing tiers: Azure-hosted Global rate $0.80/$3.20 per MTok (effective 2026-07-01; Data Zone $0.88/$3.52). Cohere-direct publishes no per-token price: open weights (Apache 2.0), a free rate-limited trial API, and Model Vault/enterprise licensing. Cohere calls it the last model in the Command A family. 218B/25B active sparse MoE.

Verified evidence

Published benchmark results

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Published benchmark results for Cohere Command A+
BenchmarkScoreMeasuredSource
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index432026-08-14Artificial Analysis · View source

Best for

  • Open-weight deployments
  • Enterprise RAG
  • Tool use

Watch out

The $0.80/$3.20 figure is the Azure-hosted rate, not a Cohere-direct price — Cohere itself sells licenses and a free rate-limited trial, so budget by deployment path.

Source receipts

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Common questions

Cohere Command A+

Answered from the verified figures on this page rather than general guidance.

How much does Cohere Command A+ cost per million tokens?

Cohere Command A+ is listed at $0.80 per million input tokens and $3.20 per million output tokens at standard rates. Output tokens usually dominate real bills, so weigh the output rate more heavily than the input rate. Azure-hosted Global rate $0.80/$3.20 per MTok (effective 2026-07-01; Data Zone $0.88/$3.52). Cohere-direct publishes no per-token price: open weights (Apache 2.0), a free rate-limited trial API, and Model Vault/enterprise licensing. Cohere calls it the last model in the Command A family. 218B/25B active sparse MoE.

What is Cohere Command A+'s context window?

Cohere Command A+ accepts about 128K tokens of context. That only matters if you routinely send very long documents, large codebases, or multi-turn histories that approach that limit.

What is Cohere Command A+ best for?

Cohere Command A+ is a balanced tier from Cohere. It suits open-weight deployments, enterprise rag, tool use. The $0.80/$3.20 figure is the Azure-hosted rate, not a Cohere-direct price — Cohere itself sells licenses and a free rate-limited trial, so budget by deployment path.

Can I self-host Cohere Command A+?

Cohere Command A+ publishes open weights, but self-hosting depends on the licence, hardware footprint, quantisation quality, and serving stack. A hosted API is often cheaper until you have measured throughput and concurrency on your own hardware.