Pricingby Glyphcommand-r-plus-08-2024 is an update of the Command R+ with roughly 50% higher throughput and 25% lower latencies as compared to the previous Command R+ version, while keeping the hardware footprint...
Ways to buy 1
| Way to buy | Input | Output | In / out per 1M | Cached | Vs list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The lab's own API | $2.5 | $10 | $2.5 / $10List price | n/a | List price |
USD per 1M tokens. Regions are separate routes.
Through a gateway
Your own numbers100M input and 20M output tokens a month: $450.00 direct.
Kong AI Gateway$450.00+0%
LiteLLM$450.00+0%
Eden AI$474.75+5.5%
OpenRouter$474.75+5.5%
Cloudflare AI GatewayNot offeredNot offered
HeliconeNot offeredNot offered
Neon AI GatewayNot offeredNot offered
RequestyNot offeredNot offered
Vercel AI GatewayNot offeredNot offered
A dash: not on that gateway's own model list. No published token fee: Martian Gateway, Portkey, TrueFoundry AI Gateway.
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About Command R+ (08-2024)
Takes text in and returns text. First listed Sep 5, 2024. Up to 4K output tokens. Blended price $4.38 per 1M tokens at 3 input to 1 output. Model id command-r-plus-08-2024.
Price history
List price since Sep 5, 2024, from Internet Archive snapshots of the OpenRouter catalog, then daily reads.
Command R+ (08-2024)
Cohere raised its API price: input $2.38 to $2.5 and output $9.5 to $10 per 1M tokens.
Cohere cut its API price: input $2.5 to $2.38 and output $10 to $9.5 per 1M tokens.
Questions
How much does Command R+ (08-2024) cost?
$2.5 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens.
What is the context window of Command R+ (08-2024)?
128K tokens, with up to 4K tokens of output.
Has Command R+ (08-2024)'s price changed?
Yes. The output price went from $9.5 to $10, first seen Apr 3, 2025.