Command A — pricing & specs
Command A is a balanced model from Cohere, at capability tier 5 of 8. Live $/M-token pricing and specs from the Mintok catalog, as of 2026-10-07.
$/M-token pricing
as of 2026-10-07 · CohereWhat Command A costs in practice
At $10/M output tokens, Command A is the 12th-cheapest of 14 priced tier-5 models in the Mintok catalog — about 100% above the tier median of $5/M.
| Scenario | Est. cost |
|---|---|
| 1M input + 1M output tokens | $12.50 |
| A 10K-token request (8K in / 2K out) | $0.040 |
| 1,000 agent runs (~2K in / 500 out each) | $10.00 |
| 1M-token RAG chat session (900K cached in / 100K out) | $3.25 |
Estimated from list price (as of 2026-10-07) at the token mixes shown; your real cost depends on prompt/response length and cache hit-rate. Model your own volume →
Specifications
- Vendor
- Cohere
- Family
- Command A
- Capability tier
- 5 / 8
- Size class
- BALANCED
- Category
- GENERAL
- Parameters
- 111B total · 111B active (MoE)
- Context window
- 256,000 tokens
- Licensing
- Proprietary
Carbon footprint (modeled)
Modeled decode on a reference Cerebras Cerebras WSE-3 Turbo at 50% MBU, batch 32, global-avg grid. Compare all models & grids →
Alternatives at tier 5
Same capability tier, sorted by output price — the cheaper-capable options.
- GPT-5.6 LunaOpenAI$1.20/M out
- Qwen3.7 PlusAlibaba$1.28/M out
- Mistral Large 3Mistral$1.50/M out
- Grok 4.3xAI$2.50/M out
- Gemini 3 Flash PreviewGoogle$3/M out
- Kimi K2.6Moonshot$4/M out
FAQ
How much does Command A cost per token?
Command A costs $2.50 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens, via Cohere, as of 2026-10-07.
Is Command A expensive?
At $10/M output tokens, Command A is the 12th-cheapest of 14 priced tier-5 models in the Mintok catalog — about 100% above the tier median of $5/M.
What does a typical request with Command A cost?
At list price, a 10K-token request (8K in / 2K out) with Command A costs about $0.040, and 1,000 agent runs (~2K in / 500 out each) about $10.00.
What is Command A's context window?
Command A supports a 256,000-token context window.
What capability tier is Command A?
Command A sits at capability tier 5 of 8 on the Mintok scale (BALANCED size class).
Is Command A open-source or proprietary?
Command A is a proprietary model from Cohere, accessed via API.
Put Command A to work
Benchmark it on your prompts, or size a deployment and compare $/M-token against alternatives.
Pricing and specs are maintained by Mintok's catalog watchers from public sources. Not investment advice. Methodology.