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Command R7B
FreemiumText to TextOpen SourceAPISelf-Hosted
Cohere's 7B-parameter model that trades raw capability for speed and cost in enterprise workflows.
Pay-as-you-go · Free tier: Trial API key with rate limiting, not permitted for production or commercial purposes · Checked Apr 10, 2026
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Summary
Command R7B is a smaller language model optimized for tasks that don't require reasoning at the frontier—summarization, classification, instruction-following, and document analysis. Cohere positions it as the pragmatic choice for teams tired of paying for (or waiting on) 70B+ parameter models when a tighter, faster alternative works. It's free and open source, which means no API charges and full control over deployment. The real limitation: it will struggle on abstract reasoning, mathematical proof, or multi-step logic puzzles where 70B models shine. For enterprises choosing between this and proprietary APIs, the tradeoff is real but worth calculating.
Bottom line: *Use this when latency and cost matter more than frontier reasoning; skip it if your workload demands deep logical complexity.*
Pricing Plans
FreemiumLast verified 7 months ago- Price
- Pay-as-you-go
- Free Tier
- Trial API key with rate limiting, not permitted for production or commercial purposes
Trial API Key
Free
- Free API calls
- Rate limited
- Not for production or commercial use
- Automatically created upon account signup
Production API Key
Custom
- Pay-as-you-go billing
- Billed at end of month or at $250 outstanding balance
- Token-based pricing varies by model
- Designed for production use at scale
Command (Legacy)
Custom
- $1.00/1M tokens input
- $2.00/1M tokens output
Command R 03-2024
Custom
- $0.50/1M tokens input
- $1.50/1M tokens output
Command R+ 04-2024
Custom
- $3.00/1M tokens input
- $15.00/1M tokens output
Command R+ 08-2024
Custom
- $2.50/1M tokens input
- $10.00/1M tokens output
Aya Expanse
Custom
- $0.50/1M tokens input
- $1.50/1M tokens output
- Supports 70+ languages
Model Vault - Embed 4 Small
$2,500per month
- $4.00 hourly rate per instance
- $2,500 monthly rate per instance
- Multimodal search and retrieval
Model Vault - Embed 4 Medium
$3,250per month
- $5.00 hourly rate per instance
- $3,250 monthly rate per instance
- Multimodal search and retrieval
Model Vault - Rerank 3.5 Medium
$3,250per month
- $5.00 hourly rate per instance
- $3,250 monthly rate per instance
- Semantic search boost
Model Vault - Rerank 4 Fast Medium
$3,250per month
- $5.00 hourly rate per instance
- $3,250 monthly rate per instance
- Semantic search boost
Model Vault - Rerank 4 Pro Medium
$3,250per month
- $5.00 hourly rate per instance
- $3,250 monthly rate per instance
- Semantic search boost
Enterprise
Custom
- Custom enterprise pricing
- Private deployments
- Bespoke model customization
- Dedicated support
View full pricing on cohere.com →
Pricing may have changed since last verified. Check the official site for current plans.
LLM Spec Sheet
Specializations
CodeReasoningChatRAGAgentsLong ContextMultilingual
Knowledge BaseTrained through September 2024
Benchmarks
128k tokensContext Window
Pricing & Limits
- Input price
- $0.04 / 1M tokens
- Output price
- $0.15 / 1M tokens
- Max output tokens
- 4,096
Metrics from vendor, updated .
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Changelog
Pros
- Excellent balance of performance and inference cost
- Fast response times due to smaller model size
- Strong instruction-following and reasoning for its parameter count
- Supports extended context for long-document processing
Cons
- May underperform on highly complex reasoning tasks compared to larger models
- Limited multimodal capabilities compared to enterprise alternatives
About
- Platforms
- Web, API
- Languages
- English and multilingual
- API Available
- Yes
- Self-Hosted
- Yes
- Last Updated
- April 9, 2026
Best For
Who it's for
- Cost-sensitive enterprise deployments
- Low-latency inference requirements
- Instruction-following and task automation
- Organizations requiring efficient scaling
What it does well
- Enterprise chatbots and conversational AI
- Document processing and summarization
- Customer support automation
- RAG-based question answering
- Code generation and technical assistance
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Is Command R7B free?
- Command R7B offers a free option alongside paid upgrades. Pricing: Pay-as-you-go. Check the current allowances and terms before choosing a plan.
- Is Command R7B open source?
- Yes. Command R7B is open source — the source repository is at https://github.com/cohere-ai/cohere-python.
- Does Command R7B have an API?
- Yes. Command R7B exposes a developer API. See the official documentation at https://cohere.com for details.
- Can I self-host Command R7B?
- Yes. Command R7B supports self-hosting on your own infrastructure.
- When was Command R7B released?
- Command R7B was first released in 2024.
- What platforms does Command R7B support?
- Command R7B is available on: Web, API.
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Cohere's 7B-parameter model that trades raw capability for speed and cost in enterprise workflows.
Command R7B is a smaller language model optimized for tasks that don't require reasoning at the frontier—summarization, classification, instruction-following, and document analysis. Cohere positions it as the pragmatic choice for teams tired of paying for (or waiting on) 70B+ parameter models when a tighter, faster alternative works. It's free and open source, which means no API charges and full control over deployment. The real limitation: it will struggle on abstract reasoning, mathematical proof, or multi-step logic puzzles where 70B models shine. For enterprises choosing between this and proprietary APIs, the tradeoff is real but worth calculating.
*Use this when latency and cost matter more than frontier reasoning; skip it if your workload demands deep logical complexity.*
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