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Cohere is an enterprise AI company founded in 2019 that provides private, secure, and customizable AI solutions for businesses. The company offers the Command family of language models, Aya multilingual models, and enterprise retrieval tools like Embed and Rerank via API, with flexible deployment options including cloud, VPC, and on-premises.

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Key Features

Command Model Family
High-performance language models supporting 23 languages with Command, Command R, and Command R+ variants
Aya Multilingual Models
Research-grade multilingual models (8B and 32B) excelling across diverse languages
Embed & Rerank
Multimodal semantic search and relevance optimization for retrieval-augmented generation
Flexible Deployment
Deploy via cloud API, virtual private cloud, on-premises, or Cohere-managed Model Vault
Enterprise Platform (North)
Enterprise-ready AI platform for workplace productivity with intelligent search
Model Customization
Fine-tune models on proprietary data for domain-specific applications

Provider Comparison

Advantages

  • Strong enterprise security and compliance focus
  • Flexible deployment options including on-premises
  • Excellent multilingual support with Aya models
  • Competitive pricing for high-quality models
  • Purpose-built retrieval and reranking models
  • Model customization on proprietary data

Limitations

  • Smaller model ecosystem compared to OpenAI or Anthropic
  • Less name recognition in consumer AI space
  • Enterprise features may be overkill for smaller projects
  • Limited multimodal capabilities (no image generation)

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Pricing Options

OptionDetails
Pay-per-tokenPer million token pricing starting at $0.30/$0.60 for Command-light
Trial API KeyFree tier with rate limiting for development and testing
EnterpriseCustom pricing for dedicated deployments, Model Vault, and on-premises

Getting Started

1

Create Cohere account

Sign up at dashboard.cohere.com

2

Get API key

Generate a trial or production API key from the dashboard

3

Install SDK

pip install cohere (Python) or npm install cohere-ai (TypeScript)

4

Make first API call

Call the Chat or Generate endpoint with your API key