Cohere

4.4

Cohere is a B2B-first LLM platform. Alongside the Command chat models it ships embeddings and reranking, which together cover what you need to build retrieval-augmented generation properly.

Commercial use OK
Enterprise contract
SOC 2

Try Cohere on the official siteUsage-based API pricing

Pricing: Usage-based API pricing
Free tier: No
Commercial use: Permitted
Japanese UI: Not confirmed
Enterprise contract: Available
Compliance: SOC 2

What it is good for

Teams building internal RAG and search applications
Organisations that need deployment into their own cloud or on-premise
Engineering teams rather than end users

Strengths and trade-offs

Strengths

Command, Embed and Rerank cover the whole RAG stack
SOC 2 and GDPR; deployable on AWS, Azure, GCP or on-premise
Built for data sovereignty requirements

Trade-offs

Consumer chat experience is behind ChatGPT and Claude
Only makes sense if you are building the application yourself

Editors' review

A B2B LLM platform — strongest on RAG and embeddings

Cohere is built for businesses rather than consumers. Alongside the Command chat models it provides search, embeddings and reranking — the components you actually need to build retrieval-augmented generation.

The API is usage-based and Enterprise is quoted. SOC 2 and GDPR compliance, plus deployment options across AWS, Azure, GCP and on-premise, make it a common pick where data sovereignty is a hard requirement.

The web chat experience for an individual user is behind ChatGPT and Claude. This is a platform for developers building internal AI applications.

Verdict

The first choice for engineers building internal RAG, search or custom AI applications. Of little relevance to individual users.

Compiled from official documentation and public sources, with our own editorial judgement. We do not publish figures we cannot source.