Trial keys for Command R+, Embed, Rerank — RAG-friendly
Cohere — Trial keys for Command R+, Embed, Rerank — RAG-friendly. Free tier: Free trial keys: 20 RPM (chat), 100/min (embed). Non-production use only — production needs a production key.
command-r-plus-08-2024command-r-08-2024embed-english-v3.0rerank-v3.5Production: Command R+ $2.50/1M input, $10/1M output. Embed v3 $0.10/1M tokens. Rerank $2/1k searches.
Private deployments, fine-tuning, multi-tenant isolation.
https://api.cohere.com/v2
Custom SDK / API shape.
curl https://api.cohere.com/v2/chat \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $COHERE_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "command-r-plus-08-2024",
"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello in 5 words"}]
}'
RAG pipelines — Cohere Embed and Rerank are best-in-class for retrieval quality.
Pure chatbot use — Command R+ is competitive but not the cheapest or fastest.
Free trial keys: 20 RPM (chat), 100/min (embed). Non-production use only — production needs a production key. No credit card is required to sign up.
Most commonly used: command-r-plus-08-2024, command-r-08-2024, embed-english-v3.0, rerank-v3.5. The full current list is on Cohere's docs page.
No — Cohere ships its own SDK. Code samples for Python, Node, and cURL are above.
Production: Command R+ $2.50/1M input, $10/1M output. Embed v3 $0.10/1M tokens. Rerank $2/1k searches. If your traffic is bursty or seasonal, the free tier may be enough; if you need a guaranteed SLA, upgrade.