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AI21 Labs vs Cohere pricing

Verified 2026-10-23 (2 days ago)Source: AI21 Labs: www.ai21.com/pricing, Cohere: cohere.com/pricingVerified shows the older of the two.

Monthly cost at three volumes

Monthly cost of AI21 Labs and Cohere at three volumes and at your own
VolumeAI21 LabsCohere
small1M input, 200K output$0.28 / moJamba Mini$0.0675 / moCommand R7B
growing50M input, 10M output$14 / moJamba Mini$3.375 / moCommand R7B
scale1B input, 200M output$280 / moJamba Mini$67.50 / moCommand R7B
your volumeset above$14 / moJamba Mini$3.375 / moCommand R7B

Each cell is the cheapest feasible plan, or the chosen model, at that volume, from the shared Overage cost function. "Cheapest model" only considers models with both an input and an output price listed. Volumes are example scenarios you can edit.

Cheapest model per service, USD per 1M tokens

Cheapest priced model of each service
ServiceCheapest modelInputOutputModels listed
AI21 LabsJamba Mini$0.20$0.402
CohereCommand R7B$0.0375$0.156

Every model

Every model of both services, USD per 1M tokens
ModelServiceInputOutput
Jamba MiniAI21 Labs$0.20$0.40
Jamba LargeAI21 Labs$2$8
Rerank 5 FastCohere$0.02unlisted
Command R7BCohere$0.0375$0.15
Rerank 5 ProCohere$0.05unlisted
Embed 5 FastCohere$0.08unlisted
Embed 5 ProCohere$0.12unlisted
Command RCohere$0.15$0.60

Models are compared by name and price, never by position. Pick one model per service, or "Cheapest model", in the cost table above.

Tiers, aligned by position

Tiers of AI21 Labs and Cohere aligned by position: free, entry, mid, top
PositionAI21 LabsCohere
Free$0 onceFree Trialno tier
EntryunlistedPay As You Gono tier
Midno tierno tier
TopContact salesCustom Planno tier

Tightest rate limit

Tightest documented rate limit of each service
MeasureAI21 LabsCohere
Tightest limitunlistedunlisted

Changes in the last 90 days

No changes recorded.

No change detected for either service in the last 90 days.