Pricing · Cohere
Command Light
Cohere's command-light, 4K tokens of context. Every number on this page was read off Cohere's own pricing
page — never estimated, never recalled from memory.
Pricing
| Input | $0.30 | per 1M tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Output | $0.60 | per 1M tokens |
At the calculator's starting volume, 1M input tokens and 200K output tokens with no cache hits, Command Light costs $0.42: $0.30 for input and $0.12 for output, at the prices above. Same formula as the calculator; change the volume there.
Where this price sits
Command Light is deprecated and is not counted among the current models. Placed against the 67 current models with a verified price on this site, its $0.30 per 1M input tokens would be the 13th cheapest of 68, and the 3rd of 5 from Cohere. Output costs 2.0× the input price.
Specifications
| API model id | command-light | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | |
| Context window | 4K tokens | |
| Status | Deprecated | |
Questions about Command Light pricing
- How much does Command Light cost per million tokens?
- $0.30 per 1M input tokens and $0.60 per 1M output tokens, read on Cohere's official pricing page on September 12, 2026.
Verified September 12, 2026 against Cohere's official pricing page. Confidence: confirmed. No price change recorded for this model. How the data is checked.
Other Cohere models with a verified price
- Command R7B $0.0375 in · $0.15 out
- Command R (08-2024) $0.15 in · $0.60 out
- Command A $2.50 in · $10.00 out
- Command R+ (08-2024) $2.50 in · $10.00 out
Cheaper or equally priced alternatives
Current models with an input price at or below $0.30 per 1M tokens.
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite Google $0.30 in · $2.50 out
- Gemini 2.5 Flash Google $0.30 in · $2.50 out
- Codestral Mistral $0.30 in · $0.90 out
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash DeepSeek $0.30 in · $1.20 out
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