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Pick two to five models. Every cell comes from a verified record; anything unverified says so. There is no overall winner — the right choice depends on your task, budget and technical needs.
| Criterion | Command A+ | Cohere Embed v5.0 (Pro and Fast) |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Cohere |
| Release date | May 20, 2026 | Not verified |
| Status | Generally available | Generally available |
| Purpose | Flagship | Embedding |
| Inputs → outputs | text, image → text | text, image → text |
| Context window | 128,000 tokens | 128,000 tokens |
| API input price | Not verified | Not verified |
| API output price | Not verified | Not verified |
| Example: 1,000,000 in + 200,000 out tokens | Cannot calculate — rate not verified | Cannot calculate — rate not verified |
| Licence | open-weight (Apache 2.0) | proprietary |
| Last verified | Oct 19, 2026 | Oct 19, 2026 |
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