Overview

Provider Type

API

API Endpoint


                                                        https://api.cohere.ai/v1

Free Tier Highlights

20 requests/minute

Quick Start Guide

1

Visit https://dashboard.cohere.com/

2

Sign up for a free trial key

3

Access the Trial API key from dashboard

4

Install cohere SDK: pip install cohere

5

Start making API calls

Available Models

Model Name	ID	Context	Capabilities
Command R+ (08-2024) Free	`command-r-plus-08-2024`	128 000	-
Command R (08-2024) Free	`command-r-08-2024`	128 000	Reasoning
Command R7B (12-2024) Free	`command-r7b-12-2024`	128 000	-

Integration Examples

Ready-to-use code snippets for your applications.

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main.py

import cohere

co = cohere.ClientV2(api_key="YOUR_COHERE_KEY")

response = co.chat(
    model="command-r-plus-08-2024",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "What is retrieval augmented generation?"}
    ]
)

print(response.message.content[0].text)

index.js

const { CohereClientV2 } = require('cohere-ai');

const cohere = new CohereClientV2({
  token: 'YOUR_COHERE_KEY'
});

const response = await cohere.chat({
  model: 'command-r-plus-08-2024',
  messages: [
    { role: 'user', content: 'What is retrieval augmented generation?' }
  ]
});

console.log(response.message.content[0].text);

terminal

curl https://api.cohere.ai/v2/chat \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_COHERE_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "command-r-plus-08-2024",
    "messages": [
      {
        "role": "user",
        "content": "What is retrieval augmented generation?"
      }
    ]
  }'

example.php

<?php
$apiKey = 'YOUR_API_KEY';
$url = "https://api.cohere.ai/v1/models/command-r-plus-08-2024:generateContent?key=$apiKey";

$data = [
    "contents" => [
        ["parts" => [["text" => "Explain quantum mechanics"]]]
    ]
];

$ch = curl_init($url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode($data));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ['Content-Type: application/json']);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

echo $response;
?>

main.go

package main

import (
    "context"
    "fmt"
    "log"
    "github.com/google/generative-ai-go/genai"
    "google.golang.org/api/option"
)

func main() {
    ctx := context.Background()
    client, err := genai.NewClient(ctx, option.WithAPIKey("YOUR_API_KEY"))
    if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) }
    defer client.Close()

    model := client.GenerativeModel("command-r-plus-08-2024")
    resp, err := model.GenerateContent(ctx, genai.Text("Explain quantum mechanics"))
    if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) }
    
    // ...
}

main.py

import cohere

co = cohere.ClientV2(api_key="YOUR_COHERE_KEY")

response = co.chat(
    model="command-r-08-2024",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "What is retrieval augmented generation?"}
    ]
)

print(response.message.content[0].text)

index.js

const { CohereClientV2 } = require('cohere-ai');

const cohere = new CohereClientV2({
  token: 'YOUR_COHERE_KEY'
});

const response = await cohere.chat({
  model: 'command-r-08-2024',
  messages: [
    { role: 'user', content: 'What is retrieval augmented generation?' }
  ]
});

console.log(response.message.content[0].text);

terminal

curl https://api.cohere.ai/v2/chat \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_COHERE_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "command-r-08-2024",
    "messages": [
      {
        "role": "user",
        "content": "What is retrieval augmented generation?"
      }
    ]
  }'

example.php

<?php
$apiKey = 'YOUR_API_KEY';
$url = "https://api.cohere.ai/v1/models/command-r-08-2024:generateContent?key=$apiKey";

$data = [
    "contents" => [
        ["parts" => [["text" => "Explain quantum mechanics"]]]
    ]
];

$ch = curl_init($url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode($data));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ['Content-Type: application/json']);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

echo $response;
?>

main.go

package main

import (
    "context"
    "fmt"
    "log"
    "github.com/google/generative-ai-go/genai"
    "google.golang.org/api/option"
)

func main() {
    ctx := context.Background()
    client, err := genai.NewClient(ctx, option.WithAPIKey("YOUR_API_KEY"))
    if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) }
    defer client.Close()

    model := client.GenerativeModel("command-r-08-2024")
    resp, err := model.GenerateContent(ctx, genai.Text("Explain quantum mechanics"))
    if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) }
    
    // ...
}

main.py

import cohere

co = cohere.ClientV2(api_key="YOUR_COHERE_KEY")

response = co.chat(
    model="command-r7b-12-2024",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "What is retrieval augmented generation?"}
    ]
)

print(response.message.content[0].text)

index.js

const { CohereClientV2 } = require('cohere-ai');

const cohere = new CohereClientV2({
  token: 'YOUR_COHERE_KEY'
});

const response = await cohere.chat({
  model: 'command-r7b-12-2024',
  messages: [
    { role: 'user', content: 'What is retrieval augmented generation?' }
  ]
});

console.log(response.message.content[0].text);

terminal

curl https://api.cohere.ai/v2/chat \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_COHERE_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "command-r7b-12-2024",
    "messages": [
      {
        "role": "user",
        "content": "What is retrieval augmented generation?"
      }
    ]
  }'

example.php

<?php
$apiKey = 'YOUR_API_KEY';
$url = "https://api.cohere.ai/v1/models/command-r7b-12-2024:generateContent?key=$apiKey";

$data = [
    "contents" => [
        ["parts" => [["text" => "Explain quantum mechanics"]]]
    ]
];

$ch = curl_init($url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode($data));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ['Content-Type: application/json']);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

echo $response;
?>

main.go

package main

import (
    "context"
    "fmt"
    "log"
    "github.com/google/generative-ai-go/genai"
    "google.golang.org/api/option"
)

func main() {
    ctx := context.Background()
    client, err := genai.NewClient(ctx, option.WithAPIKey("YOUR_API_KEY"))
    if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) }
    defer client.Close()

    model := client.GenerativeModel("command-r7b-12-2024")
    resp, err := model.GenerateContent(ctx, genai.Text("Explain quantum mechanics"))
    if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) }
    
    // ...
}

Free Tier Pricing & Limits

Rate Limit

Requests per minute

20 requests/minute

Daily Quota

Requests per day

-

Token Limit

Tokens per minute

-

Monthly Quota

Per month limit

1000 requests/month

Use Cases

RAG applications with citations

Enterprise search and Q&A

Multilingual content processing

Document summarization

Limitations & Considerations

Monthly quota shared across all models

1,000 API calls/month on free tier

Commercial use restricted on free plan

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Why Choose Cohere?

Quick Start Guide

Visit https://dashboard.cohere.com/

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Access the Trial API key from dashboard

Install cohere SDK: pip install cohere

Start making API calls

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Free Tier Highlights

Why Choose Cohere?

Quick Start Guide

Visit https://dashboard.cohere.com/

Sign up for a free trial key

Access the Trial API key from dashboard

Install cohere SDK: pip install cohere

Start making API calls

Available Models

Integration Examples

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