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Command-light
Cohere model in the Command light family. Estimate API costs for Command-light based on your token and request usage.
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CohereCommand-light
Input price
$0.30 / 1M tokens
Output price
$0.60 / 1M tokens
Last updated: 2026-07-09View pricing source
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Command-light pricing
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Input price
$0.30 / 1M tokens
Output price
$0.60 / 1M tokens
Cached input price
Not available
Pricing unit
Per 1M tokens
Last updated
2026-07-09
Source
Provider pricing page
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Technical details
Command-light model details
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- Provider
- Cohere
- Model family
- Command light
- Context window
- Not listed
- Max output tokens
- Not listed
- Capabilities
- text
- Last updated
- 2026-07-09
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Cohere. Input $2.50 / 1M, output $10.00 / 1M. Context: Not listed.
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Cohere. Input $0.50 / 1M, output $1.50 / 1M. Context: Not listed.
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