Command A
free_tier
Trial API: 20 RPM chat, 1,000 API calls/month hard cap
status
FOREVER
rate_limit
20 RPM chat / 2K inputs/min embed / 10 RPM rerank. Total: 1,000 calls/month ceiling.
restrictions
Trial keys are not permitted for production or commercial use. 1,000 calls/month is a hard monthly ceiling across all endpoints.
[PERMANENT]
[API]
Our take
Cohere's trial tier gives you Command A, Command R+, embeddings, and rerank for free. Non-commercial only, and the 1,000-calls-per-month hard cap will bite fast. Useless for an app — perfect for testing Cohere's rerank against your RAG pipeline before you commit.
Mar 20, 2026