Head-to-Head API Cost Benchmark

Cohere Command R+ vs DeepSeek-R1 (Reasoner): API Price & Latency Comparison

On a standard B2B production workload (5,000 req/day), DeepSeek-R1 (Reasoner) is 80.0% cheaper ($260.77/mo vs $1303.12/mo), while Cohere Command R+ leads in token generation speed (80 tok/s).

Side-by-Side Specification & Billing Matrix

Metric Cohere Command R+ (Cohere) DeepSeek-R1 (Reasoner) (DeepSeek API) Advantage
Standard Input / 1M Tokens $2.500 $0.550 DeepSeek-R1 (Reasoner)
Cached Input / 1M Tokens $1.250 $0.140 DeepSeek-R1 (Reasoner)
Output Generation / 1M Tokens $10.00 $2.19 DeepSeek-R1 (Reasoner)
Intelligence / Benchmark Quality 1245 LMSYS Elo 1315 LMSYS Elo DeepSeek-R1 (Reasoner)
Monthly Spend (5k req/day, 50% cache) $1303.12 / mo $260.77 / mo DeepSeek-R1 (Reasoner) (-80.0%)
Context Window 128,000 tokens 64,000 tokens Cohere Command R+
Output Speed (Throughput) 80 tokens/sec 50 tokens/sec Cohere Command R+
Batch API Discount -30% (Cohere) -50% (DeepSeek API) DeepSeek API
Primary Workload Fit Enterprise knowledge base search with verifiable inline citations Budget-friendly chain-of-thought logic, financial verification, logic synthesis Workload Dependent
Deploy / Console Access Try Cohere Command R+ → Try DeepSeek-R1 (Reasoner) → Open Full Simulator