Head-to-Head API Cost Benchmark

Cohere Command R+ vs DeepSeek-V3 (Chat): API Price & Latency Comparison

On a standard B2B production workload (5,000 req/day), DeepSeek-V3 (Chat) is 90.0% cheaper ($129.75/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-V3 (Chat) (DeepSeek API) Advantage
Standard Input / 1M Tokens $2.500 $0.270 DeepSeek-V3 (Chat)
Cached Input / 1M Tokens $1.250 $0.070 DeepSeek-V3 (Chat)
Output Generation / 1M Tokens $10.00 $1.10 DeepSeek-V3 (Chat)
Intelligence / Benchmark Quality 1245 LMSYS Elo 1282 LMSYS Elo DeepSeek-V3 (Chat)
Monthly Spend (5k req/day, 50% cache) $1303.12 / mo $129.75 / mo DeepSeek-V3 (Chat) (-90.0%)
Context Window 128,000 tokens 64,000 tokens Cohere Command R+
Output Speed (Throughput) 80 tokens/sec 60 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 High-intelligence general tasks & translation where prompt caching saves 75%+ Workload Dependent
Deploy / Console Access Try Cohere Command R+ → Try DeepSeek-V3 (Chat) → Open Full Simulator