Head-to-Head API Cost Benchmark

Cohere Command R+ vs Gemini 2.5 Flash: API Price & Latency Comparison

On a standard B2B production workload (5,000 req/day), Gemini 2.5 Flash is 94.5% cheaper ($71.16/mo vs $1303.12/mo), while Gemini 2.5 Flash leads in token generation speed (180 tok/s).

Side-by-Side Specification & Billing Matrix

Metric Cohere Command R+ (Cohere) Gemini 2.5 Flash (Google Gemini API) Advantage
Standard Input / 1M Tokens $2.500 $0.150 Gemini 2.5 Flash
Cached Input / 1M Tokens $1.250 $0.037 Gemini 2.5 Flash
Output Generation / 1M Tokens $10.00 $0.60 Gemini 2.5 Flash
Intelligence / Benchmark Quality 1245 LMSYS Elo 1264 LMSYS Elo Gemini 2.5 Flash
Monthly Spend (5k req/day, 50% cache) $1303.12 / mo $71.16 / mo Gemini 2.5 Flash (-94.5%)
Context Window 128,000 tokens 1,000,000 tokens Gemini 2.5 Flash
Output Speed (Throughput) 80 tokens/sec 180 tokens/sec Gemini 2.5 Flash
Batch API Discount -30% (Cohere) -50% (Google Gemini API) Google Gemini API
Primary Workload Fit Enterprise knowledge base search with verifiable inline citations Large-scale data extraction, PDF/document parsing, high-throughput pipelines Workload Dependent
Deploy / Console Access Try Cohere Command R+ → Try Gemini 2.5 Flash → Open Full Simulator