Head-to-Head API Cost Benchmark

Cohere Command R+ vs GPT-4o: API Price & Latency Comparison

On a standard B2B production workload (5,000 req/day), Cohere Command R+ is 0.0% cheaper ($1303.12/mo vs $1303.12/mo), while GPT-4o leads in token generation speed (85 tok/s).

Side-by-Side Specification & Billing Matrix

Metric Cohere Command R+ (Cohere) GPT-4o (OpenAI) Advantage
Standard Input / 1M Tokens $2.500 $2.500 Cohere Command R+
Cached Input / 1M Tokens $1.250 $1.250 Cohere Command R+
Output Generation / 1M Tokens $10.00 $10.00 Cohere Command R+
Intelligence / Benchmark Quality 1245 LMSYS Elo 1286 LMSYS Elo GPT-4o
Monthly Spend (5k req/day, 50% cache) $1303.12 / mo $1303.12 / mo Cohere Command R+ (-0.0%)
Context Window 128,000 tokens 128,000 tokens Cohere Command R+
Output Speed (Throughput) 80 tokens/sec 85 tokens/sec GPT-4o
Batch API Discount -30% (Cohere) -50% (OpenAI) OpenAI
Primary Workload Fit Enterprise knowledge base search with verifiable inline citations Complex multi-step customer facing workflows, vision + JSON structured outputs Workload Dependent
Deploy / Console Access Try Cohere Command R+ → Try GPT-4o → Open Full Simulator