Cohere
No-cost research and development inference across 10 models; not unrestricted production use.
https://api.cohere.ai/v2Models mentioned
Command A+Command A ReasoningCommand A TranslateCommand A VisionCommand ACommand R+Command RCommand R7BNorth Mini Codecommand-a-plus-05-2026Equivalent paid value
How this was valued: Best-case rate-limit envelope for the trial key's documented shared cap of 1,000 API calls per month, filled entirely with command-r-plus-08-2024 chat calls at the model's documented per-request ceilings (128K context window, 4K maximum output tokens per Cohere's models documentation) and priced at Cohere's current published rate for that exact model ($2.50 input / $10.00 output per 1M tokens, stated "for existing customers"). The 20 req/min trial chat limit never binds against the monthly cap. Daily and weekly figures are pro-rated shares of the monthly call bucket, not independent daily quotas. Assumes every call carries a maximal 128K-token request; the 1,000-call bucket is shared across all endpoints and models, so per-model rows are alternative maxima and are not additive.
Partial because the Command R+ price is scoped to existing customers on the pricing page; the priciest trial-eligible models cannot anchor the envelope (Command A+ and North Mini Code are listed by Cohere at $0 API price, and Command A Reasoning/Translate/Vision have no published token price, only "contact sales"), and embed/rerank endpoint allowances are excluded from the total.
Limits and terms
- Calls Per Month
- 1,000
- Chat RPM
- 20
- Rerank RPM
- 10
- Embed Inputs Per Minute
- 2,000
- Embed Image Inputs Per Minute
- 5
What happens to your prompts?
Content can be logged for 30 days and reviewed for abuse, while training is opt-in and aggregate improvement uses remain.
- Plan Scope
- Cohere trial API and enterprise SaaS; trial, enterprise, training opt-in, and approved zero-data-retention configurations differ.
- Prompt Retention
- Cohere says logged prompts and generations are automatically deleted after 30 days, except for legal or contractual requirements, flagged abuse, or content separately allowed for training. Approved zero-data-retention accounts do not log prompts or generations.
- Response Retention
- Same 30-day default and exceptions as prompts.
- Ordinary Logging
- Cohere logs and monitors platform use for agreement enforcement and security, and collects non-customer-identifying usage measures such as frequency, duration, features, preferences, and aggregate input-token counts.
- Model Training
- Training use is opt-in. Cohere says common personal information is filtered from opted-in prompts and generations before possible model training; separately submitted fine-tuning data is governed by its feature and agreement terms.
- Product Improvement
- Aggregate usage data may be used to understand use and improve performance. Prompt or generation training use requires opt-in, while de-identified flagged content may be aggregated to evaluate safety detection and policy enforcement.
- Human Or Operator Access
- Safety and security teams may review prompts, generations, and logs flagged as possible misuse.
- Subprocessors And Routing
- Cohere uses published subprocessors, including Google Cloud infrastructure and monitoring, delivery, support, and analytics vendors; third-party platforms integrating Cohere can impose their own handling.
- Deletion Controls
- Trial users can delete the platform account and request deletion of inadvertently submitted personal information. Enterprise data is normally deleted after 30 days, while approved ZDR purges content after processing and agreement-specific exceptions can apply.
- Caveat
- The free trial is not intended to process personal information. Zero data retention is not the default and requires Cohere approval.
Governing documents
- Trial Terms
- https://cohere.com/terms-of-use
- Saas Agreement
- https://cohere.com/saas-agreement
- Privacy Policy
- https://cohere.com/privacy
Eligibility
- Account Required
- Yes
- Payment Method Required
- No
- Allowed Use
- evaluation and prototyping