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Command R vs Command R+: Pricing, Benchmarks & Verdict (2026)

Verdict

Command R is significantly cheaper at $0.15/$0.60 per million tokens vs $2.50/$10.00. Command R+ is stronger for coding with a coding ELO of 1160 vs 1100. Command R is faster at 85 tokens/sec vs 65 tokens/sec. Command R+ ranks higher overall with an Arena ELO of 1200 vs 1140.

Side-by-Side Comparison

FeatureCommand RCommand R+
ProviderCohereCohere
Input Price / 1M tokens$0.150$2.50
Output Price / 1M tokens$0.600$10.00
Context Window128K128K
Max Output Tokens4,0964,096
Arena ELO1,1401,200
Coding ELO1,1001,160
TTFT (ms)250350
Tokens/sec8565
MultimodalNoNo
JSON ModeYesYes
Function CallingYesYes
VisionNoNo
When to Use Command R

Choose Command R when you need: very affordable pricing, good rag and grounding capabilities, strong multilingual support, 128k context window. It excels at rag, chatbots, cost-sensitive, multilingual tasks. It is also the more cost-effective option between the two.

Strengths:

  • Very affordable pricing
  • Good RAG and grounding capabilities
  • Strong multilingual support
  • 128K context window

Best for:

ragchatbotscost-sensitivemultilingual
When to Use Command R+

Choose Command R+ when you need: best-in-class rag capabilities, excellent citation and grounding, strong multilingual support, enterprise-focused features. It excels at rag, enterprise, multilingual, search tasks.

Strengths:

  • Best-in-class RAG capabilities
  • Excellent citation and grounding
  • Strong multilingual support
  • Enterprise-focused features

Best for:

ragenterprisemultilingualsearch

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