Command A is 7.2× cheaper per million tokens (blended). Command A has the larger context window (256,000 vs 200,000 tokens). Command A is open-weights; the other is not.
Claude Opus 4.1 vs Command A
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Claude Opus 4.1
Anthropic · anthropic__claude-opus-4.1
Command Aopen
Cohere · cohere__command-a
Identity
| Field | anthropic__claude-opus-4.1 | cohere__command-a |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Cohere |
| Slug | anthropic__claude-opus-4.1 | cohere__command-a |
| Status | live | live |
| Open weights | No | Yes |
| License | — | — |
| HuggingFace | — | CohereForAI/c4ai-command-a-03-2025 |
Quality
| Field | anthropic__claude-opus-4.1 | cohere__command-a |
|---|---|---|
| Quality index (0–100) | — | — |
Cost
| Field | anthropic__claude-opus-4.1 | cohere__command-a |
|---|---|---|
| Input $ / 1M tokens | $15.00 | $2.50 |
| Cached input $ / 1M | $1.50 | — |
| Output $ / 1M tokens | $75.00 | $10.00 |
Context
| Field | anthropic__claude-opus-4.1 | cohere__command-a |
|---|---|---|
| Max context tokens | 200,000 | 256,000 |
| Max output tokens | 32,000 | 8,192 |
Modalities
| Field | anthropic__claude-opus-4.1 | cohere__command-a |
|---|---|---|
| Input | image, text, file | text |
| Output | text | text |