> This page is for version v2 API (default).
> For other versions, use one of these documentation indexes:
> - v2 API (default): https://docs.cohere.com/v2/llms.txt
> - v1 API: https://docs.cohere.com/v1/llms.txt

> For clean Markdown of any page, append .md to the page URL.
> For a complete documentation index, see https://docs.cohere.com/llms.txt.
> For AI client integration (Claude Code, Cursor, etc.), connect to the MCP server at https://docs.cohere.com/_mcp/server.

# Different Types of API Keys and Rate Limits

> This page describes Cohere API rate limits for production and evaluation keys.

Cohere offers two kinds of API keys: evaluation keys (free but limited in usage), and production keys (paid and much less limited in usage). You can create a trial or production key on [the API keys page](https://dashboard.cohere.com/api-keys). For more details on pricing please see our [pricing docs](https://docs.cohere.com/v2/docs/how-does-cohere-pricing-work).

> **Warning**
>
> Prod keys work like trial keys for newer model variants such as Command A Reasoning. Please contact [sales@cohere.com](mailto:sales@cohere.com) if you intend to use those models in production.

> **Note**
>
> Trial keys (and prod keys on newer Chat model variants) are limited to 1,000 API calls a month.

## Chat API (per model)

| Model               | Trial rate limit | Production rate limit                               |
| ------------------- | ---------------- | --------------------------------------------------- |
| Command A+          | 20 req / min     | Contact [sales@cohere.com](mailto:sales@cohere.com) |
| Command A Reasoning | 20 req / min     | Contact [sales@cohere.com](mailto:sales@cohere.com) |
| Command A Translate | 20 req / min     | Contact [sales@cohere.com](mailto:sales@cohere.com) |
| Command A Vision    | 20 req / min     | Contact [sales@cohere.com](mailto:sales@cohere.com) |
| Command A           | 20 req / min     | 500 req / min                                       |
| Command R+          | 20 req / min     | 500 req / min                                       |
| Command R           | 20 req / min     | 500 req / min                                       |
| Command R7B         | 20 req / min     | 500 req / min                                       |
| North Mini Code     | 20 req / min     | 500 req / min                                       |

## Other API Endpoints

| Endpoint                                                              | Trial rate limit   | Production rate limit                               |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------ | --------------------------------------------------- |
| [Audio Transcriptions](../../v2/reference/create-audio-transcription) | 5 req / min        | Contact [sales@cohere.com](mailto:sales@cohere.com) |
| [Embed](../reference/embed)                                           | 2,000 inputs / min | 2,000 inputs / min                                  |
| [Embed (Images)](../reference/embed)                                  | 5 inputs / min     | 400 inputs / min                                    |
| [EmbedJob](../reference/embed-jobs)                                   | 5 req / min        | 50 req / min                                        |
| [Rerank](../reference/rerank)                                         | 10 req / min       | 1,000 req / min                                     |
| [Tokenize](../reference/tokenize)                                     | 100 req / min      | 2,000 req / min                                     |
| [Parse](../../v2/reference/parse)                                     | 500 req / min      | 500 req / min                                       |
| Default (anything not covered above)                                  | 500 req / min      | 500 req / min                                       |

If you have any questions or want to speak about getting a rate limit increase, reach out to [support@cohere.com](mailto:support@cohere.com).