Going to Production

Different Types of API Keys and Rate Limits

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. For more details on pricing please see our pricing docs.

Prod keys work like trial keys for newer model variants such as Command A Reasoning. Please contact sales@cohere.com if you intend to use those models in production.
Trial keys (and prod keys on newer Chat model variants) are limited to 1,000 API calls a month.

Chat API (per model)

ModelTrial rate limitProduction rate limit
Command A Reasoning20 req / minContact sales@cohere.com
Command A Translate20 req / minContact sales@cohere.com
Command A Vision20 req / minContact sales@cohere.com
Command A20 req / min500 req / min
Command R+20 req / min500 req / min
Command R20 req / min500 req / min
Command R7B20 req / min500 req / min

Other API Endpoints

EndpointTrial rate limitProduction rate limit
Embed2,000 inputs / min2,000 inputs / min
Embed (Images)5 inputs / min400 inputs / min
Rerank10 req / min1,000 req / min
Tokenize100 req / min2,000 req / min
EmbedJob5 req / min50 req / min
Default (anything not covered above)500 req / min500 req / min

If you have any questions or want to speak about getting a rate limit increase, reach out to support@cohere.com.