Cohere lists 6 models and Elorian 1. Cohere is cheaper on a typical model ($0.60 per 1M tokens median). Below: line-up, price tiers, the cheapest model for each capability, and what each costs for five real workloads.
| Cohere | Elorian | |
|---|---|---|
| Models listed | 6 | 1 |
| Models with published pricing | 6 | 1 |
| Typical price (median, 3:1 blend per 1M) | $0.60 | $1.20 |
| Cheapest paid model | Cohere: Command R7B (12-2024) ($0.07) | Elorian: Glimpse ($1.20) |
| Longest context | Cohere: Command A (256K) | Elorian: Glimpse (262K) |
| Free models | 1 | 0 |
| Newest model | Cohere: Command A+ (2026-09-22) | Elorian: Glimpse (2026-10-17) |
| Price changes in the last 90 days | 0 | 0 |
For each workload: the cheapest model from each provider that can actually do it (fits the context window; tool calling required for the agent), and its monthly cost at list price.
| Workload (per month) | Cohere | Elorian |
|---|---|---|
| Customer-support chatbot 50,000 conversations — each a 6-turn conversation | $5.81 with Cohere: Command R7B (12-2024) | $105 with Elorian: Glimpse |
| RAG search over documents 20,000 questions — each a question answered from ~8 retrieved passages | $6.00 with Cohere: Command R7B (12-2024) | $102 with Elorian: Glimpse |
| Coding / tool-using agent 2,000 tasks — each a multi-step task with tool calls and file context | $25.20 with Cohere: Command R (08-2024) | $108 with Elorian: Glimpse |
| Batch summarisation 10,000 documents — each a 6,000-word report summarised to a page | $3.90 with Cohere: Command R7B (12-2024) | $66.00 with Elorian: Glimpse |
| Long-document analysis 500 documents — each a 150-page contract or codebase read in one pass | $2.02 with Cohere: Command R7B (12-2024) | $33.00 with Elorian: Glimpse |
| You need | Cohere | Elorian |
|---|---|---|
| Any model | Cohere: Command R7B (12-2024) ($0.07) | Elorian: Glimpse ($1.20) |
| With tool calling | Cohere: Command R (08-2024) ($0.26) | Elorian: Glimpse ($1.20) |
| With image input | Cohere: Command A+ ($0.60) | Elorian: Glimpse ($1.20) |
| With reasoning mode | Cohere: Command A+ ($0.60) | Elorian: Glimpse ($1.20) |
| 128K+ context | Cohere: Command R7B (12-2024) ($0.07) | Elorian: Glimpse ($1.20) |
| 1M+ context | none listed | none listed |
| Model type | Cohere | Elorian |
|---|---|---|
| text+image+video->text | 0 | 1 |
| text+image->text | 1 | 0 |
| text->text | 5 | 0 |
| Price per 1M (3:1 blend) | Cohere | Elorian |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 1 | 0 |
| Under $0.50 | 2 | 0 |
| $0.50 – $3 | 1 | 1 |
| $3 – $10 | 2 | 0 |
| $10 and up | 0 | 0 |
Cohere is cheaper on a typical model: a median of $0.60 per 1M tokens (3:1 input/output) against $1.20 for Elorian. The cheapest paid models are Cohere: Command R7B (12-2024) at $0.07 and Elorian: Glimpse at $1.20.
It depends on the job: Cohere offers the broader line-up (6 models vs 1), Cohere the lower typical price, Elorian the longest context (262K tokens). The workload table above shows which wins for chat, RAG, agents, batch jobs and long documents.
Cohere: Cohere lists 6 models and Elorian lists 1.
Elorian: Cohere's longest is Cohere: Command A at 256K tokens; Elorian's is Elorian: Glimpse at 262K.
Cohere: 1 free model (e.g. Cohere: North Mini Code (free)). Elorian: none.
Cohere: 1 of 6 models accept images. Elorian: 1 of 1.