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Command R (03-2024)

Deprecated

Deprecated 2025-09-15 per docs.cohere.com/docs/deprecations.md (alias 'command-r'). Replacement: command-r-08-2024 or command-a-03-2025. Legacy price $0.50 in / $1.50 out per 1M confirmed first-party 2026-07-26 from the cohere.com/pricing FAQ ("Command R 03-2024 pricing is $0.50/1M tokens for input and $1.50/1M tokens for output"). Associated fine-tuned models were deprecated/shut down earlier on 2025-03-08. Correction 2026-09-02 (our error, not a provider change, so no changelog event): this row carried retires_on 2025-09-15 and a note calling that date a shutdown. It is the DEPRECATION date. Cohere publishes the two as distinct states — "Deprecated: no longer available to new customers but remain available to existing users until retirement... A shutdown date will be assigned at that time" vs "Shutdown: no longer available for users" — and docs.cohere.com/docs/models.md, re-read 2026-09-02, labels this model "Deprecated Sept 15, 2025" while labelling c4ai-aya-expanse-8b "Retired Apr 4, 2026". Cohere has assigned this model no shutdown date, so retires_on is now null; deprecated_on carries the 2025-09-15 date it always meant.

Command R (03-2024) by Cohere costs $0.5 per 1M input tokens and $1.50 per 1M output tokens ($0.75/1M blended), with a 128K (128.000-token) context window. It is deprecated; the recommended replacement is Command R (08-2024). Its weights are publicly downloadable, so it can be self-hosted on your own infrastructure.

Last verified: 26 Sep 2026 · sourced from official provider documentation

Deprecated since 15 Sep 2025 · no retirement date published

Lifecycle warning

This model is deprecated. Recommended migration: Command R (08-2024).

Read the Command R (03-2024) migration guide → replacement & cheapest alternatives

Provider
Cohere
Status
Deprecated
Input price
$0.5 / 1M tokens
Output price
$1.50 / 1M tokens
Cached input
—
Blended price
$0.75 / 1M tokens
Context window
128.000 tokens (128K)
Max output
4000 tokens
Modality
text
Open weights
Yes — self-hostable
Knowledge cutoff
—
Released
Mar 2024
API string
command-r-03-2024

Source: Cohere official documentation ↗

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FAQ

Command R (03-2024) — questions & answers

How much does Command R (03-2024) cost?

Command R (03-2024) is priced at $0.5 per 1M input tokens and $1.50 per 1M output tokens ($0.75/1M blended at a 3:1 input-to-output ratio).

What is the context window of Command R (03-2024)?

Command R (03-2024) has a 128.000-token context window (128K), with up to 4000 output tokens per request.

Is Command R (03-2024) being deprecated or retired?

Command R (03-2024) is deprecated. It was deprecated on 15 Sep 2025; no retirement date has been published yet. The recommended migration is Command R (08-2024).

Does Command R (03-2024) support image or vision input?

Our catalog lists Command R (03-2024)'s modalities as text; image/vision input is not among them.

Can I self-host Command R (03-2024)?

Yes — Command R (03-2024) is an open-weight model: its weights are publicly downloadable, so you can run it on your own infrastructure (subject to its license) instead of only calling Cohere's API.

What is the API model string for Command R (03-2024)?

The API model identifier for Command R (03-2024) is "command-r-03-2024" when calling Cohere's API.