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Command R (08-2024) API: toman pricing and code

cohere/command-r-08-2024

toolsjson
Input · per 1M tokens
43,519 toman
Output · per 1M tokens
174,075 toman
One 1,000-word request ≈
283 toman

You are billed for the usage the request actually reported. Prices follow the market.Pricing and top-ups

Command R (08-2024) example: tool calling

The example is picked from this model's own capabilities. Drop in your key and it runs as is.

from openai import OpenAI
import json

client = OpenAI(base_url="https://api.uttapen.ir/v1", api_key="sk-up-…")

tools = [{
    "type": "function",
    "function": {
        "name": "check_stock",
        "description": "Returns the stock level of a product",
        "parameters": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {"sku": {"type": "string"}},
            "required": ["sku"],
        },
    },
}]

messages = [{"role": "user", "content": "How many of the Nike NK-42 shoe are in stock?"}]
first = client.chat.completions.create(model="cohere/command-r-08-2024", messages=messages, tools=tools)
call = first.choices[0].message.tool_calls[0]

# you run the function yourself — the model never touches the database
args = json.loads(call.function.arguments)
result = {"sku": args["sku"], "qty": 7}

messages += [first.choices[0].message, {"role": "tool", "tool_call_id": call.id, "content": json.dumps(result)}]
final = client.chat.completions.create(model="cohere/command-r-08-2024", messages=messages, tools=tools)
print(final.choices[0].message.content)

What is Command R (08-2024) good for?

The id for Command R (08-2024) in our API is "cohere/command-r-08-2024", served from Cohere. Context is 128,000 tokens; past that you have to summarise the history yourself. A single response can run to 4,000 tokens. On price it sits in the "very cheap" band — cheaper than 95 and dearer than 311 of the other paid models in the catalogue.

What you get on top of text in, text out: it supports tool calling, so it can invoke your own functions with valid arguments; it returns schema-valid JSON through response_format, ready to hand to your code. All of it works through the standard parameters of the official OpenAI SDK — no custom client, no wrapper.

Input runs at 43,519 toman per 1M tokens and output at 174,075 — output costs 4× input, so trimming the answer saves more than trimming the prompt. You are always charged for the usage the request actually reported, never for the estimate, and a failed request costs nothing.

The closest alternative with the same capabilities from a different provider is Saba: Command R (08-2024) works out roughly 1.1× cheaper, and its context window is larger. Both run on the same key and the same code, so trying the other one is a single string change.

To make the figure concrete: 100,000 toman of credit buys roughly 353 thousand-word requests on Command R (08-2024), and every 1,000 toman is about 3,534 words of round trip. A job with one million input tokens and one million output tokens comes to 217,594 toman in total. Filling this model's 128,000-token window costs 5,570 toman on the input side alone, which is the real reason to keep conversation history short.

Its nearest relative in the catalogue is "cohere/command-r-plus-08-2024", and choosing between those two is where most people hesitate. On a thousand-word request this variant works out 16.7× cheaper (283 against 4,715 toman).

Cohere has 5 models in our catalogue; the cheapest is Command R7B (12-2024) at 71 toman per thousand words and the dearest Command R+ (08-2024) at 4,715. Among the less common parameters it accepts top_k — all through the standard request body. It does not support include_reasoning, reasoning, which most models here do, so test before switching if your code relies on them. By context size the nearest option from another provider is Nova Micro 1.0 at 128,000 tokens.

Where it makes sense: high-volume work such as classification, tagging and bulk summarising, agents that reach out to APIs and databases, extracting data against a fixed schema.

Provider's own description

command-r-08-2024 is an update of the [Command R](/models/cohere/command-r) with improved performance for multilingual retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and tool use. More broadly, it is better at math, code and reasoning and...

Three real jobs, priced on this model

Each figure is derived from the prices above and moves when they do.

JobTokensCost
One chat turn with a medium history1,500 in + 400 out135 toman
Summarising a ten-page document4,000 in + 600 out279 toman
Classifying a thousand short rows120,000 in + 20,000 out8,704 toman

Frequently asked

How do I call Command R (08-2024) from Iran?
Sign up with your mobile number, top the wallet up in toman, create an API key, then in the official OpenAI SDK point base_url at https://api.uttapen.ir/v1 and set model to "cohere/command-r-08-2024". Nothing else in your code changes.
What does Command R (08-2024) cost in toman?
43,519 toman per 1M input tokens and 174,075 toman per 1M output tokens; a 1,000-word request is around 283 toman. You pay for the usage that request actually reported, and a failed request costs nothing.
How much input does Command R (08-2024) take?
Up to 128,000 tokens per request, roughly 96k words. A single answer can reach 4,000 tokens.
Does Command R (08-2024) support streaming and tool calling?
Streaming (stream=true) works on every model here. This one supports tool calling in the standard OpenAI shape. Structured output through response_format works too.