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title: "Command R+ — LLM-TEST.com"
url: /models/command-r-plus/
canonical_url: https://llm-test.com/models/command-r-plus/
language: en
type: model
summary: "Cohere's enterprise flagship, purpose-built for retrieval-augmented generation, grounded citations, and multi-step tool use. Weights are published under a research-only license."
last_updated: "2026-11-05"
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# Command R+

_Cohere · Flagship · open weights_

Cohere's enterprise flagship, purpose-built for retrieval-augmented generation, grounded citations, and multi-step tool use. Weights are published under a research-only license.

## At a glance

- Released: Jul 9, 2026
- Provider: Cohere
- Context window: 128,000 tokens
- Max output: 16,000 tokens
- Modalities: Text → text
- Knowledge cutoff: March 2026
- API model ID: `command-r-plus`
- License: Open weights (CC-BY-NC, research)

## Pricing

- Standard: $2.50 input / $10 output per 1M tokens (aggregator estimate)
- Example: a 1,500-token prompt + 650-token answer ≈ $0.010 (standard)

## What's new vs Command R+ (08-2024) (August 2024)

- More accurate citations and grounding than the 2024 release
- Improved multi-step tool use for enterprise agents
- Higher price than the mid-tier Command R

## Best use cases

- **Enterprise RAG** — Answers over private knowledge bases with inline source citations.
- **Tool-using agents** — Plans and executes multi-step workflows across business systems.
- **Regulated industries** — Grounded, auditable outputs suit compliance-sensitive teams.

## Strengths

- Best-in-class RAG grounding
- Strong tool use
- Enterprise focus

## Limitations

- Research-only license for the weights
- Priciest in the Command line

## Where to get access

- API: the Cohere dashboard — https://dashboard.cohere.com
- Also available: Amazon Bedrock, Azure AI Foundry and Oracle OCI
- Docs: https://docs.cohere.com

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