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Cohere vs Core42

Cohere or Core42? Their plans monthly and yearly, the capabilities their makers state, security and latest updates, side by side — read from the makers' own pages.

In short

  • Both: Choice of models, Self-hosted, API, Runs models for you, Search over your data

Cohere

Cohere provides enterprise AI models, APIs, search, document processing, and agentic workplace products.

Plans

North

Price on request

  • Intuitive interface
  • Purpose-built generative models
  • Intelligent search
  • AI agents for routine tasks and complex workflows

Compass

Price on request

  • Pre-built data connectors
  • Intelligent search
  • Document parsing
  • Managed index

Model Vault

  • $4.00 per hour per instance
  • $2,500 per month per instance
  • $5.00 per hour per instance
  • $3,250 per month per instance
  • $5.00 per hour per instance
  • $3,250 per month per instance
  • $5.00 per hour per instance
  • $3,250 per month per instance
  • $5.00 per hour per instance
  • $3,250 per month per instance
  • $10.00 per hour per instance
  • $6,500 per month per instance
  • $4.00 per hour per instance
  • $2,500 per month per instance
  • $7.00 per hour per instance
  • $4,300 per month per instance
  • Fully managed model deployment
  • No shared resources or multi-tenancy overhead
  • Seamless integration with Cohere North
  • Simple startup and self-serve model access
  • Fixed or Flex pricing plans available

Prices checked 2026-09-25 on the maker’s page.

Capabilities

  • Choice of models — “Your model selection reflects your relative prioritization of model performance and speed.” source
  • Self-hosted — “On-prem or isolated VPCs” source
  • API — “This API key will be available on the dashboard for you to copy, as well as in the dashboard section called “API Keys.”” source
  • Runs models for you — “Model Vault is our dedicated, fully managed platform to run Cohere models securely, at scale, and with guaranteed performance.” source
  • Search over your data — “Our intelligent search and discovery system designed to surface insights from across your business.” source

Security

  • SOC 2 Type II — “Our API platform is hosted on industry-leading cloud infrastructure and is SOC 2 Type II compliant” source
  • SOC 2 — “Our API platform is hosted on industry-leading cloud infrastructure and is SOC 2 Type II compliant” source

Latest updates

  • Announcing Cohere's North Small Translate (north-small-translate-1-0)

    North Small Translate is available through the free-tier Chat V2 API and as open weights in W4A16, FP8, and BF16 for non-commercial use.

  • Meet Cohere Parse (parse-v5.0)

    Parse turns documents into Markdown and extracts text, tables, lists, forms, images and captions, page boundaries, and visual element locations.

  • Meet Cohere Transcribe Arabic (cohere-transcribe-arabic-07-2026)

    Cohere Transcribe Arabic is fine-tuned using Arabic speech data and supports Arabic and English.

About Cohere

Core42

Core42 provides sovereign AI cloud infrastructure, model APIs, GPU compute, and services for enterprises, governments, and researchers.

Plans

K2 Horizon 375B

  • $0.15 (input, per 1M tokens)
  • $0.50 (output, per 1M tokens)

    GPT-5.6 Sol

    • $5.50 (input, per 1M tokens)
    • $33.00 (output, per 1M tokens)

      GPT-5.6 Luna

      • $1.10 (input, per 1M tokens)
      • $6.60 (output, per 1M tokens)

        GPT-5.6 Terra

        • $2.75 (input, per 1M tokens)
        • $16.50 (output, per 1M tokens)

          GPT-5.4

          • $3.00 (input, per 1M tokens)
          • $18.15 (output, per 1M tokens)

            GPT-5.2

            • $1.75 (input, per 1M tokens)
            • $14.00 (output, per 1M tokens)

              GPT-5.1

              • $1.25 (input, per 1M tokens)
              • $10.00 (output, per 1M tokens)

                GPT-5

                • $1.25 (input, per 1M tokens)
                • $10.00 (output, per 1M tokens)

                  GPT-5 mini

                  • $0.275 (input, per 1M tokens)
                  • $2.20 (output, per 1M tokens)

                    GPT-4.1

                    • $2.00 (input, per 1M tokens)
                    • $8.00 (output, per 1M tokens)
                    • $30.3 (training, per 1M tokens)

                      Prices checked 2026-09-25 on the maker’s page.

                      Capabilities

                      • Choice of models — “unified access to frontier and open-weight models across multiple silicon types” source
                      • Self-hosted — “The cloud enables flexible, secure AI deployment on premises and in the field, while cybersecurity ensures The Intelligence Grid remains guarded against threats.” source
                      • API — “Use Compass APIs” source
                      • Runs models for you — “A full-stack platform delivering accelerator choice, global scale, and peak performance across inference and training workloads.” source
                      • Search over your data — “File Search Tool Call” source

                      Latest updates

                      • K2 Horizon 375B (5.5.2)

                        Onboarded in the UAE region for advanced coding, complex problem-solving, and long-context agentic applications.

                      • Pay-as-you-go Commercial Updates (5.5)

                        Enhanced the Pay-as-you-go commercial experience to support subscription and monthly spend management for Azure Marketplace customers.

                      • Cost by API Key in Usage Report (5.5)

                        Usage Report now provides cost breakdowns by API key to track spending, allocate costs, and monitor usage.

                      About Core42