Does Cohere require a credit card?

We could not verify this from an official page, so we leave it blank rather than guess.

What are Cohere's free rate limits?

For Chat (any Command model): 20 requests/min. Embed: 2,000 inputs/min · Rerank: 10 req/min · Audio transcription: 5 req/min

Oct 21, 2026, against: Rate limits.

Free tier/Report for October 2026

Free API tier limits · LLM + embeddings + rerank

Free trial keys: 1,000 API calls per month, 20 req/min on Chat models, plus Embed and Rerank.

Card unverifiedVerified Oct 21, 20261 official sourceLLM + embeddings + rerank

20requests / minuteRank 6 of 9 that publish it

—requests / day · not published

—tokens / minute · not published

Unknowncard requirement unverified

Headline figures for Chat (any Command model). Ranks compare providers' published headline figures, not identical models.

1,000 API calls per month on trial keys.

Embed: 2,000 inputs/min · Rerank: 10 req/min · Audio transcription: 5 req/min

Model / tier	RPM	RPD	TPM	TPD / other
Chat (Command A / R / R7B / North Mini Code …)	20	—	—	1,000 calls / month
Embed	2,000 inputs/min	—	—	—
Rerank	10	—	—	—
Audio Transcriptions	5	—	—	—

Command ACommand A+Command A ReasoningCommand A VisionCommand R+Command RCommand R7BNorth Mini CodeEmbedRerank

Trial keys are 'evaluation keys (free but limited in usage)'.
Newer model variants (e.g. Command A Reasoning) are limited like trial keys even on production keys.

Left blank on purpose: whether a card is required. No official public source as of Oct 21, 2026.

Does Cohere have a free API tier?: Free tier. Free trial keys: 1,000 API calls per month, 20 req/min on Chat models, plus Embed and Rerank.
Does Cohere require a credit card?: We could not verify this from an official page, so we leave it blank rather than guess.
What are Cohere's free rate limits?: For Chat (any Command model): 20 requests/min. Embed: 2,000 inputs/min · Rerank: 10 req/min · Audio transcription: 5 req/min
When was this Cohere data last verified?: Oct 21, 2026, against: Rate limits.