# Standard Vault Pricing

Standard Vault is billed as a Cohere-managed service. Pricing depends on the models you select and
each model's [performance tier](#performance-tiers). Cohere manages the underlying infrastructure and
scaling, and customers can choose between two pricing models:

| Feature      | Fixed                                                                                            | Flex                                                              |
| ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Commitment   | Monthly or annual                                                                                | Monthly or annual                                                 |
| Capacity     | Fixed number of instances (no autoscaling)                                                       | Minimum baseline instances, plus autoscaling                      |
| Sizing       | Determined through a sizing exercise or a production trial (for example, based on expected load) | --                                                                |
| Autoscaling  | --                                                                                               | Scales up/down based on request rate and agreed latency SLOs      |
| Pause/resume | You can pause a model or restart a paused model to save on costs.                                | You can pause a model or restart a paused model to save on costs. |
| Overages     | --                                                                                               | Additional capacity billed per instance-hour                      |
| Max capacity | --                                                                                               | Maximum instance cap per model                                    |

The following table summarizes the available models and their rates. All rates are per instance.

| Model             | Performance Tier | Hourly rate | Monthly rate | Annual rate |
| ----------------- | ---------------- | ----------- | ------------ | ----------- |
| Embed 3           | Small            | $4.00       | $2,500       | $25,000     |
| Embed 4           | Small            | $4.00       | $2,500       | $25,000     |
| Embed 4           | Medium           | $5.00       | $3,250       | $32,500     |
| Rerank 3.5        | Medium           | $5.00       | $3,250       | $32,500     |
| Rerank 4 Fast     | Medium           | $5.00       | $3,250       | $32,500     |
| Rerank 4 Pro      | Medium           | $5.00       | $3,250       | $32,500     |
| Rerank 4 Pro      | Large            | $10.00      | $6,500       | $65,000     |
| Parse 5           | Medium           | $4.00       | $2,500       | $25,000     |
| Parse 5           | Large            | $8.00       | $5,000       | $50,000     |
| Parse 5           | XL               | $7.00       | $4,300       | $43,000     |
| Cohere Transcribe | Medium           | $3.75       | $2,500       | $25,000     |
| Cohere Transcribe | Large            | $7.50       | $4,750       | $47,500     |

You may also want to compare Standard Vault pricing against the operational and capacity costs of
running inference directly in your cloud provider account (for example, AWS), where cloud-provider
credits may apply.

## Generative models

The rates above cover **Embed**, **Rerank**, **Parse**, and **Transcribe**. Embed and Rerank are
available self-serve. Generative models (the Command A family and North) are also available on
Standard Vault, typically through a waitlist. All rates are per instance, per hour.

| Model               | L Hourly rate | XL hourly rate |
| ------------------- | ------------- | -------------- |
| Command A           | $40.00        | $48.00         |
| Command A Vision    | $40.00        | $48.00         |
| Command A Translate | $40.00        | $48.00         |
| Command A Reasoning | $48.00        | $57.50         |
| Command A+          | $17.50        | $32.50         |
| North Mini Code     | $7.50         | $10.50         |

Monthly and annual commitment pricing follows the same Fixed and Flex plans described above;
[contact Cohere](https://cohere.com/contact-sales) for those rates and for access. Generative access
typically requires a waitlist, so check the model dropdown when creating a vault, or contact Cohere.
Bundles and customized models are also available; see
[Supported Models](/guides/model-vault-standard-supported-models) for the full list.

For the pricing of the encrypted, confidential-computing product, see
[Model Vault Encrypted Pricing](/guides/model-vault-encrypted-pricing).

## Performance Tiers

Each model has a performance tier based on latency requirements and throughput service level
objectives (SLOs) per instance. You can see the tiers listed in the model dropdown selection as a size
letter (e.g., `S`, `M`, `L`). The tiers follow an **instance/hour pricing**, which is then
incorporated into your payment plan. We recommend selecting the model-performance tier combination
that matches the nature of your workflow and the required measures of performance.

## Related pages

- [Standard Vault Overview](./model-vault-standard-overview.md)
- [Supported Models](./model-vault-standard-supported-models.md)
- [Calling a Standard Vault over the API](./model-vault-standard-api-access.md)

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