Command R (08-2024) vs KAT-Coder-Air V2.5

Command R (08-2024) at $0.172 in and $0.690 out and KAT-Coder-Air V2.5 at $0.172 in and $0.690 out — per million tokens, from the same wallet.

Command R (08-2024)

Cohere

0.14¢

for a client proposal

$0.172 in · $0.690 out / 1M

128K context · released August 2024

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KAT-Coder-Air V2.5

Kwaipilot

0.14¢

for a client proposal

$0.172 in · $0.690 out / 1M

256K context · released 1 month ago

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Asking all both at once — identical prompt, identical context — costs about 0.28¢ for a typical client proposal.

At a glance

All 2 cost the same on input.
Largest context: KAT-Coder-Air V2.5 at 256K tokens — about 370 pages.

Cost per task

Estimated totals at the rates above. Solid bar is input, lighter bar is output.

Quick code fix

2K in · 500 out

Command R (08-2024)

0.07¢

KAT-Coder-Air V2.5

0.07¢

Draft a client proposal from notes

5K in · 800 out

Command R (08-2024)

0.14¢

KAT-Coder-Air V2.5

0.14¢

Context-heavy session (Alyph workspace)

155K in · 4K out

Command R (08-2024)

needs 155K ctx

KAT-Coder-Air V2.5

2.9¢

Analyze a 50-page legal contract

35K in · 1K out

Command R (08-2024)

0.67¢

KAT-Coder-Air V2.5

0.67¢

Large architecture refactor

250K in · 3K out

Command R (08-2024)

needs 250K ctx

KAT-Coder-Air V2.5

4.5¢

Solid part of each bar is input tokens, the lighter part is output. Models that don’t fit a task are marked instead of priced.

Cost vs Token Amount

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80% Input20% Output

Command R (08-2024)

KAT-Coder-Air V2.5

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Pricing

Command R (08-2024)

KAT-Coder-Air V2.5

Input / 1M tokens

$0.172

Output / 1M tokens

$0.690

Cached input / 1M

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$0.035

Specs

Command R (08-2024)

KAT-Coder-Air V2.5

Provider

Cohere

Kwaipilot

Released

August 2024

1 month ago

Context window

128K

256K

Max output

80K

Input

Text

Output

Text

Reasoning

Answers directly

Knowledge cutoff

2024-03-31

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Try it with real numbers

2K tokens in · 500 tokens out.

Command R (08-2024)

Cohere

0.07¢

for this task

50% input · 50% output

Full pricing →

KAT-Coder-Air V2.5

Kwaipilot

0.07¢

for this task

50% input · 50% output

Full pricing →

All 2, same prompt and context: 0.14¢. That is the entire cost of the comparison.

Your $5 welcome credit covers about 3,623 of these.

Which should you pick?

For long documents, KAT-Coder-Air V2.5 has the largest context window here — 256K tokens.

On price they are identical: about 0.14¢ for a typical task each.

Or don’t pick. Send the identical prompt to all both, read the answers side by side, and keep the winner. How to run a fair bake-off →

Command R (08-2024) pricing →KAT-Coder-Air V2.5 pricing →Add Lyria 3 Clip Preview Add Grok 4.20

Questions, answered

Which is cheaper, Command R (08-2024) or KAT-Coder-Air V2.5?

On a typical client proposal (5K tokens in, 800 out) they cost the same — about 0.14¢ each. Compare them on context and capabilities instead.

Which has the largest context window?

KAT-Coder-Air V2.5 — 256K tokens, about 370 pages.

Can I run Command R (08-2024) and KAT-Coder-Air V2.5 side by side on Alyph?

Yes — that is what Alyph is built for: the identical prompt with identical context to all 2, answers rendered side by side, billed from one wallet. This exact combination costs about 0.28¢ for a typical task.

Ask both at once

Identical prompt, identical context, answers side by side — about 0.28¢ for a typical client proposal. Free to start, with $5 of credit.