Command A+
v20260520Cohere
Cohere's Apache 2.0 open-weight 218B sparse MoE (25B active) unifying Command A, A Reasoning, A Vision, and A Translate. Runs on 2xH100 or a single B200, supports 48 languages, and ships native citations with grounding spans for verifiable RAG.
Trust Vector Analysis
Dimension Breakdown
🚀Performance & Reliability+
Released 2026-05-20, unifying Command A + A Reasoning + A Vision + A Translate into one model. Efficient serving (25B active, 2xH100 or 1xB200). Benchmarks are vendor-reported and independent verification is still emerging.
Vendor-reported coding benchmarks; independent replication still emerging three weeks post-release
Vendor-reported reasoning benchmarks pending broad independent verification
Review of vendor benchmarks emphasizing enterprise RAG, translation, and multilingual tasks
Review of grounded-generation behavior and enterprise consistency claims
Median latency for API requests with standard prompt sizes
95th percentile response time across diverse workloads
Provider documentation; A+ figure carried from Command A line pending explicit spec sheet
Historical uptime data from official status page
🛡️Security+
Strongest security posture among current open-weight releases thanks to Cohere's enterprise platform: SOC 2, VPC/private deployment, and a grounded-generation design that narrows injection surface in RAG.
Review of vendor security documentation and enterprise deployment guidance against OWASP LLM01 patterns
Testing against adversarial prompt datasets; deployer-dependent for self-hosted use
Analysis of deployment isolation options and data handling practices
Safety testing across harmful content categories
Review of API security features, certifications, and enterprise controls
🔒Privacy & Compliance+
Best-in-class privacy posture for an open-weight model: Western jurisdiction, SOC 2, and a full spectrum from SaaS to on-premises. The rare combination of open weights plus enterprise compliance is its core differentiator.
Review of deployment documentation and residency options
Analysis of privacy policy and enterprise data usage terms
Review of terms of service and deployment-dependent retention
Review of data protection capabilities and customer responsibilities
Verification of compliance certifications and audit reports
Review of self-hosting and private deployment options enabling zero retention
👁️Trust & Transparency+
Native citations and grounding spans are a genuine trust differentiator: outputs in RAG mode are verifiable against source passages by construction, not post-hoc.
Evaluation of citation fidelity and grounding-span behavior in retrieval workflows
Testing on grounded QA workloads; ungrounded closed-book use performs closer to peers
Review of published bias evaluations and responsibility framework
Assessment of confidence expression and grounding-span signaling
Review of documentation completeness and clarity
Review of public disclosures about training data
Analysis of built-in safety mechanisms and configurability
⚙️Operational Excellence+
Mature enterprise platform behind a permissively licensed model. Apache 2.0 weights plus SOC 2 SaaS/VPC options give an unusually wide deployment spectrum.
Review of API design, consistency, and feature completeness
Review of SDK quality, documentation, and maintenance
Review of versioning policy and historical practices
Review of available monitoring tools and metrics
Assessment of documentation, community, and support responsiveness
Analysis of third-party integrations, cloud availability, and tooling
Review of licensing terms and restrictions
- +Native citations with grounding spans — verifiable RAG outputs by construction
- +Apache 2.0 open weights from a Western enterprise vendor with SOC 2 and VPC/on-prem options
- +Efficient serving: 218B sparse MoE with 25B active, runs on 2xH100 or a single B200
- +Unifies Command A, A Reasoning, A Vision, and A Translate into one multimodal model
- +48-language support with strong enterprise translation quality
- +Full deployment spectrum: SaaS, cloud marketplace, VPC, on-premises, self-hosted
- !Command A+ pricing not clearly published as of 2026-06-10 (prior Command A was $2.50/$10 per 1M)
- !Benchmarks vendor-reported; independent verification still emerging three weeks post-release
- !Behind agentic-coding specialists on SWE-bench-style tasks
- !Training data sources not disclosed in detail
- !Smaller open-source community than Chinese open-weight ecosystems
Use Case Ratings
code generation
Capable but not the focus; agentic-coding specialists (Kimi K2.6, GLM-5) score higher.
customer support
Excellent fit: 48 languages, grounded answers with citations, fast 25B-active serving, enterprise deployment options.
content creation
Strong multilingual content with citation support for sourced writing.
data analysis
Solid analysis with multimodal input and verifiable grounding over enterprise documents.
research assistant
Native citations with grounding spans make research outputs auditable; 256K context handles large corpora.
legal compliance
Western jurisdiction, SOC 2, VPC/on-prem options, and verifiable citations suit legal document workflows.
healthcare
Private/self-hosted deployment supports strict data control; verify HIPAA terms for managed offerings.
financial analysis
Grounded generation over filings and reports with citation trails fits compliance-sensitive finance work.
education
Strong multilingual tutoring; citations encourage source-checking habits.
creative writing
Serviceable but enterprise-tuned; creative specialists perform better.