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Claude Opus 4.8 vs Command R (08-2024)
List-price comparison · Claude Opus 4.8 details · Command R (08-2024) details
For a typical workload (100,000 requests / mo), Command R (08-2024) costs 97% less — $42.00/mo vs $1,600.00/mo.
| Claude Opus 4.8 | Command R (08-2024) | |
|---|---|---|
| Input / 1M tokens | $5.00 | $0.150 |
| Output / 1M tokens | $25.00 | $0.600 |
| Typical request (1,200 in + 400 out) | $0.016 | $0.0004 |
| Context window | 1M tokens | 128k tokens |
| Max output | 128k tokens | 4k tokens |
| Tier | Flagship | Flash |
| Provider | Anthropic | Cohere |
Projected monthly cost
1,000 requests / month$16.00 vs $0.4210,000 requests / month$160.00 vs $4.20100,000 requests / month$1,600.00 vs $42.00
Rows open both models in the calculator — adjust volume and token counts there.
Claude Opus 4.8
Best-in-class for complex multi-step agentic workflows, long-horizon planning, and large codebase refactors. Strong instruction-following on ambiguous, open-ended tasks.
Highest per-token cost in the catalog and noticeably higher latency — reserve for tasks that genuinely need top-tier reasoning rather than routine completions.
Command R (08-2024)
Auto-synced from OpenRouter — no editorial write-up yet.
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