# Cohere Chat API (Command models) vs Tencent Hy4 (slim)

> Cohere Chat scores 67.9 (B) to Tencent Hy4's 64 (B) for llm inference. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Cohere Chat API (Command models) scores 67.9 (B) on agent readiness against Tencent Hy4's 64 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Tencent Hy4 leads on agent ergonomics and security & auth. Both do llm inference.

- Cohere Chat API (Command models): B 67.9, rank #403 of 1524 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cohere-chat.min.md
- Tencent Hy4: B 64, rank #595 of 1524 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hy4.min.md
- Cohere Chat API (Command models), good for Teams that want Command models for RAG with citations, tool use and multilingual work, and that may later move to a private deployment or Model Vault. Ahead on Reliability, 67 against 46; Schema & documentation, 84 against 73; Payments & pricing, 53 against 45; Transparency & trust, 75 against 52. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Free to start without a card.
- Tencent Hy4, good for Long-context agent work, coding and office or finance tasks on a 1M-token context with images, for teams already on Tencent Cloud or happy to verify an account there. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 86 against 72; Security & auth, 71 against 55.

| Category | Cohere Chat API (Command models) | Tencent Hy4 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 67 | 46 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 84 | 73 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 72 | 86 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 55 | 71 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 53 | 45 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 72 | 73 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 75 | 52 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Cohere Chat API (Command models) | Tencent Hy4 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Cohere | Tencent (Hy team) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.cohere.com/v2/chat` | no (local only) |
| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Cohere's Commercial SaaS Agreement. The SDKs are MIT | Hosted model under the Tencent Cloud TokenHub terms. Tencent says weights and a system card will follow; no licence is stated yet |
| Last release | 2026-09-09 | 2026-11-04 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-04-08 | couldn't be read |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-01 | couldn't be read |
| Customer content may train models | yes | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | couldn't be read |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | couldn't be read |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (4) | none |

Why the edge:
- Transparency & trust, Cohere Chat API (Command models) +23: Cohere Chat API (Command models) 75 (Closed service under a published SaaS agreement, MIT SDKs, and the docs say Command A+ weights are on Hugging Face under Apache 2.0, which we did not open (15 o…); Tencent Hy4 52 (Model reading for hy4 on Tencent Cloud TokenHub.)
- Reliability, Cohere Chat API (Command models) +21: Cohere Chat API (Command models) 67 (Hosted lines.); Tencent Hy4 46 (Model reading for hy4 on Tencent Cloud TokenHub.)
- Security & auth, Tencent Hy4 +16: Cohere Chat API (Command models) 55 (Model reading.); Tencent Hy4 71 (Model reading for hy4 on Tencent Cloud TokenHub.)
- Agent ergonomics, Tencent Hy4 +14: Cohere Chat API (Command models) 72 (Model reading.); Tencent Hy4 86 (Model reading for hy4 on Tencent Cloud TokenHub.)
- Schema & documentation, Cohere Chat API (Command models) +11: Cohere Chat API (Command models) 84 (Model reading.); Tencent Hy4 73 (Model reading for hy4 on Tencent Cloud TokenHub.)
- Payments & pricing, Cohere Chat API (Command models) +8: Cohere Chat API (Command models) 53 (No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, the OpenAPI file or the pricing page (0).); Tencent Hy4 45 (Model reading for hy4 on Tencent Cloud TokenHub.)