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The SDKs are MIT", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.cohere.com/v2/chat", "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "cohere" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "cohere-ai" }, { "registry": "go", "name": "github.com/cohere-ai/cohere-go/v2" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "Bearer API key from the dashboard, self-serve. A trial key is created at sign-up. A production key needs a team Owner to complete the Go to Production form and accept the SaaS agreement. Team roles are Owner and User. No key scopes or expiry were found in the docs.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Trial keys are free with no card, limited to 20 chat requests a minute and 1,000 calls a month, and not for commercial use. Production keys bill per input and output token, monthly or at $250 outstanding. Current Command prices are in a script-drawn tab of cohere.com/pricing that we could not read. Production keys stay at trial limits on Command A+, Reasoning, Translate and Vision (checked 2026-10-09).", "priceSummary": "from $2.50 / 1M in", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, the OpenAPI file or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-09).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-09" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.cohere.com/docs/chat-api", "rateLimitsUrl": "https://docs.cohere.com/docs/rate-limits", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.cohere.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cohere-ai/cohere-developer-experience/main/cohere-openapi.yaml", "capabilities": [ "inference.llm", "inference.open-weights" ], "tags": [ "official", "hosted", "model", "free-tier", "no-card", "openapi", "llms-txt", "openai-compatible", "python", "typescript", "java", "go", "status-page", "soc2", "bug-bounty" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-09", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 64.7, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 342, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 950, "categoryRank": 11, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 72, "maintenance": 72, "payments": 30, "reliability": 64, "schema": 84, "security": 57, "transparency": 74 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-09" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "A public OpenAPI file, Markdown twins of every docs page and SDKs in four languages make the Chat API easy for an agent to read. Production keys do not cover the four newest Command models, whose limits are set by sales, and the SaaS agreement lets Cohere share API data with third parties.", "bestFor": "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.", "strengths": [ "Public OpenAPI 3.1 file in the docs repository, last changed 29 September 2026, and a Markdown twin of every docs page", "A trial key is created at sign-up with no card, limited to 20 chat requests a minute and 1,000 calls a month", "Official SDKs for Python, TypeScript, Java and Go, each with a release on 26 August 2026", "JSON Schema structured outputs, `strict_tools` (beta), citations, reasoning budgets and safety modes on the v2 chat request", "The trust centre lists SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, ISO 42001 and a bug bounty, with nine sub-processors, all in the US" ], "weaknesses": [ "Production keys work like trial keys on Command A+, Reasoning, Translate and Vision. The docs send production use of those models to sales or to Model Vault", "Prices for current Command models sit in a script-drawn tab of the pricing page that we could not read. Only legacy prices appear in the page text", "The SaaS agreement of 8 April 2025 grants Cohere an irrevocable right to use API data to improve its services and to share it with third parties", "No Retry-After header, backoff guidance or idempotency key was found in the reviewed documentation", "The SaaS agreement forbids use of the services for benchmarking or competitive analysis. Recorded as a fact, and it matters before any probe is run" ], "agentNotes": [ "Call `POST https://api.cohere.com/v2/chat` with `Authorization: bearer \u003ckey\u003e`. `model` and `messages` are the only required fields", "Use `command-a-03-2025`, `command-r-08-2024`, `command-r-plus-08-2024` or `command-r7b-12-2024` for production traffic. Newer variants stay at trial limits on a production key", "Keep a trial key under 20 chat requests a minute and 1,000 calls a month, and do not use it for commercial work", "Set `response_format` with a `json_schema` for structured output, and tell the model to produce JSON when using `json_object` without a schema", "Ask the account Owner to turn off training under Data Controls in the dashboard before sending confidential prompts" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 64.7 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 72, "maintenance": 72, "payments": 30, "reliability": 64, "schema": 84, "security": 57, "transparency": 65 }, "provenanceScore": 83 }, "connect": { "install": "pip install cohere # or: npm i cohere-ai", "http": "curl --request POST \\\n --url https://api.cohere.ai/v2/chat \\\n --header 'accept: application/json' \\\n --header 'content-type: application/json' \\\n --header \"Authorization: bearer $CO_API_KEY\" \\\n --data '{\"model\":\"command-a-plus-05-2026\",\"messages\":[{\"role\":\"user\",\"content\":\"Hello\"}]}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/inference.llm", "tool": "https://letme.dev/cohere-chat" }, "sameCompany": [ "cohere-embed", "cohere-north" ], "area": "models", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Cohere Inc.", "domain": "cohere.com", "domainRegistered": "2000-03-07", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://cohere.com/saas-agreement", "privacy": "https://cohere.com/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.cohere.com", "changelog": "https://docs.cohere.com/v2/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-09", "notes": [ "The Commercial SaaS Agreement (last updated 8 April 2025) names Cohere Inc., 171 John Street, Suite 200, Toronto, Ontario, and is governed by Ontario law.", "The privacy policy (last updated 1 May 2026) says it does not apply to customer inputs and outputs under an enterprise agreement, which the agreement and a DPA govern. The DPA is sent on request.", "The OpenAPI file names https://api.cohere.com as the server and the chat guide's examples call https://api.cohere.ai. Both are Cohere's.", "cohere.com/.well-known/security.txt answers 404. The trust centre holds a responsible disclosure policy for the bug bounty.", "status.cohere.ai redirects to status.cohere.com, whose robots.txt answers 404, so the host publishes no rules.", "RDAP for cohere.com gives a registration date of 2000-03-07." ], "score": 83 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cohere-chat.json", "live": { "slug": "cohere-chat", "probe": { "target": "https://api.cohere.com/v2/chat", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-10T03:53:23.99053692Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 128, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 143, "p95ms24h": 238, "samples24h": 125, "samples30d": 125, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 85, "ok": 85 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 40, "ok": 40 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.cohere.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-10T03:58:09.451211216Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "cohere-ai/cohere-python", "version": "7.1.0", "released": "2026-08-26", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T16:46:32.363318225Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "cohere-ai", "version": "8.1.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T16:46:31.955149363Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "cohere", "version": "7.2.0", "released": "2026-09-28", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T16:46:31.750729672Z" } ], "githubStars": 404, "npmWeekly": 446483, "pypiWeekly": 2506118, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.cohere.com/v2/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:36:57.799784835Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-07T18:04:51.510283642Z", "fingerprint": "f82c6d389ba7" }, { "url": "https://docs.cohere.com/docs/deprecations", "kind": "deprecations", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:36:55.160420163Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "9848f1f6c54c" }, { "url": "https://cohere.com/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:34:08.463769439Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-08T18:16:32.121838469Z", "fingerprint": "5ed49b0909fd" }, { "url": "https://cohere.com/saas-agreement", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:34:10.296826504Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "09fbf37bff61" } ], "models": { "command-r-plus-08-2024": { "openrouterId": "cohere/command-r-plus-08-2024", "tools": true, "structuredOutputs": true, "jsonMode": true, "reasoning": false, "input": [ "text" ], "promptCaching": false, "contextTokens": 128000, "maxOutput": 4000, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T22:59:28.49657734Z" } }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-10T03:58:09.451211216Z" } }, "answer": "Cohere Chat API (Command models) scores 64.7 (B) on agent readiness against Novita AI's 53.5 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Novita AI leads on security \u0026 auth and payments \u0026 pricing.", "b": { "slug": "novita-ai", "name": "Novita AI", "vendor": "Novita AI", "vendorUrl": "https://novita.ai", "kind": "model", "category": "inference", "summary": "Novita AI is a hosted inference API for open-weight language models, with embeddings, reranking, image, video and speech models on the same key. It answers OpenAI-style calls at api.novita.ai with a Bearer key.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/novita-ai", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/novita-ai.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/novita-ai.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/novita-ai.json", "repo": "https://github.com/novitalabs/novita-skills", "license": "Proprietary service under the Novita AI Terms of Service. The agent skill and the MCP server are MIT", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.novita.ai/openai", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "novita-sdk" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "novita-client" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@novitalabs/novita-mcp-server" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "Self-serve Bearer key from Key Management in the console after a browser sign-up. Keys start with `sk_`, are shown once, number up to 10 an account and take an expiry of 24 hours, 30 days, 90 days or none. A per-key model access policy and source IP allowlist can be set by API. `auth.md` also describes OAuth with PKCE after the user signs in and approves (https://docs.novita.ai/guides/llm-api-keys, https://novita.ai/auth.md).", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "Pay per token from prepaid credit. `deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash` costs $0.30 in and $1.20 out per 1M tokens, batch is 50 per cent off as an introductory price, and two models are listed as free. A voucher for new users is described without an amount, and whether a card is needed was not found (https://novita.ai/pricing, checked 2026-10-09).", "priceSummary": "from $0.05 / 1M in", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs index, the docs site map, the pricing page or the skill repository (checked 2026-10-09).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 6, "npmWeekly": 1363, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-09" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.novita.ai/guides/introduction", "rateLimitsUrl": "https://docs.novita.ai/guides/llm-rate-limits", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.novita.ai/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://novita.ai/.well-known/openapi.json", "capabilities": [ "inference.llm", "inference.open-weights", "embed.text", "rerank", "image.generate", "video.generate", "speech.tts", "compute.batch" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "model", "open-weights", "usage-based", "llms-txt", "openai-compatible", "batch", "prompt-caching", "changelog" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-28", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 53.5, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 706, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 950, "categoryRank": 15, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 72, "maintenance": 62, "payments": 35, "reliability": 28, "schema": 62, "security": 65, "transparency": 56 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-09" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Per-token prices for about 140 language models are public, and each key can carry an expiry, a model allowlist and a source IP allowlist. No status page, SLA or security.txt was found, the per-model rate limit figures are drawn by script, and both vendor SDK repositories are archived while the docs still point to them.", "bestFor": "Agents that want many open-weight models at per-token prices behind one OpenAI-style key, with keys that can be limited by model, IP and expiry.", "strengths": [ "API keys take an expiry of 24 hours, 30 days or 90 days, a per-key model access policy and a per-key source IP allowlist, the last two settable by API", "The pricing page lists input, output and cache-read prices per 1M tokens with context size for each language model, readable without a login", "The terms commit to zero data retention and say content is not used to train Novita's models by default, with stated exceptions", "A billing page states which HTTP statuses are charged. 400, 401, 403, 429, 500, 503 and 504 are not, and 200 and 499 are", "A dated changelog holds 84 entries since February 2024, 11 of them in the 90 days to 9 October 2026, and `llms.txt` links a Markdown copy of every docs page" ], "weaknesses": [ "No status page or SLA was found on the home page, the docs index or the docs site map. The home page states 99.5% uptime with no supporting document", "The rate limit page explains five tiers by monthly top-up, and the RPM and TPM figures per model are drawn by script and were not readable", "`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash` was retired on 9 October 2026 on a notice dated 28 September 2026, and the named replacement is priced higher", "The Python and JavaScript SDK repositories are archived, last changed in November 2024 and March 2025, and the SDK docs page still tells users to install them", "The terms name the contracting party only as Novita AI, with no corporate form or address, and no DPA or sub-processor list was found", "The Acceptable Use Policy forbids scripts, bots or crawlers that extract data from the Site. Recorded as a fact, and it matters before any probe is run" ], "agentNotes": [ "Set the OpenAI client base URL to `https://api.novita.ai/openai` and send the key as `Authorization: Bearer`. Keys start with `sk_`", "Do not close a connection to stop generation. A request that reached the model is billed in full under status 499, so cap output with `max_tokens`", "On 429, check whether the code is `RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED` or `TOKEN_LIMIT_EXCEEDED` and back off exponentially. No `Retry-After` header is documented", "Read the changelog for retirement notices before pinning a model id. One retirement in October 2026 came with 11 days' notice", "Ask the account owner for a key with an expiry, a model access policy and an IP allowlist. Keys are created and deleted only in the console" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 53.5 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 72, "maintenance": 62, "payments": 35, "reliability": 28, "schema": 62, "security": 65, "transparency": 42 }, "provenanceScore": 69 }, "connect": { "install": "pip install openai # or: npm install openai", "http": "curl \"https://api.novita.ai/openai/v1/chat/completions\" \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $NOVITA_API_KEY\" \\\n -d '{\"model\":\"deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash\",\"messages\":[{\"role\":\"user\",\"content\":\"Hello\"}]}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/inference.llm", "tool": "https://letme.dev/novita-ai" }, "area": "models", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Novita AI", "domain": "novita.ai", "domainRegistered": "2023-09-18", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://novita.ai/legal/terms-of-service", "privacy": "https://novita.ai/legal/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://docs.novita.ai/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-09", "notes": [ "The Terms of Service, updated 5 August 2026, name the party only as Novita AI, with no corporate form or address. They cover the site and the services sold through it, the inference APIs included, under Delaware law with arbitration.", "The Privacy Policy, effective 13 May 2026, covers the website and services and says it does not apply to content processed on behalf of customers, which it leaves to customer agreements.", "The Acceptable Use Policy, effective 5 August 2026, is part of the terms.", "No status page was found on the home page, the pricing page, the docs index or the docs site map.", "https://novita.ai/.well-known/security.txt returns 404.", "RDAP for novita.ai gives a registration date of 2023-09-18.", "The API answers at api.novita.ai and the docs at docs.novita.ai. `auth.md` names a token endpoint at api-server.novita.ai.", "No SLA, DPA or sub-processor list was found. The trust centre at trust.novita.ai is drawn by script and was not read." ], "score": 69 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/novita-ai.json", "live": { "slug": "novita-ai", "probe": { "target": "https://api.novita.ai/openai", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-10T03:53:35.923588285Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 181, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 194, "p95ms24h": 295, "samples24h": 125, "samples30d": 125, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 85, "ok": 85 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 40, "ok": 40 } ] }, "versions": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@novitalabs/novita-mcp-server", "version": "1.0.2", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:08:41.708799275Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "novita-sdk", "version": "3.1.3", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:08:40.700432938Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "novita-client", "version": "0.7.1", "released": "2024-11-08", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:08:41.522030178Z" } ], "githubStars": 6, "npmWeekly": 1363, "pypiWeekly": 540, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.novita.ai/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:37:52.275657851Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "1f496fd964c8" }, { "url": "https://docs.novita.ai/changelog/28-09-26", "kind": "deprecations", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:37:54.59372706Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "1f496fd964c8" }, { "url": "https://novita.ai/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:42:34.466314386Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "fd70ed7ca34a" }, { "url": "https://novita.ai/legal/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:42:29.861270188Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "a91f11239499" }, { "url": "https://novita.ai/legal/terms-of-service", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:42:32.628448205Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "94067cded599" } ], "models": { "deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash": { "openrouterId": "deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash", "tools": true, "structuredOutputs": true, "jsonMode": true, "reasoning": true, "input": [ "image", "text" ], "promptCaching": true, "contextTokens": 1048576, "maxOutput": 943718, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T22:59:28.49657734Z" }, "openai/gpt-oss-120b": { "openrouterId": "openai/gpt-oss-120b", "tools": true, "structuredOutputs": true, "jsonMode": true, "reasoning": true, "input": [ "text" ], "promptCaching": false, "contextTokens": 131072, "maxOutput": 117964, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T22:59:28.49657734Z" }, "qwen/qwen3.8-flash": { "openrouterId": "qwen/qwen3.8-flash", "tools": true, "structuredOutputs": true, "jsonMode": true, "reasoning": true, "input": [ "image", "text", "video" ], "promptCaching": true, "contextTokens": 1000000, "maxOutput": 131072, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T22:59:28.49657734Z" } }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-10T03:53:35.923588285Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "Model API", "b": "Model API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Cohere", "b": "Novita AI", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.cohere.com/v2/chat", "b": "https://api.novita.ai/openai", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Pay per use", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary service under Cohere's Commercial SaaS Agreement. 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Novita AI leads on security \u0026 auth and payments \u0026 pricing.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Cohere Chat API (Command models) or Novita AI?" }, { "answer": "Both need an API key.", "question": "Do Cohere Chat API (Command models) and Novita AI need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Cohere Chat API (Command models) has a hosted endpoint at https://api.cohere.com/v2/chat and Novita AI at https://api.novita.ai/openai.", "question": "Can an agent call Cohere Chat API (Command models) and Novita AI without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 64 against 28", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 84 against 62", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 72 against 62", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 74 against 56" ], "also": [ "Free to start without a card" ], "goodFor": "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.", "slug": "cohere-chat", "watchFor": "Production keys work like trial keys on Command A+, Reasoning, Translate and Vision. The docs send production use of those models to sales or to Model Vault" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Security \u0026 auth, 65 against 57", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 35 against 30" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Agents that want many open-weight models at per-token prices behind one OpenAI-style key, with keys that can be limited by model, IP and expiry.", "slug": "novita-ai", "watchFor": "No status page or SLA was found on the home page, the docs index or the docs site map. 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/novita-ai-vs-openrouter" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/novita-ai-vs-prism-inference.json", "title": "Novita AI vs Prism Inference", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/novita-ai-vs-prism-inference" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/novita-ai-vs-sambanova.json", "title": "Novita AI vs SambaCloud", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/novita-ai-vs-sambanova" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/novita-ai-vs-siliconflow.json", "title": "Novita AI vs SiliconFlow", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/novita-ai-vs-siliconflow" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 36, "cohere-chat": 64, "edge": "cohere-chat", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "novita-ai": 28, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 22, "cohere-chat": 84, "edge": "cohere-chat", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "novita-ai": 62, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 0, "cohere-chat": 72, "edge": "", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "novita-ai": 72, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 8, "cohere-chat": 57, "edge": "novita-ai", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "novita-ai": 65, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 5, "cohere-chat": 30, "edge": "novita-ai", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "novita-ai": 35, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 10, "cohere-chat": 72, "edge": "cohere-chat", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "novita-ai": 62, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 18, "cohere-chat": 74, "edge": "cohere-chat", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "novita-ai": 56, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Cohere Chat API (Command models) scores 64.7 (B) on agent readiness against Novita AI's 53.5 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. 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No status page, SLA or security.txt was found, the per-model rate limit figures are drawn by script, and both vendor SDK repositories are archived while the docs still point to them." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cohere-chat-vs-novita-ai", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cohere-chat-vs-novita-ai.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cohere-chat-vs-novita-ai.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cohere-chat-vs-novita-ai.min.md" }, "markdown": "Cohere Chat API (Command models) scores 64.7 (B) on agent readiness against Novita AI's 53.5 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Novita AI leads on security \u0026 auth and payments \u0026 pricing. Both do llm inference.\n\n- Cohere Chat API (Command models): grade B, 64.7/100, rank #342 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cohere-chat.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/cohere-chat.json\n- Novita AI: grade D, 53.5/100, rank #706 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/novita-ai.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/novita-ai.json\n- Best model APIs and inference for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/inference/index.md\n- All 136 models comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/inference/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Cohere Chat API (Command models) (B)\n\nGood 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.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 64 against 28\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 84 against 62\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 72 against 62\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 74 against 56\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: Production keys work like trial keys on Command A+, Reasoning, Translate and Vision. The docs send production use of those models to sales or to Model Vault\n\n### Novita AI (D)\n\nGood for: Agents that want many open-weight models at per-token prices behind one OpenAI-style key, with keys that can be limited by model, IP and expiry.\n\nAhead on:\n- Security \u0026 auth, 65 against 57\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 35 against 30\n\nWatch for: No status page or SLA was found on the home page, the docs index or the docs site map. The home page states 99.5% uptime with no supporting document\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Cohere Chat API (Command models) | Novita AI | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 64 | 28 | Cohere Chat API (Command models) +36 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 84 | 62 | Cohere Chat API (Command models) +22 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 72 | 72 | even |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 57 | 65 | Novita AI +8 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 35 | Novita AI +5 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 72 | 62 | Cohere Chat API (Command models) +10 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 74 | 56 | Cohere Chat API (Command models) +18 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **64.7 · B** | **53.5 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Cohere Chat API (Command models) | Novita AI |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Model API | Model API |\n| Vendor | Cohere | Novita AI |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.cohere.com/v2/chat` | `https://api.novita.ai/openai` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under Cohere's Commercial SaaS Agreement. The SDKs are MIT | Proprietary service under the Novita AI Terms of Service. The agent skill and the MCP server are MIT |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-09-09 | 2026-09-28 |\n| Terms last updated | 2025-04-08 | 2026-08-05 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-01 | 2026-05-13 |\n| Customer content may train models | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |\n| Popularity | none | 6 stars, 1.4k npm/wk |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Cohere Chat API (Command models).** A public OpenAPI file, Markdown twins of every docs page and SDKs in four languages make the Chat API easy for an agent to read. Production keys do not cover the four newest Command models, whose limits are set by sales, and the SaaS agreement lets Cohere share API data with third parties.\n\n**Novita AI.** Per-token prices for about 140 language models are public, and each key can carry an expiry, a model allowlist and a source IP allowlist. No status page, SLA or security.txt was found, the per-model rate limit figures are drawn by script, and both vendor SDK repositories are archived while the docs still point to them.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Cohere Chat API (Command models)\n\n1. Call `POST https://api.cohere.com/v2/chat` with `Authorization: bearer \u003ckey\u003e`. `model` and `messages` are the only required fields\n2. Use `command-a-03-2025`, `command-r-08-2024`, `command-r-plus-08-2024` or `command-r7b-12-2024` for production traffic. Newer variants stay at trial limits on a production key\n3. Keep a trial key under 20 chat requests a minute and 1,000 calls a month, and do not use it for commercial work\n4. Set `response_format` with a `json_schema` for structured output, and tell the model to produce JSON when using `json_object` without a schema\n5. Ask the account Owner to turn off training under Data Controls in the dashboard before sending confidential prompts\n\n### Novita AI\n\n1. Set the OpenAI client base URL to `https://api.novita.ai/openai` and send the key as `Authorization: Bearer`. Keys start with `sk_`\n2. Do not close a connection to stop generation. A request that reached the model is billed in full under status 499, so cap output with `max_tokens`\n3. On 429, check whether the code is `RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED` or `TOKEN_LIMIT_EXCEEDED` and back off exponentially. No `Retry-After` header is documented\n4. Read the changelog for retirement notices before pinning a model id. One retirement in October 2026 came with 11 days' notice\n5. Ask the account owner for a key with an expiry, a model access policy and an IP allowlist. Keys are created and deleted only in the console\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Cohere Chat API (Command models) or Novita AI?\n\nCohere Chat API (Command models) scores 64.7 (B) on agent readiness against Novita AI's 53.5 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Novita AI leads on security \u0026 auth and payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n### Do Cohere Chat API (Command models) and Novita AI need an API key?\n\nBoth need an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call Cohere Chat API (Command models) and Novita AI without installing anything?\n\nYes. Cohere Chat API (Command models) has a hosted endpoint at https://api.cohere.com/v2/chat and Novita AI at https://api.novita.ai/openai.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cohere-chat-vs-novita-ai.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cohere-chat-vs-novita-ai.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"cohere-chat\", \"b\": \"novita-ai\"}`. 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