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          "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",
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          "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",
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          "Keep a trial key under 20 chat requests a minute and 1,000 calls a month, and do not use it for commercial work",
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          "Ask the account Owner to turn off training under Data Controls in the dashboard before sending confidential prompts"
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  "markdown": "OpenRouter scores 68.5 (B) on agent readiness against Cohere Chat API (Command models)'s 64.7 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Cohere Chat API (Command models) leads on reliability. 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- OpenRouter: grade B, 68.5/100, rank #211 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openrouter.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openrouter.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 55\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### OpenRouter (B)\n\nGood for: Agents that need many models behind one key, provider failover and a hard price ceiling per request.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 90 against 84\n- Agent ergonomics, 85 against 72\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 30\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 84 against 72\n\nWatch for: No machine payment. USDC top-ups go to a prepaid balance\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Cohere Chat API (Command models) | OpenRouter | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 64 | 55 | Cohere Chat API (Command models) +9 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 84 | 90 | OpenRouter +6 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 72 | 85 | OpenRouter +13 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 57 | 60 | OpenRouter +3 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 40 | OpenRouter +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 72 | 84 | OpenRouter +12 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 74 | 71 | Cohere Chat API (Command models) +3 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **64.7 · B** | **68.5 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Cohere Chat API (Command models) | OpenRouter |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Model API | Model router |\n| Vendor | Cohere | OpenRouter |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.cohere.com/v2/chat` | `https://openrouter.ai/api/v1` |\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 | Apache-2.0 (SDKs) |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-09-09 | 2026-10-01 |\n| Terms last updated | 2025-04-08 | 2026-08-31 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-01 | 2026-08-31 |\n| Customer content may train models | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | yes |\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 | 226 stars |\n| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (2) |\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**OpenRouter.** Public OpenAPI document, llms.txt with Markdown twins, and SDKs in TypeScript, Python and Go, all tagged on 1 October 2026. No machine payment. USDC top-ups go to a prepaid balance.\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### OpenRouter\n\n1. Set `provider.data_collection: \"deny\"` or `provider.zdr: true` when the prompt holds anything private\n2. Pass a `models` list so a failed provider falls through to the next one\n3. Honour `Retry-After` on 429 and 503, and check the stream body for errors even on a 200\n4. Set `max_price` so a routed request can't land on an expensive provider\n5. Free models allow 50 requests a day until $10 of credit has been bought. Check `GET /api/v1/key` for what's left\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Cohere Chat API (Command models) or OpenRouter?\n\nOpenRouter scores 68.5 (B) on agent readiness against Cohere Chat API (Command models)'s 64.7 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Cohere Chat API (Command models) leads on reliability.\n\n### Do Cohere Chat API (Command models) and OpenRouter need an API key?\n\nBoth need an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call Cohere Chat API (Command models) and OpenRouter without installing anything?\n\nYes. Cohere Chat API (Command models) has a hosted endpoint at https://api.cohere.com/v2/chat and OpenRouter at https://openrouter.ai/api/v1.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cohere-chat-vs-openrouter.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cohere-chat-vs-openrouter.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"cohere-chat\", \"b\": \"openrouter\"}`. 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