# Cohere Chat API (Command models) vs Together AI Inference (slim)

> Together AI Inference scores 67.8 (B) to Cohere Chat's 64.7 (B) for llm inference. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Together AI Inference scores 67.8 (B) on agent readiness against Cohere Chat API (Command models)'s 64.7 (B), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Cohere Chat API (Command models) leads on payments & pricing and maintenance & community. Both do llm inference.

- Cohere Chat API (Command models): B 64.7, rank #380 of 1171 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cohere-chat.min.md
- Together AI Inference: B 67.8, rank #265 of 1171 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/together-inference.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 Payments & pricing, 30 against 20; Maintenance & community, 72 against 65. Also Free to start without a card.
- Together AI Inference, good for Together AI Inference serves open models through an OpenAI-compatible API, with serverless requests, batch processing, dedicated model deployments and provisioned throughput. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 93 against 84; Agent ergonomics, 85 against 72; Security & auth, 70 against 57.

| Category | Cohere Chat API (Command models) | Together AI Inference |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 64 | 60 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 84 | 93 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 72 | 85 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 57 | 70 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 72 | 65 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 74 | 73 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Cohere Chat API (Command models) | Together AI Inference |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Model API | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Cohere | Together Computer, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.cohere.com/v2/chat` | `https://api.together.ai/v1` |
| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Cohere's Commercial SaaS Agreement. The SDKs are MIT | Proprietary hosted service. The official Python SDK is Apache-2.0; served models retain their own licences. |
| Last release | 2026-09-09 | 2026-10-16 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-04-08 | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-01 | no date given |
| Customer content may train models | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | none | 10 stars |