# Cohere Chat API (Command models) vs Vercel AI Gateway (slim)

> Vercel AI Gateway scores 66.7 (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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Vercel AI Gateway scores 66.7 (B) on agent readiness against Cohere Chat API (Command models)'s 64.7 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Cohere Chat API (Command models) leads on schema & documentation and payments & pricing. Both do llm inference.

- Cohere Chat API (Command models): B 64.7, rank #376 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cohere-chat.min.md
- Vercel AI Gateway: B 66.7, rank #302 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vercel-ai-gateway.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 Schema & documentation, 84 against 74; Payments & pricing, 30 against 20. Also Free to start without a card; No incidents deducted, where Vercel AI Gateway loses 3 points for them.
- Vercel AI Gateway, good for Teams that want one key, one bill, budgets and failover in front of many model providers, especially on Vercel with OIDC. Ahead on Reliability, 74 against 64; Agent ergonomics, 83 against 72; Security & auth, 79 against 57; Maintenance & community, 79 against 72.

| Category | Cohere Chat API (Command models) | Vercel AI Gateway |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 64 | 74 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 84 | 74 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 72 | 83 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 57 | 79 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 72 | 79 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 74 | 70 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Cohere Chat API (Command models) | Vercel AI Gateway |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Model API | Model router |
| Vendor | Cohere | Vercel Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.cohere.com/v2/chat` | `https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1` |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Cohere's Commercial SaaS Agreement. The SDKs are MIT | Proprietary service under Vercel's Terms of Service and AI Product Terms, with Token Pass terms on its docs page. Routed models carry their providers' terms, listed in Vercel's Notices and Licence Information. The `@ai-sdk/gateway` provider is Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | 2026-09-09 | 2026-10-17 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-04-08 | 2026-06-01 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-01 | 2026-06-01 |
| Customer content may train models | yes | yes, with an opt-out |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | none | 29.6M npm/wk |