Cohere vs OpenAI API
Cohere Cohere
Models for enterprise search and RAG: Command, Embed and Rerank, deployable privately.
VisitOpenAI API OpenAI
GPT models for text, vision, images, audio and realtime voice, plus the Agents SDK.
VisitSide by side
| Property | Cohere | OpenAI API |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Product | Product |
| Category | AI models and APIs | AI models and APIs |
| Made by | Cohere | OpenAI |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Pay per use |
| Open source | No | No |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Platforms | API, Self-hosted | API |
| Startup | Yes | Yes |
Features
Only Cohere
- rerank
- rag
- privacy
Both
- llm api
- embeddings
Only OpenAI API
- reasoning
- image generation
- voice
- agents