Command A vs Sonar

At a Glance

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Command ACohere
SonarPerplexity
Intelligence, Cost, and Efficiency
IntelligenceHigher is better · MM Intelligence v4.4#43 of 570.0 score · 1/3 sources · single-source provisional · missing LiveBench, ARC-AGI-2 · full-core range 0.0–66.7UnrankedNot in the 57-model eligible cohort
Pricing and Limits
Input priceFrom · USD / 1M tokens$2.50Cohere ↗ · Aug 29, 2026$1.00Openrouter ↗ · Oct 19, 2026
Output priceFrom · USD / 1M tokens$10.00Cohere ↗ · Aug 29, 2026$1.00Openrouter ↗ · Oct 19, 2026
Context windowMaximum documented tokens256K128K
Model facts checkedAug 29, 2026View model evidence →Aug 29, 2026View model evidence →

Token prices are the lowest available sourced USD rates; input and output may use different providers. Cost ranking estimates output spend on LiveBench, not a full request bill. Ranking methodology →

Available Benchmarks

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No Protocol-Matched Benchmark Yet.Results appear here only when both models share the same benchmark version, metric, evaluation protocol, and evidence class.

Side-by-Side Facts

FieldCommand ASonar
DeveloperCoherePerplexity
FamilyCommand ASonar
ModelCommand ASonar
VersionCommand ASonar
Lifecycleactiveactive
ReleasedUnknownUnknown
Knowledge cutoff2024-06-01Unknown
Input modalitiesTextText
Output modalitiesTextText
Context window256K128K
Total parameters111BUnknown
Active parametersUnknownUnknown
LicenseUnknownUnknown
Open weightsNoNo
API availableYesYes
Self-hostableNoNo
Provider accessCohere (Standard)Openrouter (Standard), Perplexity (Standard)
Capabilitiesagents, chat, citations, multilingual, rag, structured_outputs, toolschat, citations, search

Command A Capabilities

agentschatcitationsmultilingualragstructured outputstools
Serving providers1
Canonical IDcoherelabs/command-a-03-2025

Sonar Capabilities

chatcitationssearch
Serving providers2
Canonical IDperplexity/sonar

Primary Evidence

Sources and Freshness

Questions

Command A vs Sonar FAQs

Is Command A or Sonar better for coding?+

This comparison does not currently contain a protocol-matched coding benchmark for both Command A and Sonar, so Model Markets cannot name a coding leader from pricing, context size, or capability labels alone.

Which is cheaper, Command A or Sonar?+

Command A is $2.50 and Sonar is $1.00 per million tokens, so Sonar is cheaper on this metric. Command A is $10.00 and Sonar is $1.00 per million tokens, so Sonar is cheaper on this metric.

Which has a larger context window, Command A or Sonar?+

Command A has the larger sourced context window. Command A supports 256,000 tokens and Sonar supports 128,000 tokens.

Which performs better in benchmarks, Command A or Sonar?+

There is no overall benchmark winner: At least two independently verified, protocol-matched benchmarks are required for an overall winner.

Can Command A or Sonar be self-hosted?+

Both models have the same sourced self-hosting status: unsupported. Command A is not marked open weight; Sonar is not marked open weight.

Can Command A and Sonar understand images?+

Command A is not documented with image input; Sonar is not documented with image input. This reflects supported input modalities, not vision quality.

Which can generate longer answers, Command A or Sonar?+

Command A has a sourced maximum output of 8,000 tokens; Sonar's maximum output is not reported. A larger limit cannot be determined.

Do Command A and Sonar support reasoning and tool use?+

Command A: tool calling. Sonar: none of these features are definitively sourced. Feature support does not establish relative quality.

Which is available from more inference providers, Command A or Sonar?+

Command A has 1 sourced provider route; Sonar has 2, so Sonar has broader tracked availability.

Which offers better value, Command A or Sonar?+

There is no universal value winner. Compare the input and output prices above with the matched benchmark result for your workload: cheaper tokens can be offset by different quality, token usage, latency, or provider availability.

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