# Command A

## Kurzbeschreibung
**Command A** is Cohere’s most powerful enterprise LLM for real business tasks such as tool use, retrieval-augmented generation, agents, and multilingual workflows. 


The model has 111 billion parameters, supports 23 languages, features a 256k context window, and according to Cohere is designed for a comparatively low inference footprint.

## Claim
LLM “Our largest, most performant model, ideal for building enterprise agents with a low compute footprint.” - “Max performance, minimal compute”

## Geeignet für
- API Integration
- Automation / Workflows
- Images
- Data Analysis
- Data Extraction / Document Analysis
- Email / Communication
- Finance / Accounting
- Customer Service & Chatbots
- Marketing & Advertising
- Productivity & Planning
- Programming / Software Development
- Texts / Content
- Translations
- Sales / Sales
- Knowledge Management / Internal Search

## Kernfunktionen
- Embeddings
- Function calls
- AI agents
- LLM API
- Language model
- Text generation
- Summary

## Preismodell
- **free:** Yes, limited. Publicly primarily API/enterprise use; free trial or evaluation access may depend on the contract/account.
- **other:** **API Usage** Model access via the Cohere API, usage-based billing by model and tokens.


**Enterprise / Private Deployment** VPC, on-premises, or air-gapped deployment for companies with strict data protection, security, and data residency requirements.


**North / Compass / Embed / Rerank** Complementary Cohere products for agents, enterprise search, embeddings, and retrieval

## DSGVO und Datenschutz
**Gesamteinschätzung:** Conditional

**On-prem / local hosting: supported**

Cohere refers to private deployments as “on-premises” and explains that customers can run the models on their own hardware or within their own infrastructure; furthermore, prompts, outputs, and fine-tunes are intended to remain entirely within the customer’s environment.

**Private Cloud / Data Center: Covered**

Cohere refers to private deployments in a VPC as well as “Model Vault” as logically isolated, dedicated, and fully managed environments. The website explicitly mentions data sovereignty, governance, and suitability for strict data residency requirements.

**EU SaaS / Managed: Partially**

A managed SaaS platform is clearly offered. However, the pages found do not specify any concrete EU/EEA data residency or an EU data center for the standard SaaS offering. Therefore, only partially covered.

**Hybrid: covered**

Cohere explicitly mentions “public/hybrid cloud” as a deployment option to combine private infrastructure with public cloud resources and run regulated workloads privately.

**T&C / DPA: Covered**

The Enterprise Data Commitments document states that a DPA is provided for potential and existing SaaS customers upon request via privacy@cohere.com.

**No training: partially**

For SaaS, there is an opt-out option in the dashboard; according to the website, if you opt out, prompts and generated content are not used for training. For private and third-party deployments, Cohere does not receive or process prompts or generated content, according to the website. However, this is not described as a general default for standard SaaS, but rather as a setting or enterprise control.

**Open Source / Transparency Path: Partial**

A transparency/sovereignty path is partially evident: Cohere refers to open research and private/self-hostable deployments; additionally, the Command A+ blog mentions an “Open-Source Enterprise AI Model.” However, the pages found do not provide a clear, complete list of components for Command A itself or for specific open-source components of the provided solution.

**Data Processing**

The website describes four relevant operating models: SaaS on Cohere infrastructure, cloud AI services via third-party providers, private cloud/VPC, and on-premises. For private and third-party deployments, Cohere is not supposed to receive or process customer prompts or generated content. For SaaS, there is logging and monitoring, regular deletion of logged prompts and generated content after 30 days, an optional opt-out from training, and, for enterprise customers, zero data retention upon request. A specific EU/EEA SaaS location is not specified on the pages found.

**Conclusion**

For a European directory, Cohere/Command A can best be classified as **conditionally GDPR-compliant**: The best-documented approach is private deployment, VPC, or a third-party cloud under the customer’s own data control, as Cohere has no access to prompts or outputs in these environments, according to its website. The standard SaaS offering has been improved in terms of data protection through a DPA, opt-out, and ZDR, but due to the lack of clearly documented EU/EEA data residency and documented international transfers, it cannot be verified as fully GDPR-compliant for the entire EU/EEA without further review.

**Sources**

- [https://cohere.com/enterprise-data-commitments](https://cohere.com/enterprise-data-commitments)
- [https://cohere.com/deployment-options](https://cohere.com/deployment-options)
- [https://docs.cohere.com/docs/private-deployment-overview](https://docs.cohere.com/docs/private-deployment-overview)
- [https://cohere.com/private-deployments](https://cohere.com/private-deployments)
- [https://cohere.com/security](https://cohere.com/security)
- [https://cohere.com/blog/iso-42001-and-iso-27001-certifications](https://cohere.com/blog/iso-42001-and-iso-27001-certifications)
- [https://cohere.com/ja/privacy](https://cohere.com/ja/privacy)
- [https://trustcenter.cohere.com/vite/assets/externalTrustCenter-25d91280.js](https://trustcenter.cohere.com/vite/assets/externalTrustCenter-25d91280.js)

From an EU/EEA perspective, GDPR-compliant use is *possible*, but this has not been generally demonstrated for standard SaaS. Positive aspects include a published privacy policy, a DPA/AVV available upon request, an opt-out option for model training, zero data retention for enterprise customers, and private deployments in which, according to the website, Cohere does not receive any prompts or generated content. At the same time, the website does not specify a concrete EU/EEA server location for the SaaS version; furthermore, the website refers to international data transfers and, in the Trust Center, to subprocessors located in the U.S., among other places. Therefore, its use in the EU/EEA is generally viable **under certain conditions**—particularly via private deployment, VPC, or a third-party cloud with independent data control—but not solely based on the standard SaaS documentation.

**Positive**

The following are confirmed: a privacy policy is available; a DPA/AVV for SaaS is provided upon request; an opt-out option for training is available in the dashboard; zero data retention for Enterprise is available upon request; several private deployment models, including on-premises and VPC; according to its website, Cohere does not process customer prompts or generated content for private and third-party deployments; ISO 27001, ISO 42001, and SOC 2 Type II are mentioned.

**Negative**

Negative or limiting aspects include: The website does not specify a concrete EU/EEA server location or a specific EU data center for the standard SaaS offering; explicit EU data residency for Cohere SaaS is not indicated on the pages reviewed; Subprocessors listed in the Trust Center are located, among other places, in the U.S.; the privacy policy describes international data transfers across jurisdictions. As a result, significant compliance verification efforts remain necessary for pure SaaS use within the EU/EEA.

**Server Location**

The website does not specify a specific server location or data center in the EU or EEA for the Cohere SaaS. Instead, it mentions flexible deployment options for on-premises, VPC, third-party cloud, and “meeting strict data residency needs.” The Trust Center lists subprocessors with locations in the U.S., among other places. For applicant data, the website states that processing takes place in Canada and the U.S.; for product/SaaS data, no specific EU server location was mentioned on the pages found.

## Hosting und Daten
- **On-Prem / lokales Hosting:** abgedeckt
- **Private Cloud / Rechenzentrum:** abgedeckt
- **EU SaaS / Managed:** teilweise / indirekt
- **Hybrid:** abgedeckt
- **AVV / DPA:** abgedeckt
- **Kein Training auf Kundendaten:** teilweise / indirekt
- **Open-Source / Transparenz-Pfad:** teilweise / indirekt

## Standort
**Land:** Canada

**Taxonomie:** Canada

Cohere Inc., 171 John Street, Suite 200, Toronto, Ontario M5T 1X3, Canada.

## Vorteile
- Very strong for RAG, tool use, agents, and enterprise automation.
- 256k context window for long documents and large knowledge contexts.
- Supports 23 business languages, including German, English, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, and Arabic.
- Comparatively efficient operation: Cohere cites two A100/H100 GPUs as the hardware requirement.
- Flexible deployment options: Cohere Platform, Cloud AI Services, Private Cloud/VPC, and on-premises.

## Nachteile
- Command A is primarily a text model; Command A Vision is provided separately for image input.
- The research weights are CC-BY-NC, so they are not freely available for commercial use.
- According to the Trust Center, Cohere SaaS runs on Google Cloud in US-Central; EU-only SaaS is not documented for the public Cohere platform.
- According to the Trust Center, a request or NDA is required for a DPA/AVV.
- For productive use of newer variants such as Command A Reasoning, additional sales clarifications may be necessary.

## Quellen
- Offizielle Website: https://cohere.com/pricing

## Letzter Datenstand
2026-04-25

## Originalseite
https://kifox.ai/en/ki-tools/command-a-en/