AI Models · Paid vs Paid

o3 Paid vs Command A+ Paid

o3 vs Command A+ compared — price per token, context window, multimodality, openness and which to choose. Full 2026 breakdown.

Prices & specs refreshed from live data · olud.ai

Open-model prices = cheapest provider via OpenRouter; official maker rates may be higher.

o3PaidOpenAI
$2 /M input
$8 /M outputManaged API (no infra to run)
TypeProprietary
Context window200K tokens
MultimodalYes
Self-hostNo
Command A+PaidCohere
$0.3 /M input
$1.5 /M outputManaged API (no infra to run)
TypeProprietary
Context window192K tokens
MultimodalYes
Self-hostNo
Choose Command A+ for the lower output price ($1.5/M vs $8/M). Choose o3 if you need the larger 200K context window.

o3 vs Command A+ specs

Speco3Command A+Winner
MakerOpenAICohere–
TypeProprietaryProprietary–
Context window200K tokens192K tokenso3
Input price$2/M$0.3/MCommand A+
Output price$8/M$1.5/MCommand A+
Vision / multimodalYesYes= Tie
Tool / function callingYesYes= Tie
Self-hostableNo (API only)No (API only)–
LicenseProprietaryProprietary–

Price gap & when to choose each

5.3×cheaper per output token

Command A+ is ~5.3× cheaper than o3 on output tokens ($1.5 vs $8 per M tokens).

Choose o3 if…
  • You want frontier performance through a managed API
  • You need the longer 200K context window
  • You value reliability & ecosystem
  • You don't want to manage infrastructure
Choose Command A+ if…
  • You want frontier performance through a managed API
  • You want the lower output price
  • You value reliability & ecosystem
  • You don't want to manage infrastructure

Feature comparison

Capabilityo3Command A+
Open weights (downloadable)✗✗
Self-hostable✗✗
Runs fully offline✗✗
Vision / multimodal✓✓
Tool / function calling✓✓
1M+ context window✗✗

Benchmarks: o3 vs Command A+

Independent benchmark scores measured by Artificial Analysis. Higher is better (except latency).

o3
Command A+
Intelligence index
20.2
13.1
Math index
88.3
–
GPQA
82.7%
76.1%
MMLU-Pro
85.3%
–
Humanity's Last Exam
20.1%
12%
Long Context Reasoning
74.7%
52.7%
LiveCodeBench
80.8%
–
MATH-500
99.2%
–
AIME
90.3%
–
AIME 2025
88.3%
–
IFBench
71.4%
73.9%
τ²-Bench
80.7%
80.7%
Terminal-Bench Hard
37.1%
25%
Coding index
–
27.8
SciCode
–
38.5%
τ-Bench Banking
–
6%
Terminal-Bench
–
22.8%
Speed
119.3 tok/s
137.9 tok/s
Latency
5.43s
0.25s
Intelligence per $
5.8
–

Benchmark data by Artificial Analysis.

How o3 and Command A+ score

🤝 Neck and neck on these criteria (3.0 vs 3.1 / 5).
Criteriono3Command A+
Cost-efficiency3.54.5
Context window4.03.5
Openness1.51.5
Self-hosting1.01.0
Multimodality5.05.0

Scores come from live data — output price (cost), context length, open vs closed weights (openness & self-hosting) and vision/tool support (multimodality). Raw task quality isn't scored here; it depends on your benchmark — see the verdict.

What each model is

o3 Paid

OpenAI · Proprietary

o3 is a well-rounded and powerful model across domains. It sets a new standard for math, science, coding, and visual reasoning tasks. It also excels at technical writing and instruction-following....

Command A+ Paid

Cohere · Proprietary

Command A+ is Cohere's flagship model for enterprise agentic workflows. It accepts text and image inputs with a 192K context window, supports native tool calling with strict tool schemas, structured...

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Frequently asked questions

o3 vs Command A+ — which is cheaper?

Command A+ is cheaper on output ($1.5/M vs $8/M).

Which has the larger context window?

o3 offers the larger context window (200K tokens).

o3 vs Command A+ — which should I pick in 2026?

Choose Command A+ for the lower output price ($1.5/M vs $8/M). Choose o3 if you need the larger 200K context window.

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