Aya Expanse 8B
cohere The API that serves this model and sets the prices shown here. c4ai-aya-expanse-8b The model identifier to send in API requests. LLM Generates text from a prompt, so it can be compared with other LLMs on price and capability. Small The fast, low-latency tier of a model family, suited to high-volume or simple tasks. Retired Apr 04, 2026 This model has been retired and can no longer be relied on.Provider: cohere
Aya Expanse 8B retired April 4, 2026 per Cohere model docs.
Sticker prices & cost-per-token
List rates as published by cohere, before any volume or enterprise discounts.
$0.50
$1.50
8,000 tokens
4,000
tokens per response (includes reasoning tokens)
Open weights (restricted license)
CC-BY-NC-4.0
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History
Last change detected September 21, 2026 (about 1 month ago) by an automated scan.
| Date | Changed by | What changed |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 2026 | Unknown | Initial record created |
Source
https://cohere.com/pricing (checked 2026-09-19)Comparable models
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Frequently asked questions
Aya Expanse 8B (cohere) costs $0.50 per 1M input tokens and $1.50 per 1M output tokens, as last published by cohere.
Aya Expanse 8B has a context window of 8,000 tokens (the maximum combined input and output it can handle in a single request).
Aya Expanse 8B sits in the small size tier. Size tiers run from micro (small enough to run on a device) through small, medium and large to extra large (frontier flagships), and are assigned from the model's family, naming and limits rather than its price.
Aya Expanse 8B can generate up to 4,000 tokens in a single response. Reasoning (thinking) tokens count toward this limit.
Aya Expanse 8B accepts text as input and produces text as output, as recorded in the Coolhand catalog.
Yes — the weights of Aya Expanse 8B can be downloaded under the CC-BY-NC-4.0 license. Check the license terms for any limits on commercial use.
Yes — cohere deprecated Aya Expanse 8B on April 4, 2026. Aya Expanse 8B retired April 4, 2026 per Cohere model docs.
cohere retired Aya Expanse 8B on April 4, 2026.
Since Aya Expanse 8B is deprecated, cohere customers are moving to Command A, Embed v3 English, and Embed v3 Multilingual.
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Coolhand also tracks Command A, Embed v3 English, Embed v3 Multilingual, Embed v4, Command R7B Arabic, and Command A from cohere. Some may already be deprecated, so check each model's status alongside its current pricing.
| Model | Input cost | Output cost | Context window | Max output tokens | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Command A via Azure | $2.50/1M $0.0000025000 | $10.00/1M $0.0000100000 | 131,072 | 8,192 | Active |
| Embed v3 English via Azure | $0.10/1M $0.0000001000 | $0.00/1M $0.0000000000 | 512 | 1,024 | Active |
| Embed v3 Multilingual via Azure | $0.10/1M $0.0000001000 | $0.00/1M $0.0000000000 | 512 | 1,024 | Active |
| Embed v4 via Azure | $0.12/1M $0.0000001200 | $0.00/1M $0.0000000000 | 128,000 | 1,536 | Active |
| Command R7B Arabic | $0.0375/1M $0.0000000375 | $0.15/1M $0.0000001500 | 128,000 | 4,000 | Active |
| Command A via OpenRouter | $2.50/1M $0.0000025000 | $10.00/1M $0.0000100000 | 256,000 | 8,192 | Active |
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