Command A vs GPT-4o (2024-11-20)

Command A at $2.88 in and $11.50 out and GPT-4o (2024-11-20) at $2.88 in and $11.50 out — per million tokens, from the same wallet.

Command A

Cohere

2.4¢

for a client proposal

$2.88 in · $11.50 out / 1M

256K context · released March 2025

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GPT-4o (2024-11-20)

OpenAI

2.4¢

for a client proposal

$2.88 in · $11.50 out / 1M

128K context · released November 2024

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Asking all both at once — identical prompt, identical context — costs about 4.7¢ for a typical client proposal.

At a glance

All 2 cost the same on input.
Largest context: Command A at 256K tokens — about 370 pages.

Cost per task

Estimated totals at the rates above. Solid bar is input, lighter bar is output.

Quick code fix

2K in · 500 out

Command A

1.1¢

GPT-4o (2024-11-20)

1.1¢

Draft a client proposal from notes

5K in · 800 out

Command A

2.4¢

GPT-4o (2024-11-20)

2.4¢

Context-heavy session (Alyph workspace)

155K in · 4K out

Command A

$0.49

GPT-4o (2024-11-20)

needs 155K ctx

Analyze a 50-page legal contract

35K in · 1K out

Command A

$0.11

GPT-4o (2024-11-20)

$0.11

Large architecture refactor

250K in · 3K out

Command A

$0.75

GPT-4o (2024-11-20)

needs 250K ctx

Solid part of each bar is input tokens, the lighter part is output. Models that don’t fit a task are marked instead of priced.

Cost vs Token Amount

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80% Input20% Output

Command A

GPT-4o (2024-11-20)

Adjust the ratio slider to change how output tokens influence the final price for equivalent workloads.

Pricing

Command A

GPT-4o (2024-11-20)

Input / 1M tokens

$2.88

Output / 1M tokens

$11.50

Cached input / 1M

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$1.44

Specs

Command A

GPT-4o (2024-11-20)

Provider

Cohere

OpenAI

Released

March 2025

November 2024

Context window

256K

128K

Max output

16K

Input

Text

Text, Images, and Files

Output

Text

Reasoning

Answers directly

Knowledge cutoff

2024-08-31

2023-10-31

Try it with real numbers

2K tokens in · 500 tokens out.

Command A

Cohere

1.1¢

for this task

50% input · 50% output

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GPT-4o (2024-11-20)

OpenAI

1.1¢

for this task

50% input · 50% output

Full pricing →

All 2, same prompt and context: 2.3¢. That is the entire cost of the comparison.

Your $5 welcome credit covers about 217 of these.

Which should you pick?

For long documents, Command A has the largest context window here — 256K tokens.

On price they are identical: about 2.4¢ for a typical task each.

For images or files, GPT-4o (2024-11-20) can read them directly; Command A is text-only.

Or don’t pick. Send the identical prompt to all both, read the answers side by side, and keep the winner. How to run a fair bake-off →

Command A pricing →GPT-4o (2024-11-20) pricing →Add Lyria 3 Clip Preview Add Grok 4.20

Questions, answered

Which is cheaper, Command A or GPT-4o (2024-11-20)?

On a typical client proposal (5K tokens in, 800 out) they cost the same — about 2.4¢ each. Compare them on context and capabilities instead.

Which has the largest context window?

Command A — 256K tokens, about 370 pages.

Can I run Command A and GPT-4o (2024-11-20) side by side on Alyph?

Yes — that is what Alyph is built for: the identical prompt with identical context to all 2, answers rendered side by side, billed from one wallet. This exact combination costs about 4.7¢ for a typical task.

Ask both at once

Identical prompt, identical context, answers side by side — about 4.7¢ for a typical client proposal. Free to start, with $5 of credit.