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Cohere Embed 4

Cohere Embed 4 is a verified AI model profile covering official specifications, pricing or access, capabilities, practical use cases, strengths and limitations.

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In plain English

What is this model and why does it matter?

Cohere Embed 4 is Cohere's multimodal embedding model for text, images and mixed PDF-style content, with a 128K context window and flexible embedding dimensions.

RAGSemantic searchMultimodal retrievalRecommendationsClassification
Model overview

Cohere Embed 4: features, use cases and important details

Cohere Embed 4 is an AI model verified from first-party Cohere sources.

Cohere Embed 4 verified specifications

Cohere Embed 4 is Cohere’s multimodal embedding model for text, images and mixed PDF-style content, with a 128K context window and flexible embedding dimensions. Its verified context or usage limit is 128000 tokens, with 256|512|1024|1536 embedding dimensions maximum output.

Cohere Embed 4 pricing and access

Trial API keys are free but rate-limited. Cohere Model Vault lists Embed 4 at $4/hour for Small or $5/hour for Medium performance tiers, with monthly commitment options.

Cohere Embed 4 best uses

RAG, Semantic search, Multimodal retrieval, Recommendations, Classification.

Cohere Embed 4 limitations

Does not generate answers, Retrieval quality needs evaluation, Large media corpora can create storage and indexing cost.

Cohere Embed 4 capabilities and use cases

In addition, its main capabilities include 128K context, Text and image embeddings, Mixed-modality vectors, 256-1536 dimensions and Multilingual retrieval. For example, common use cases include RAG, Vector search, Recommendations, Image-text retrieval and Classification.

Who should consider Cohere Embed 4?

In practice, this model may suit RAG, Semantic search, Multimodal retrieval, Recommendations and Classification. Also, notable strengths include Multimodal, Large embedding context, Flexible dimensions and Enterprise deployment options. However, review trade-offs such as Does not generate answers, Retrieval quality needs evaluation and Large media corpora can create storage and indexing cost before adopting it.

Cohere Embed 4 pricing and access

Meanwhile, Trial API keys are free but rate-limited. Cohere Model Vault lists Embed 4 at $4/hour for Small or $5/hour for Medium performance tiers, with monthly commitment options. Free trial access is rate-limited; production cost depends on pay-as-you-go platform billing or dedicated Model Vault capacity.

Official resources and verification

Use the official model website, official documentation, pricing or release source and additional primary source to confirm current availability, limits and pricing. Product details can change after publication, so rely on primary documentation for final decisions.

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Get started

How to use this model

  1. Create a Cohere API key.
  2. Call embed-v4.0.
  3. Choose search_document, search_query or another input type.
  4. Select an embedding dimension.
  5. Store vectors in a vector database.
  6. Evaluate retrieval quality.
Copy and try

Example prompts

  • Embed these documents for semantic search.
  • Create vectors for these product images and descriptions.
  • Build a multimodal RAG index from these PDFs.
Capabilities

What it can do

  • 128K context
  • Text and image embeddings
  • Mixed-modality vectors
  • 256-1536 dimensions
  • Multilingual retrieval
Best for

Practical use cases

  • RAG
  • Vector search
  • Recommendations
  • Image-text retrieval
  • Classification
Pricing

What does it cost?

Trial API keys are free but rate-limited. Cohere Model Vault lists Embed 4 at $4/hour for Small or $5/hour for Medium performance tiers, with monthly commitment options.

InputUsage/pricing depends on API or deployment tier
OutputEmbedding vectors
Simple summaryFree trial access is rate-limited; production cost depends on pay-as-you-go platform billing or dedicated Model Vault capacity.

What stands out

  • Multimodal
  • Large embedding context
  • Flexible dimensions
  • Enterprise deployment options

Things to consider

  • Embedding-only
  • Production pricing varies by deployment
  • Proprietary hosted model
Limitations

Important restrictions and trade-offs

  • Does not generate answers
  • Retrieval quality needs evaluation
  • Large media corpora can create storage and indexing cost
SimplifyAITools verdict

Our editorial take

A strong developer-focused model page for modern multimodal RAG and semantic search workflows.

References

Primary sources

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