Compare Cohere and Scale AI free tiers side by side. Pricing, limits, change history, and risk assessment for developers.

Cohere vs Scale AI

Side-by-side free tier comparison. Catalogue dates here run to 2026-08-16.

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Verdict

Cohere offers a free tier ("Trial Key"). We are not publishing a free-tier verdict for Scale AI. The page we cite for Scale AI states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02. We are not comparing the two pricing histories.

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Cohere

CategoryAI / ML
TierTrial Key
Verified2026-08-16
Last read2026-09-18
Changes1 recorded
Superseded: As of 2026-09-18, cohere.com/pricing reads: When an account is created, we automatically create an Trial API key for you. This API key will be available on the dashboard for you to copy, as well as in the dashboard section called “API Keys.” API calls made from a Trial API key are free. However, trial keys are rate limited and are not permitted to be used for production or commercial purposes. We are not publishing our stored Cohere terms beside it — our own pricing change record, discovered 2026-09-18, names them as the previous ones. Read what we recorded ↓

Scale AI

Risk
CategoryAI / ML
TierFree
Verified2026-07-31
Last read2026-09-02
Changes0 recorded
Data labeling and AI data platform — free tier: first 1,000 annotation units and 10,000 images uploaded free. Nucleus free tier for individuals and academia. Pay-as-you-go after free allocationThe page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

Pricing Change History

Cohere

restructured discovered 2026-09-18 · effective date unknown high impact
The Trial API key is still mentioned, but the page now details paid tiers for Model Vault (Embed 4, Rerank 3.5, Rerank 4) with hourly and monthly rates. The trial key is now described as being automatically created upon account creation and rate limited, and not for production/commercial use. Source ↗

Scale AI

No recorded pricing changes for Scale AI.

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